Heh. Actually, I find lecturing kind of fun. I didn't memorize anything and I didn't feel too nervous. (But then again, the "kids" in the class aren't that much younger than I am.) I felt pretty informal, but I didn't make jokes up on the fly. I'm not good at jokes. However, I am good at anecdotes. I think I made some of the students paranoid after some of my horror stories. But better paranoid at the lab than totally lackadaisical, eh?
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Links:
Chemists crack secrets of nature's super glue. "Researchers have discovered that iron in seawater is the key binding agent in the super-strong glues of the common blue mussel, Mytilus edulis. This is the first time researchers have determined that a metal such as iron is critical to forming an amorphous, biological material."
Nobel Prize Winners Hate School. "One of the most laughable defenses of the government-operated school system, sure to come from the keyboard of hundreds of people who participate in on-line discussion of education policy, is the notion that Nobel Prize winners and other eminent persons prove the effectiveness of our school system." Comment: I'm not sure that it'll be all that great if we eliminate school altogether--after all, some people won't be geniuses no matter what you do. And the educational institution does have some uses.
