WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THE JOB?

Actually many things about this job that are fun. First it's a change from the normal day-to-day data archiving (down at the University.) It's quiet and peaceful early in the morning being able to look out over Tucson or over the desert, it's pretty exciting. And to see what's happening on the Sun first hand, and to see the sunlight come through the telescope, and then to see the sunspots on the instruments... I think that's pretty exciting.

WHAT TO DO WHEN SOME SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT SEEMS COMPLEX: "JUST ASK!"

It's kind of hard to get around the jargon, and there are still things today that I am kind of missing, but to any student who's worried about the scientific words, I would tell them that is really no way around it, but that if you have any questions about something that an astronomer or your teacher might be talking about, the important thing is to always ask questions. I've been told numerous times that there is no such thing as a stupid question. Even if you think it might sound stupid, or if your friends might think that you are stupid, just ask. That's the only way you are going to learn, by actually asking and doing what you want in school, whatver subject it might be. So far as the jargon goes, just ask questions, that's what I would say.