OK, so science isn't infallible. We (SPICE) recently did a demo show at the Engineering Centers building recently, where, instead of the normal audience of elementary and middle school students, we did a show for high schoolers. When you're used to doing a show for young kids, it seems really stupid for older ones.
To try to counter this, we tried our fanciest and most complicated demos, along with the detailed explanations for how everything works to try to get at least some people's attention. As luck would have it, nothing worked as planned. Some of our best demos simply wouldn't work and when you're trying to do a show in front of a huge group of people, you can't help but feel like a huge idiot.
All problems aside, we finally had our club's spring picnic at Vilas Park today. It was a great way to relax and wear off some tension a little bit (and get some sunburn too) before these last few weeks where we'll have nothing to do but projects and studying for exams.
2 comments:
A little sunburn is great for the end of the year. Nothing says summer like a good case of sunburn!
too bad your demos weren't working. i'm sure the high schoolers would have been fascinated if they were some of your best demos.
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