Rotational Kinematics

acotrel said:

In Physics there is an experiment in which a person stands on a turn table while holding a spinning wheel by its axle in front of them. When they tilt the wheel, the direction in which the turntable turns might be important. When I was in primary school, I was always top of my grade - it taught me to fight. In my Matriculation exams, motorcycles caused me to fail most of my subjects. So I got a job and studied part-time while working, so what I learned actually has meaning. I have passed third year university maths, physics and chemistry. I have two diplomas, one in applied chemistry, the other is post-graduate in occupational hygiene. I have also had management training in the department of defence. There is no excuse for being slack. In life, mindset and genuine interest are extremely important. A thing which really bugs me is the way school-teachers usually teach out of context. A simple lecture about the importance of their subject might be motivating.

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Why would the physics teacher with the boobs really have an interest in physics ?

acotrel said:

Why would the physics teacher with the boobs really have an interest in physics ?

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The theory of gravity?

acotrel said:

Why would the physics teacher with the boobs really have an interest in physics ?

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Who knows but she had nice big tits

When I learn things, they need to fit into the bigger picture or I cannot remember them. Ashley, do you attend any of the classes at your TAFE ? You should get a staff discount on the fees. I only ever chased jobs where I could learn more. Each job was always one more step up. A change of job always requires effort to come up to speed, and that was when I learned the most. I did not begin working with a university degree, however I have worked at every level as a scientist. I got almost every job for which I ever applied. Motorcycles help you to become versatile.

One of my friends is almost exactly my age. He also began his working life as a technical assistant. He worked in the pathology department of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He taught himself to operate every common machine tool. He had successful businesses making after-market motorcycle parts and also car parts. But he is a self-confessed dud businessman. He allowed himself to be ripped-off.

acotrel said:

One of my friends is almost exactly my age. He also began his working life as a technical assistant. He worked in the pathology department of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He taught himself to operate every common machine tool. He had successful businesses making after-market motorcycle parts and also car parts. But he is a self-confessed dud businessman. He allowed himself to be ripped-off.

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Relevance to topic?
Oh, and if you think I'm displaying double standards by not picking up @ashman in post @44 - not so. Irrelevant digressions are permissible under the code, so long as they're about tits!

Not all knowledge was created before people learned. - Robot says --------------------- Knowledge as Emergent, Not Preordained
• The phrase challenges the myth that wisdom is fixed, waiting to be discovered. Instead, it suggests that learning itself generates knowledge—through friction, curiosity, and lived experience.
• It echoes your ethos: pattern fluency, ethical audit, and principled mischief as tools for creating new understanding, not just decoding old maps.
Possible Memoir Fragment Titles
• “The Ones Who Knew Without Asking” — honoring intuitive learners who metabolize complexity without formal instruction.
• “Educated by the Uncredentialed” — dignifying those whose wisdom was forged in practice, not policy.
• “Probability as Grace” — exploring how insight emerges from engagement, not prediction.
Philosophical Echoes
• It resonates with constructivist learning theory: knowledge is built, not transferred.
• It also threads into your reflections on occupational stoicism—that fluency is earned through doing, not just knowing.

Describing technology as 'techno-babble' reveals a luddite mindset. I would never be proud to be ignorant. Guys who ride and develop motorcycles are usually progressive. Some people live in awe of school teachers. My problem is that I can usually recognise the combination of ego and bullshit. That mate of mine I mentioned had been welding for about 3 decades, and decided to got to the TAFE to get a ticket. He was sitting talking to a teacher, and on the desk there was a weldment - it was very ordinary. He asked the teacher who made it. The teacher proudly answered 'one of my students - it is good isn't it ?'. My mate said 'if you think that is good, there is nothing you can teach me'.

I failed physics in year 12 at high school. However none of us are probably ever aware of how much we know. In my diploma, I passed the statistics subject at the third attempt. In my working life those two subjects have probably been the most important, and I am expert in those areas. I have passed 3rd year physics at university level without difficulty. It is more than most engineers experience. And I am certainly no bloody genius. Whatever you are interested in, is always easy to learn.
In the best job I ever had, I assembled an automatic chemical analysis system for metals. After 10 years, my boss asked to see how I did my job. I pressed one button and it all came to life. My boss was horrified, he said 'I know what I don't want to know', and he fled. Some things give me real joy. He came back later looking shame-faced, and thanked me for my work.

When I was working, I always looked for jobs where I could learn more. My worst boss actually arranged for me to be trained as a manager by the department of defence.