tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45904264937774230162011-09-05T04:57:38.999-07:00Marianne Keckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497830609276180964noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590426493777423016.post-25156535126948168162007-04-17T20:43:00.000-07:002007-04-17T20:46:06.442-07:00No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right;<br />a single experiment can prove me wrong.<br /><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins100017.html">Albert Einstein</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4590426493777423016-2515653512694816816?l=khschem.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marianne Keckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497830609276180964noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4590426493777423016.post-38582984957078503862007-03-29T07:56:00.000-07:002007-03-29T20:52:08.812-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E7vI9HM6-pI/RgvWLVFZ0UI/AAAAAAAAABI/yE_1659F5lo/s1600-h/fool.jpg"><em><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047363297525485890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E7vI9HM6-pI/RgvWLVFZ0UI/AAAAAAAAABI/yE_1659F5lo/s320/fool.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"> "A fool and his money is soon parted."</span></strong></em><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Thomas Tusser</span><br /><br />If I had dollar for every time a student asked me: <strong>"when will I ever use this?"</strong> or <strong>"why do I need to know this?"</strong> I could retire in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hamptons</span> tomorrow. So I thought I should make my first blog an answer to these questions.<br /><p></p><p>Following are typical classroom dialogues:</p><p><strong>Chemistry Student</strong>:"When will I ever use this?" </p><p><strong>Mrs Keck</strong>:"On your next test." </p><p><strong>Chemistry Student</strong>: "Why do I need to know this?" </p><p><strong>Mrs Keck's patented answer</strong> : " To pass your next test." </p><p>As you can see from the picture and quote above my blog I want you to think about how con artists use science. They use technical and sciencific terms to confuse and fool people. But the only people they fool are the ones that thought they would never need to know it.</p><p>I found the follow video (<a href="javascript:ol("><b><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"> It Runs on Water - The story of Free Energy</span></u></b></a>)on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">internet</span> which purports to show a machine that burns water. We all know that water can decompose into hydrogen and oxygen gas which is then combusted to produce....more water! </p><p>Is this possible? Should I spend my children's college fund and invest in this machine? I want to know what you think I should do? Defend your answers using <strong>proven</strong> scientific facts.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4590426493777423016-3858298495707850386?l=khschem.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marianne Keckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497830609276180964noreply@blogger.com6