JOURNALS

First journal entry due Monday, Jan. 8 at 9pm.

Logistics: Write your journal entries with a text editor in plain text
and save them with suffix .txt. Date each entry and put your name on
it.  Each entry should be about a page. You should do one entry per
week. Turn them in by 9pm on Mondays by uploading them to your Drop
Box on SmartSite. I will read these and sometimes comment when
appropriate. I will not grade each entry, but your participation in
journal writing will be part of your grade for the quarter.

Content: The journals should NOT be a summary of the reading or of
class. They should be your thoughts and reactions to the material.

Suggestions:

1) Reflect upon the reading and class discussions.

2) Work through ideas that you are having trouble understanding. Question.
   Speculate. 

3) Look for connections to earlier parts of the course and to other parts of
   physics that you have studied.

The journals should reveal your process of working on the subject not the
final, polished product. A good journal is not one that is "right" but rather
one that shows how you have fully engaged the subject. The ratio of words to
equations should be very high. The words should be organized into COMPLETE
SENTENCES, otherwise it will be impossible for me to follow your thoughts.