Category Archives: Education

Tales related to the schools I have learned at or taught at

Form 1D

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Ed Medley

I heard a jolting, funny answering machine message today. Do listen to it. It was prepared by frustrated schoold teachers at a school in Australia. I have a lot of admiration for school teachers – I was a part-time teacher for … Continue reading →

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Soul-Soaring (Fract)Elation

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Ed Medley

A young man in a faraway dominion of my life told me the other day that this website was full of my “self-elations”. Although puzzled at his choice of words, I did not correct him, since I think I knew … Continue reading →

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The Motley View: On Geonudity and Some Benefits of Your GeoEngineering Education

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ed Medley

 About the time that this issue of the Motley View will be published [April 2008]  the 2008 class of UC Berkeley GeoEngineers will be finishing the Spring Term, soon to graduate. They will work through the night to complete the CE270L … Continue reading →

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Motley View: On the Rewards of Being Fired and Other Career Road Blocks

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ed Medley

Some road blocks will stall your career for a while… (Kipahulu Lava Flow, Hawaii, 1987: E Medley) You are driving along your well-planned career track en route to the next success. You are being considerate of others, following the Rules … Continue reading →

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Motley Views

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ed Medley

I used to write The Motley View, a column of occasional pieces for the Newsletter of the now dormant Berkeley Geoengineering Alumni Association (BGAA) hosted by the GeoEngineer website. Why Motley View? I wrote the first article, so I named the … Continue reading →

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Ed and Ikaika’s 5 Minute Writing Spree

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Ed Medley

In 1988 I was teaching and tutoring, while also picking up the odd engineering consulting jobs and helping men die. One of my students was Ikaika, a boy who had difficulty writing. In my diary for March 11 1988, I … Continue reading →

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N.T.U.A, N.T.U.A….

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Ed Medley

Between March 20 and March 31 2010, I was  a guest on a 12-day European Grand GeoOdyssey: Engineering Geology in Engineering Works in Greece-Italy-France-Switzerland with Emphasis on Case Histories of Great Failures. The trip leader was Prof. Paul Marinos, guiding … Continue reading →

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What THEY Didn’t Teach GAR at Engineering School

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Ed Medley

In 1992 I wrote an essay: What THEY Didn’t Teach Me in Engineering School. Just this week I found a 1995 letter from my dearest and best friend, Dr. Gretchen A. Rau, PE, in which she gave me her own … Continue reading →

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Converting Cubic Centimeters as Life Lurch

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Ed Medley

One of the largest of my life challenges was converting cubic meters to cubic centimeters. In 1973 I was prospecting in the Stikine Range of northern British Columbia as a blaster and geological assistant. My colleagues were college graduates in … Continue reading →

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What THEY Didn’t Teach Me in Engineering School

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Ed Medley

I left the University of British Columbia in 1978, so long enough ago that I have only a hazy recollection of the courses, exams, assignments and other hurdles I had to leap over to earn a degree in Geological Engineering. … Continue reading →

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