Professor Nakamura was excited to be back at teaching. He'd enjoyed his first year, and planned on enjoying his second just as much. Watching his students enter, he was glad to recognise returning faces from the previous year. Excellent. He gave a smile as they took their seats and stood from his seat to situate himself at the front of the classroom.
"Welcome back to another year of astronomy," he greeted cordially. "If you don't know me, my name is Professor Nakamura and I will be teaching you astronomy until you graduate." He made sure to look at each student as he spoke, wanting to keep them engaged. "But let's get straight into it, shall we? For our first class we will be delving into the subject of light. We all recognise light – but in this case we will primarily be thinking about this in the context of stars, which emit light.” He paused, making sure everyone was keeping up. “Light is a type of energy, and not all light is visible to the naked eye. For example, our bodies give off heat. This is called infrared, and is not something we can see but is a subsection of light nonetheless. Before you are some instruments that can see these frequencies – ah, light comes in frequencies, you see – of infrared. Please look through them and notice the different tones of light. Some are cool blues and purples, whereas your bodies will be more of a red and yellow.” Professor Nakamura waited while the students used the instruments, walking around the class and keeping an eye on the students, making sure they enjoyed themselves but didn’t get too silly.
“For homework, please look up the electromagnetic spectrum to get a better idea of the sorts of light we mean. Looking forward to seeing you all next week, class dismissed.”
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"Welcome back to another year of astronomy," he greeted cordially. "If you don't know me, my name is Professor Nakamura and I will be teaching you astronomy until you graduate." He made sure to look at each student as he spoke, wanting to keep them engaged. "But let's get straight into it, shall we? For our first class we will be delving into the subject of light. We all recognise light – but in this case we will primarily be thinking about this in the context of stars, which emit light.” He paused, making sure everyone was keeping up. “Light is a type of energy, and not all light is visible to the naked eye. For example, our bodies give off heat. This is called infrared, and is not something we can see but is a subsection of light nonetheless. Before you are some instruments that can see these frequencies – ah, light comes in frequencies, you see – of infrared. Please look through them and notice the different tones of light. Some are cool blues and purples, whereas your bodies will be more of a red and yellow.” Professor Nakamura waited while the students used the instruments, walking around the class and keeping an eye on the students, making sure they enjoyed themselves but didn’t get too silly.
“For homework, please look up the electromagnetic spectrum to get a better idea of the sorts of light we mean. Looking forward to seeing you all next week, class dismissed.”
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Attendance post is fine.