"On the eve of his discovery, Maxwell had a date with the young woman he was later to marry. While they were walking in a garden, she remarked about the beauty and wonder of the stars. Maxwell asked her how she would feel if she knew that she was walking with the only person in the world who knew what the starlight really was. In fact, at that time, James Clerk Maxwell was the only person in the entire world to know that light of any kind is energy carried in waves of electric and magnetic fields that continually regenerate each other."
-Conceptual Physical Science (a.k.a. my science textbook)
And why would they have this whole freaking paragraph in there is beyond me. Did we really need to go into Maxwell's love life? I'm sure some might be interested, but really. I had to take notes for this chapter for homework for my honors physical science class, and when I came across this paragraph, I just started laughing. Why the hell would they include the whole date part? If they just said that James Clerk Maxwell was the only person in the world to know that light of any kind is energy and all that crap, it would have made complete sense. And yet, they preceed to tell us about his life in detail, as if we were desperately interested. This is why I say:
"I believe that textbooks, if not written in a slightly entertaining manner, are the most effective sleeping aids."
This was in my "I Believe" assignment for English. Maybe sometime I will get around to copying the whole thing here but not tonight as it is time for me to go to bed and my mom is insisting that I do so, but not before I take this disgusting cough stuff to "cure" my cold again. Everyone that has been reading this journal knows what happens now. (That's right, I die!)
Dreamcaster555 (Laura), now that the suspense is over for you, that does not mean you can ruin other people's suspense and tell people who I like on here. That is not cool. That is a sure way to get over onto my hit list (another thing to rave about later...ah, so many things, so little time. That's why I'm happy the weekend is coming!!!). So remember, DON'T BLAB! ZIP THAT MOUTH UP TIGHT!
And to leave you, this wonderful evening, I would like to live up to the title of this entry and give you a quote from none other than my science teacher:
"Golly Moses, you lifeless worms!" -Mr. Ryan
*sigh* He is so inspiring, no?
 DazzlingCherry12 · Fri Dec 03, 2004 @ 06:56am · 0 Comments |
