Summer "Visit" - 2020 - Spider Team

Quotes

• [student:] I discovered that there was more math involved in the work than I assumed there to be.
• [student:] I feel like real astronomy is working with real data from the real world that no one has looked at or touched before. Throughout this entire process, I've felt like I have done real astronomy and have been making new, exciting discoveries that will contribute to humanity's understanding of the cosmos no matter how small that may be.
• Working together is a must. Multiple eyes, opinions, strengths, needs, etc were all on display. Students stepped up at different times in different ways.
• [student: The most surprising thing was] Probably just learning that I could actually DO stuff. I was expecting that I'd be lost the whole time and not do any actual work but it was pretty easy for me to pick up on everything.
• Luisa is a master of searching for the image needed to clarify a concept while simultaneously providing the introductory context in which it needs to be understood. Your guidance always feels so authentic. You recognize our limitations, and openly talk about them in a way that makes it clear that you view them as a movable barrier that can be pushed to new places if we just keep putting in the work and ask our questions as they form.

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