After a tumultuous day after the elections we had an Expeditionary Thursday where the Physics classes were sent out to various places in Manhattan and Brooklyn to survey people regarding their suggestions for military research spending vs. their annual income. The idea was the compare what the passers-by would spend of the federal government on the military and compare that to whomever won the election based on the President-Elect's annual income. Since Donald Trump's salary is so large, the comparison doesn't really work out, but the students definitely realized that overall people who made more money were more willing to spend money on military research, even in NYC.
It was a tough day - more for the teachers than for the students. They are possibly too young and in too progressive a city/state to feel the changes yet. Despite that, we were talking to them about the election still and I imagine will do so for the rest of the school year as its effects are felt.
It was a tough day - more for the teachers than for the students. They are possibly too young and in too progressive a city/state to feel the changes yet. Despite that, we were talking to them about the election still and I imagine will do so for the rest of the school year as its effects are felt.
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