5 December 2005

Today, I went up to the Oceanside campus, where I'll be teaching next semester to talk with the chemistry professor, who hired me last August, about my first-semester evaluation. The discussion went quite well. My main focus is on reaching more students and giving them confidence that they can learn chemistry. She gave me several new ideas for making students feel more comfortable about asking me questions. Later in the afternoon, I attended a biochemistry lecture, as part of my review process for next semester's class. I like the way that this photograph turned out. It's a hand-held shot at f/3.5 aperture, 1/13 second shutter speed, and ISO 1600. It shows the Moon and Venus an hour or so after sunset.

DWL