The E Word

Hmmm.. One person at the Astronomy table doesn't know how to pronounce Tycho Brahe's last name, then seems to need some explanation of who he was.  But she has a good grammatical point - there's a list of scientists to be familiar with, and they are all last names except for Brahe and 'the girl' Henrietta Leavitt.  She argues for last names only for all.  Now they're discussing whether to list more women, and which to include.... Wonder if they'll use their first names...

Now there's discussion of language usage - if they use "including" does that mean everyone on their list must be taught?  And if they use "such as" does that mean no one on their list must be taught?

Now Bio's getting punchy - they are arguing"work/strive/? to achieve and maintain balance"

The someone says "Bio just rolls that way".

Ken Heydrick, the new Director of Science, just introduced himself to me.  I told him I know about this session because of Texas Freedom Network, but that I'm also a science playwright, so I'm loving all the conversation about language.

One of the 'directives' given by the board to the committee is to review the breadth and depth of their items and reduce/conflate when possible.

Bio it taking a 10 minute bathroom/brain break.