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Sep. 1st, 2007 06:50 pm
Questions from Ed
1. How much is being a teacher preparing you for being a father?
Well, the primary thing is that I'm learning patience. As you well know, I have never been the most patient of people; when you're teaching high school kids you have to learn patience very, very quickly. I'm learning how to laugh at stupid delays rather than get annoyed because the kids haven't done what I asked as quickly as I would like.
2. Choose: Jedi or Time Lord?
A difficult choice. As a Time Lord, I would have a very long lifespan, the ability to travel all of time and space (assuming I wasn't stuck on Gallifrey, or dead after the Time War), and pretty much guaranteed adventure. On the other hand, as a Jedi, I would be in a position to help defend and protect, as well as heal, a galaxy very much in need, as well as guaranteed adventure.
I'd have to say that while I love the idea of being a Jedi, the strictures of the Jedi Order would probably make me insane if I had to deal with them for real, so I'm going to say that if the choice was a real one, I'd have to go with Time Lord.
3. In general, are people born talented, or does it solely depend on practice and dedication?
The question implies a dichotomy I don't believe in. On the whole, I believe that some people are born with particular talents which are expressed through practice and dedication. However, I think some people can learn to do well what another person was born to do.
4. When was the last time you laughed so hard that a beverage came out of your nose?
May 26, 2001: My 30th birthday. We were watching a George Carlin special, and I totally lost my Dr Pepper through my nostrils, then couldn't breathe for several minutes.
5. At this stage of your life, what does "motivation" mean to you?
1. the act or an instance of motivating.
2. the state or condition of being motivated.
3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive.
No? Oh, all right. It means knowing that I have reasons for the things I must do. Everything I do professionally has two different motivations: To do right by my students, and to provide for my daughter.
Well, the primary thing is that I'm learning patience. As you well know, I have never been the most patient of people; when you're teaching high school kids you have to learn patience very, very quickly. I'm learning how to laugh at stupid delays rather than get annoyed because the kids haven't done what I asked as quickly as I would like.
2. Choose: Jedi or Time Lord?
A difficult choice. As a Time Lord, I would have a very long lifespan, the ability to travel all of time and space (assuming I wasn't stuck on Gallifrey, or dead after the Time War), and pretty much guaranteed adventure. On the other hand, as a Jedi, I would be in a position to help defend and protect, as well as heal, a galaxy very much in need, as well as guaranteed adventure.
I'd have to say that while I love the idea of being a Jedi, the strictures of the Jedi Order would probably make me insane if I had to deal with them for real, so I'm going to say that if the choice was a real one, I'd have to go with Time Lord.
3. In general, are people born talented, or does it solely depend on practice and dedication?
The question implies a dichotomy I don't believe in. On the whole, I believe that some people are born with particular talents which are expressed through practice and dedication. However, I think some people can learn to do well what another person was born to do.
4. When was the last time you laughed so hard that a beverage came out of your nose?
May 26, 2001: My 30th birthday. We were watching a George Carlin special, and I totally lost my Dr Pepper through my nostrils, then couldn't breathe for several minutes.
5. At this stage of your life, what does "motivation" mean to you?
1. the act or an instance of motivating.
2. the state or condition of being motivated.
3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive.
No? Oh, all right. It means knowing that I have reasons for the things I must do. Everything I do professionally has two different motivations: To do right by my students, and to provide for my daughter.