{"id":99,"date":"2018-08-09T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/?p=99"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:38:28","slug":"thursday-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/thursday-april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"THURSDAY, APRIL 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reports on Motorcycle Progress from Last Class<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Frame:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forks are no longer leaking (it was missing washer)<br \/>\nWorked on presentation<br \/>\nPut together shocks (new shocks, chromed on sides)<\/p>\n<h3>Electrical:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hooked up wiring harness: tried to test it and was not able to get spark,\u00a0John later got a spark<br \/>\nShould start tie wrapping wiring harness to frame today&#8217;s class<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Clutch:<\/h3>\n<p>Found tan washer for rotor<br \/>\nClutch all ready to go<br \/>\nProfessor Littman cleaned up the threads<br \/>\nMust find the right woodruff keys<\/p>\n<h3>Top End:<\/h3>\n<p>Continued work on valve covers<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom End:<\/h3>\n<p>Helped with brakes\/frame\/clutch group<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>Class Discussion on Reading: Ch. 7+8 of Shop Class<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3>Chapter 7: Thinking as Doing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Universal knowledge = learning from books\n<ul>\n<li>also learning while doing! (i.e. firefighters have a &#8220;sixth sense&#8221; that tells them when to get out of the building before it collapses)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>learning by doing: learn from past experiences<\/li>\n<li>writing of service manuals\n<ul>\n<li>technical writers not necessarily experienced but present false pretense of rationality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The things we know best are the ones we contend with in some realm of regular practice&#8221; (163)\n<ul>\n<li>hammer means nothing unless we fiddle around with it, put it to practice<\/li>\n<li>application to this class:\n<ul>\n<li>understanding theory\/diagrams are difficult to fully comprehend until we\u00a0disassembled\u00a0and we could physically touch each part<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>electrical system: <strong>Ohm&#8217;s Law &#8211; V = IR\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>physics theory of how electrical system is supposed to work v. additional resistance in wires that cannot be accounted for in theory, don&#8217;t know where this resistance comes from or how much of it there is\n<ul>\n<li>learn about resistance in wires from experience (can tell if it comes from rain v. sand based on past hands-on experience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>tight, dry and clean to describe electrical connections\n<ul>\n<li>tight = no jiggle between wires to avoid intermittent connection<\/li>\n<li>dry = if they get wet (oil, especially) can interfere with electrical conductivity<\/li>\n<li>clean = wire is oxidized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>use different tools to fix wire problems based on environment (acquire knowledge of which tools based on past experience)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chess: Novices v. Experts\n<ul>\n<li>learned tendencies, experts learn how to store recognized patterns<\/li>\n<li>idea of tactics v. position\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;experts learn to perceive things that are invisible to novices&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>difference in perception, different appreciation, thus different judgement of Quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>knowing <em>that<\/em> v. knowing <em>how<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>intellectual\u00a0v. personal knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Chapter 8: Work, Leisure, and Full Engagement<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>dichotomy between work and leisure\n<ul>\n<li>most people work to have MORE leisure, but if you work more, in reality you have less leisure (leisure defined as the absence of work)\n<ul>\n<li>are work and leisure mutually exclusive?<\/li>\n<li>can be really engaged in, enjoy work<\/li>\n<li>in the case of author, working motorcycles as mechanic is pleasurable (he could be wiring houses for $$$ but doesn&#8217;t do it because he does not enjoy it)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;wholehearted activity&#8221;: this is what one should aim for, work that is enjoyable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Debate: Should we work to get more leisure or work because we truly enjoy it?\n<ul>\n<li>Peace Corps<\/li>\n<li>To do the things you want, you have to do the things you don&#8217;t want<\/li>\n<li>Constant tradeoff between happiness and money<\/li>\n<li>Difference between enjoyment and fulfillment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rolls Royce man &#8211; lover of Rolls Royces, but has no idea where the parts come from\n<ul>\n<li>Can you really enjoy something without knowing its full function, the components, or the entirety of its operation methods?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you turn a hobby into a business, you&#8217;ll hate the hobby.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><em>Reading Assignment:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For next Tuesday, 4\/30: Chapters 23-26 (23, 24, 25, 26)<\/p>\n<p>For next Thursday, 5\/2: read to the end of Shop Class<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports on Motorcycle Progress from Last Class Frame: &nbsp; Forks are no longer leaking (it was missing washer) Worked on presentation Put together shocks (new shocks, chromed on sides) Electrical: &nbsp; Hooked up wiring harness: tried to test it and was not able to get spark,\u00a0John later got a spark Should start tie wrapping wiring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/thursday-april-25\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THURSDAY, APRIL 25&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/59-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}