Maybe we'll meet up in Never-Never Land

'Cause I heard the tooth fairy was gonna be there.

Vector Calculus is so much fun. Today, Dr. Kupershimdt told Meester Van Horn that he should really be doing the homework problems before he comes to class. Keep in mind, Dr. Kupershimidt's tests are taken from his homework solutions, and only from his homework solutions. Independent thought is marked incorrect. So the motivation for the class is to reproduce Dr. Kupershimdt's work on the test paper. Learning is great, and I'll fit that in whenever I can, but I also need my grades to be where they need to be. If that means simply reproducing problems, then so be it. I don't like it, but it wasn't my choice.

As has become our Thursday lunch tradition, the Superfriends ate in the school cafeteria. Actually, we ate on the patio of the school cafeteria. The weather was perfect, maybe even a little on the warm side, but sunny and very little breeze helped with that. The ladybugs were out in force, too. I guess this weather is great for all types.

In Inviscid Flow, we finally discussed the midterm. I could probably fight for a few points back, but not as many as I thought, and it's not really worth it overall. I just need to do well on the final to ensure an A for the class, but that was all I really needed to do from the start. After the midterm midtacular (yes, I stole that), we talked about sources, sinks, and uniform flows forming Rankine bodies. I still think the whole thing is a little weird, but all of inviscid flow is really a first approximation to real flows, so none of this is technically valid. It does, however, build up some fluids background, and areas of real flows can be treated as inviscid. Just not flow around bodies.

I really need to talk to Dr. Antar tomorrow about my problems with the homework. The longer I wait, the less likely it is to be done, and I really need to get these done to prepare for the final, which accounts for my whole grade in that class. Yeah. More tomorrow.