Re: << Rookie Questions >>

["James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

Jessica,
You're doing just fine, and are doing the right thing.  You keep asking
questions.  I teach fluid mechanics at a local university, and I love it
when my students ask questions.  It means they care about learning.
Best wishes,
Jim Cunningham

GOBI 2010 wrote:

> >I really don't want to be mean, but why don't you get a BOOK?  The
> kindness
> >of many list members is vast and I do not  think that you, Jessica, or
> >anybody else should be ignored or treated shabbily, but there really is
> a
> >ton of information that would make you able to ask even more and better
> >questions.  Try one of the three big encyclopedias:
> Farlowe-Brett-Surman,
> >Glut, or Currie-Padian,  and dig in!
>
> -----
> I TRIED looking in books.(The books I have)
> But I don't have such vast resources and what I've read in most books
> simply confuses me, as they tend to seemingly contradict, or may have
> dated material.I'd get more books if I had the money, but my current
> classes this year have zapped most of my money for the rest of the year.
> I was hoping the list members could put things in a simple, clear
> way....present things in a different light.
> I wouldn't ask a question if I has such an easey answer availible. The
> local library's encyclopedias are falling apart and are so inacurate as
> to be about as worth refering to as it would be refering to a math book
> for information on the history of Spain.
> Besides, Before I can move to BIG questions, it would be better for me
> to understand the little things first. How am I supposed to ask 'more
> and bigger questions' when I don't understand certain aspects of the
> little questions, or doubt the validity of the references I have at
> hand?!
> START SMALL AND BUILD, that is what I'm trying to do.
> But before I can suck out the marrow of life I must get through the
> bone.
> I'm only in AP Biology, and just starting in the class.
> I have limmited resources in books, and experience(being only 16).
> The best way to learn is to ask questions.
> If anyone objects to my thoughts, please mail me offlist,
> and I'll gladly shuttup and keep my questions, theories and ideas to
> myself.
> To anyone whom this may have offended now or in the future, I am sorry
> for letting my slight temper ooze out, even for alittle bit.
>
> Jessica Wagar
> Amateur Paleontologist
> Michigan,USA
> http://server1.hypermart.net/gobi2010/index.htm
>
> Good friends are like good books;
> Hard to find and worth keeping-JNW'98
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com