I think I’ve broken the jetlag, finally. I had a good sleep last night, and slept in a bit in the morning, which has allowed me to catch up a bit and not feel so tired.
I did a 5k run to keep up with exercise. And after lunch went to pick up Scully from my wife’s work and walk her home. My morning went pretty quickly. I made cauliflower and pumpkin soup for dinner – something that can keep hot on the stove for my wife when she gets home (while I’m in the middle of my evening Zoom classes), and then I can eat after I’ve finished.
One problem I’ve discovered with my current critical thinking topic on Predictions is that I wrote a question about astronomers predicting an eclipse, asking the kids if this sort of prediction could be believed. I expected them to say yes, and then I could follow-up with: Why is it believable? But… so far most of the kids have said that you probably can’t believe a prediction of an eclipse by scientists.
I’m wondering what’s going on. One of my friends suggested that they aren’t old enough to know or understand the steps that go into predicting an eclipse, and have a learnt skepticism for most things as a side effect of their other education (as most of these kids are pretty smart for their age). I may have to replace the question with something more believable. Like astronomers predicting what time the sun will rise tomorrow.
In other news, I kind of want to watch KPop Demon Hunters now, after one of the kids talked about it.