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We Still Need ChemE’s

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Since I became a chemical engineer some 50 years ago, our profession has changed.

Back when I matriculated, the normal requirement for graduation was 144 credits.  Not 120 like the rest of the educational curricula, but 144. And, since we were a technical curriculum, one must recognize that a bunch of courses also required laboratories.  So, when one said 144 credits were required, it did not mean that one needed to 18 hours of classes a term, but closer to 21 or 23, since a lab course only was awarded 1 credit for each 3 or 4 hours of lab work

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College Bound?

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So, I haven’t spoken about Thomas Jefferson High School for Science in a while.  Because right now, the case is still being adjudicated.  But, the local school board (Fairfax County, VA) has already altered the admissions requirements, lowering the number (and percentage) of Asian American students who matriculate the program.  (Yes, there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of Black and Hispanic students.  But, again, there no longer is an admissions exam and the academic criteria for admission has been altered.)

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Thanksgiving?

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I don’t generally celebrate (American) Thanksgiving.  My Thanksgiving is more in line of how and when the Pilgrims created the holiday.  That was a version of Sukot,  the harvest festival. More akin to Canadian Thanksgiving, which coincides with my holiday.  (Think about it.  What harvest would you reap in late November?)

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History Learned- and Remembered!

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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you will remember my occasional references to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (LMM) masterpiece, Hamilton.  I’ve seen it more than a few times.  I’ve dragged a few of my friends to the performances, too.  Across the USA.  (Hamilton started out at the Public Theater, Joseph Papp’s wonderful venue- but quickly moved to the Richard Rogers Theater on  Broadway.  Then, Chicago.  Then, LA, Then, London.  And, now, it’s traveling around the world.)

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They VOTE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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They vote!! They vote?????

The last time I had such a nutty idea, I was in kindergarten.
But, the US Dairy Innovation Center surveyed American adults (yes, adults) only to find that  7% of those surveyed were certain that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That’s 1 in 14 for those of you who are also numerically challenged.

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