010 - I don't see how he can ever finish if he doesn't begin

[notdreaming]

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[ Kara has been waffling over this decision for weeks. But she's been here six months now without an inmate, and she has to make herself useful somehow. How better than by sharing the rich knowledge of her most basic education? ]

If there's interest, I think I'd like to teach a class on basic scientific principles across the worlds. I've been doing some research, and it seems that for the most part the basics really are the same universally.

I can teach you about any subject matter that isn't considered specialty, but I know that what's considered 'basic' is probably different in each culture, so I was going to start with chemistry, biology and physics.

[ And now, having passed through the planned parts of her speech, Kara's anxiety begins to show. But mooooooom, what if they don't like me? ]

I know there's at least one person who's interested in learning.

There has to be someone else, doesn't there?

[ Ladies and gentlemen, your 18 16 year old science teacher. ]

Comments

[notdreaming]

No, you mix iron with other things to make steel. Graphite and diamonds are entirely the same thing. Carbon atoms can bond with each other in different ways depending on the pressure of their formation. Graphite is made of sheets, where diamond is a solid crystal structure.

[mercurialize]

[Too many words.]

What? Wait. So, if you press against graphite enough you'll get a diamond and both are just this thing called carbon. But what is carbon?

[notdreaming]

[ Oh, haha, see, she's just starting and already she assumes people know things they don't. ]

Carbon is an element, a type of atom. All matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms. Even the air you breathe is atoms.

[mercurialize]

[He'll stop breathing a moment because what.]

Good to know. I think.

[notdreaming]

Maybe I should start with chemistry.

[mercurialize]

Maybe.

[notdreaming]

I'll get it sorted out. If you come, I mean.

[mercurialize]

We'll see.