I must say, it is definitely about time.

[smirkingbastard]

I am finally gainfully employed here, outside of the column I'm writing for the upcoming newspaper (and on that note, remember to send any questions you might have here). It seems that one of the previous lab assistants mysteriously vanished, so I took the opening she had previously held. This will certainly be a more productive way to spend my

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[mafia_geek]

Uh, excuse me, about the lab assistant position...is it strictly R&D for whomever the lab belongs to or are you encouraged (or rather able) to pursue your own projects independently?

[shadesofevil]

Try to remember that not every world holds to the same standard of education.

[smirkingbastard]

Naturally, but that should not be a reason to not raise the standards here so that people could actually get a good education during their duration here.

[heroic_commoner]

Well, what good would knowing physics do us in a place like this?

[smirkingbastard]

How would knowing physics here be any less useful than knowing it back home?

[heroic_commoner]

Because there's no physics-related jobs available, and none of the kind of technology that physics is useful for?

[smirkingbastard]

Physics permeates every waking moment of the universe's existence. Newton's three laws of physics are in effect at any given nanosecond. Simply because there are no jobs available in that department does not mean that the need to know physics is negated.

And here that's supposed to be a fundamental aspect of the aforementioned laws. I'm disappointed.

[fangirlizm]

DON'T INSULT OUR TEACHERS! Mr. Ginko is working especially hard! All the students pay attention to his every word!

And E=mc^2 most assuredly is the reference to the complicated and yet unknown relationshiop between Eliwood = Mist/Celice^2!

[smirkingbastard]

The problem is not necessarily with the teachers, but with the curriculum. The books in the library all date to physical science used prior to the Industrial Revolution.

And you have only proven my point.

[fangirlizm]

Oh. That's quite all right, then! Though, really, you'd have to keep in mind that we all come from different worlds. Like pan-fandom!

But I'm glad to see that you have your Mokona~!

[smirkingbastard]

Just because standards differ in our own worlds does not mean that we should not try to set a higher standard of learning here.

Unfortunately.

[mokomanjuu]

Ginko-sensei teaches biology, and Grandpa-sensei teaches...

Mokona doesn't know; but it sounds like biology also, moko-pyo!

[smirkingbastard]

The job description states that it is general science. Are you saying that the science teachers here teach biology exclusively?

[mokomanjuu]

Maybe!

Physics is more complicated, right, moko-pyo?

So it would be best if everyone learned or remembered biology first, right, moko-pyo?

[smirkingbastard]

Physics is not more difficult than biology. Physics just incorporates far more math than biology does, which makes those inept at math to consider physics to be a more difficult field of study than biology.