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To: V3 who wrote (3405)	11/1/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: Melissa McAuliffe	Respond to of 4509

Robin, I can't believe it. While I was out trick or treating last night it seems someone was here on SI trick or treating as me. I don't know how this happened but I'm going to contact SI immediately. Though I must admit I read what this masquerading individual wrote and I couldn't have said it better myself. Melissa

To: V3 who wrote (3405)	11/1/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: gc	Respond to of 4509

Robin, for your sake, I am biting my tongue right now...Oh, no, I should handcuff my hands as well... I had been a TA myself when I was a graduate student many years ago. It seemed to me that for undergraduate students the theory of classical electromagnetism always looks more complicated than it really should be. I found out that the major reason is the lack of mathematical skill, especially in vector analysis and calculus. (For example, the Right Hand Rule basically is just a vector cross product.) I used to tell them that all they need to know in electromagnetism is only the four basic founding principles (Maxwell's equations) from which the whole electromagnetism theory can be deduced. (Faraday's Law is only one of the Maxwell's equations) The rest of it is just math. Is it amazing how simple and elegant of our universe is? Maybe you have a point that I have something more to learn in dealing with human psychology. It is not as simple nor as elegant as our universe when you are dealing with human behavior. I think Einstein was right when he commented that he did not know how people would fight in third world war, but he did know that people would fight fourth world war with stones. Best Regards, gc