{"id":84,"date":"2018-08-09T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/?p=84"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:38:28","slug":"tuesday-april-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/tuesday-april-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, April 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Reports from last week&#8217;s work:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Professor Littman told us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Glenn pressed in steering column.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to put the motorcycle on the center stand this class and we\u2019ll almost be ready to start putting parts back on the bike<\/p>\n<p>We realized that the rear Wheel has two sides. Joe and Professor Littman had to re-do all of the spokes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Electrical:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linked up all of the components to the electrical system<\/p>\n<p>They re-did some of the simulations and everything looked like it was working well<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top End:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worked on their presenation for the day<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom End:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finished putting the entire bottom end into the engine<\/p>\n<p>They sealed the first half of the covers<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re ready to put the final touches on the engine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clutch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worked on presentation<\/p>\n<p>Need to get a new clutch cable<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frame, Forks, and Wheels:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Worked on putting the rear wheel together.<\/p>\n<p>We need to compare the overhangs of the wheels for our bike against the overhangs of the wheels for the old bikes<\/p>\n<h3><strong>We discussed chapters 16-18 in <em>Zen:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do grades affect a student\u2019s work ethic? Are they positive or negative?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re all here because we learned to play the system\u201d \u2013 school is a game that must be mastered<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Even if grades are not conducive to education, it\u2019s a little idealistic to just do away with them all together and expect students to remain motivated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pr Professors vs. Teachers. Does it mean to be an instructor in college versus an instructor in high school?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Would students work without grades as motivators?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A very interesting discussion about Princeton&#8217;s policy of grade deflation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life is a mountain: is it about the destination or the journey?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have we been improving the quality of the motorcycle? Yes. We\u2019re improving the way it will run, we\u2019re adding materials and components that weren\u2019t there before, we\u2019re fixing issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Homework:<\/h3>\n<p>For Tuesday (April 23rd): the four next chapters in <em>Zen<\/em> (chapters 19, 20, 21, and 22)<\/p>\n<p>For Thursdsay (April 25th): the next chapter in <em>Soul Craft<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from last week&#8217;s work: Professor Littman told us: Glenn pressed in steering column. We are going to put the motorcycle on the center stand this class and we\u2019ll almost be ready to start putting parts back on the bike We realized that the rear Wheel has two sides. 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