As I said last week, I would be delighted to have you continue for the NEWT (assuming, of course, you do decently on your OWL, but I don’t think that will be a problem in the slightest.)
When it comes to convincing your father - well, I am my father’s daughter. I’ve quite a few suggestions on how to frame things persuasively when it comes to his kind of analysis. Most bluntly, though, you’re right that having a solid grasp of the locational and chronological magics opens some possibilities for employment, even if you never do the astronomical work yourself after leaving school. I also hope there may be some related collaborative projects with other staff that might be of substantial use.
There’s also the larger argument, that one of the things I aim for in the newt years is teaching the methods of sustained research and project management. Namely, taking an idea through from a first question, developing a hypothesis, testing it and gathering relevant data and material, and then organising what one has learned and presenting it in a form others can use. Having a solid example of one’s ability to do that has a number of advantages, whatever the field you choose.
And then you can romp in the theory as well. It really is quite different than the work we’ve done in class so far.
As to tonight, I'll look forward to it. You really have been a significant help, and I'm very glad we went this direction for your detention myself.
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Re: Private Message to Professor Sinistra
Date: 2013-05-08 01:36 pm (UTC)As I said last week, I would be delighted to have you continue for the NEWT (assuming, of course, you do decently on your OWL, but I don’t think that will be a problem in the slightest.)
When it comes to convincing your father - well, I am my father’s daughter. I’ve quite a few suggestions on how to frame things persuasively when it comes to his kind of analysis. Most bluntly, though, you’re right that having a solid grasp of the locational and chronological magics opens some possibilities for employment, even if you never do the astronomical work yourself after leaving school. I also hope there may be some related collaborative projects with other staff that might be of substantial use.
There’s also the larger argument, that one of the things I aim for in the newt years is teaching the methods of sustained research and project management. Namely, taking an idea through from a first question, developing a hypothesis, testing it and gathering relevant data and material, and then organising what one has learned and presenting it in a form others can use. Having a solid example of one’s ability to do that has a number of advantages, whatever the field you choose.
And then you can romp in the theory as well. It really is quite different than the work we’ve done in class so far.
As to tonight, I'll look forward to it. You really have been a significant help, and I'm very glad we went this direction for your detention myself.