Yesterday was the last day of school. As I said “Good bye. Thanks for a great year and have an awesome possum summer!” several of my students said that they wanted to take the class again next year. One student even asked if it was too late to fail the course for the year. (I told him that in his case, it was mathematically too late by the end of third quarter.)
The other nice thing was when I told one of my classes that I figured they’d want to socialize on the last day, but in case they wanted one more physics demo, I could show them why the sky is blue, why clouds are white, and why sunsets are red. Not surprisingly, the majority asked for the demo and watched with interest as I taught them just a little more physics before sending them on their way.
