# Chateau de la Tobler

## Monday, August 29, 2005

### Life as a physics grad

I am taking a classical mechanics course, aka rocket science class, literally, and an electricity and magnetism course. These two and the three hours of research completes my course schedule for this semester. As to the differences in ASU and BYU, where to start,
- No bells, at all, in any building. Fun to figure out who's watch to tell time by.
- Way smaller undergraduate physics department. This means that grad students TA the non physics major classes.
- The lack of public microwaves at ASU, where BYU had at least one in every building, or so it seemed.
- The apparent lack of motivation to do course work. Instead of a tutorial lab for students to walk in at there own time and assk questions they all, and I do mean all the classes, have assigned recitation times to go over homework problems. This, as I have been told, was do to the few students who actually did their homework.
- Here's a big difference for me, I have a desk. I like it a lot. Nice.
That's all I can think of for now. I love you all tons and tons.

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