Re: << Rookie Questions >>

["Charles C. Fuller" <wuckus@ecol.net>]

I'll see Dr. C, and raise him one...

I don't think there has ever been any scientist worth the name that didn't
ask TONS of questions, some dumb, some brilliant, and some brilliant because
at first glance they seemed "dumb".

Keep your fire, Jessi.

-----Original Message-----
From: James R. Cunningham <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
To: gobi2010@hotmail.com <gobi2010@hotmail.com>
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: << Rookie Questions >>


>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:
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>> >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
>>
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