tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106749547952452751.post1652881042228978061..comments2023-10-28T06:11:29.079-04:00Comments on Eric and Jamie's International Teaching Blog: End of Book WeekEric Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922028931484481846noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106749547952452751.post-62046328805767277832009-04-19T12:04:00.000-04:002009-04-19T12:04:00.000-04:00A mistake that is done can be undone. The 2006 IAU...A mistake that is done can be undone. The 2006 IAU decision is not final. I'm not "letting go" of anything or "getting through" anything other than working to overturn the wrongful demotion. There are more than eight planets in our solar system. Maybe it will take the up close pictures by New Horizons in 2015 to convince you and others that Pluto is one of those planets.<br /><br />Thanks to the Internet, I and countless others will counter your presentation to international children of only one side of an ongoing debate as fact rather than the interpretation it is. I have faith in the ability of the world's young people to tell the difference between real information and propaganda masquerading as such. Hopefully, the book I write about Pluto will assist them in this effort.Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106749547952452751.post-81758672864355029292009-04-19T10:43:00.000-04:002009-04-19T10:43:00.000-04:00Laurel,
Thanks for posting the biased information...Laurel,<br /><br />Thanks for posting the biased information, but what is done is done. We all have to let go sometimes. I know it is difficult, but you will get through this. There are 8 other planets that need your attention. Uranus particularly has been down for the last 10 years since he found out his name actually sounds like... well you know. He has been the butt of so many jokes!!! OMG! That was hilarious! I crack myself up! <br /><br />Nonetheless, I will continue to brainwash the international children of tomorrow with naming only 8 planets and using the mnemonic device of MVEMJSUN (My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nicely) or something similar.Eric Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922028931484481846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106749547952452751.post-85843264108278467682009-04-18T01:58:00.000-04:002009-04-18T01:58:00.000-04:00Please reinstate Pluto Week in your school. The co...Please reinstate Pluto Week in your school. The controversial demotion of Pluto was done by only four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not planetary scientists, and was opposed by hundreds of other professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Stern and like-minded scientists reject the demotion and still consider Pluto a planet. This is very much an ongoing debate, so I urge you to present both sides rather than just one interpretation as fact.<br /><br />You can find Stern's petition here:http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/planetprotest/<br /><br />You can find transcripts of the Great Planet Debate, held in response to the IAU demotion, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD, in August 2008 here: http://gpd.jhuapl.edu/ <br /><br />And you can find much more on why Pluto is a planet and worldwide efforts to reinstate it here on my Pluto blog here: http://laurele.livejournal.com<br /><br />Please do not deny these children the chance to learn about the wonderful planet Pluto!Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.com