The Torkel Saga 2059: February 2018

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CSUF Secondary Teacher Prep – Physical Geology – Exam Results (2K1) for Keith E Torkelson, MS

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Saddleback College – Physical Geology - Midterm Sample by student Keith Torkelson for Doctor Peter Borella – Wonderful Memory – Outcome = 90.0 & Includes Rate My Professor

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Charter Information

Community Partners

Insight Brief – Lessons Learned

Rate Your Professor

Exam – Midterm 1 – For Spring 2001

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20180126-F: Charter Information

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Specification	Note	Detail
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Name of the report	Saddleback College	Science
Student Description	Avian Scientist Pathologist	Keith Torkelson CSUF Secondary Teacher Preparation
Date of the Assessment	Spring 2001	2K10329
Class (Course)	Physical Geology 4.0 Semester Units	GEOL 1 INTRO TO PHYSICAL GEO
School	Saddleback College	At Mission Viejo
Teacher – Professor	Peter Borella (Department Head)	Outcome – 100-10 = 90 90% Full A Due to Scale
Who was the exam for?	Us our cohort Community College Students	Approx 40 students All Dudes AVG Age 20
What does the exam evaluate?	Diagramming – Text Description of Diagrams -Problem Solving - Vocabulary	Using Correct Units
How was the exam delivered?	Two Pages of Questions Looks like he or his staff used a Word-processor	On paper – obviously I kept a copy Blue Book Method - Essay
Insight Brief	[SEE BELOW]
Length	Between 15-20 Pages	Key – None provided
Why share?	Digital Preservation
Blog	The Torkelson Saga	Wonderful Memory
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Last Reviewed: 201802010-SAT: Saddleback College Physical Geology Midterm (1 of 1)

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Professor Peter Borella

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20180207-W: Insight Brief – Geology

In Spring Quarter of 2001 we were preparing our application for the California State University @ Fullerton (CSUF) Secondary Teacher Education Program. In the process for landing an interview with CSUF the Biology Department Chair at the time, Barry Thomas, with us reviewed a portion of our Curriculum Vitae. Our Science Course Success Checklist constituted about fifteen or so Science Courses necessary to qualify as a Secondary Education Science Teacher (SEST). Mr. Thomas found three (3) gaps.

Further Study Required

Previously, we had not taken: Botany, Earth Science or Geology. He said our Microbiology Mycology element might suffice (fudge) for Botany. Then he said two things: You are a Biologist! Take Botany – You will enjoy it. Doctor Thomas directed: You will have to take and succeed at Earth Science and Physical Geology. At Saddleback we broke our ice by Acing both INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE and CIRCUIT WEIGHT TRNG (Fall, 2000). We were class high for Earth Science. Our confidence was building nicely. Since 1999 we had held down work as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for our Family Business. [FIND LINK FOR BOTANY RELATED - Done]. Our total school-load for Spring of 2001 was Plant Diversity/Genetics (Botany), Introduction to Physical Geology, and Supervised Tutoring. We didn’t have a need for the tutor. This time around we did not repeat our UC Davis Sleep Error (UCD-SE).

Promise

When we picked up our Exams at the end of the Semester we promised Doctor Borella that we would not share them with anyone. It has been more that fifteen (15) years. We feel that it is OK to share.

Lesson Learned

Doctor Borella let the students pick the day for the first midterm. He would say: Are you ready for the mid-term next week. Over half of our classmates kept saying no! Thus a midterm that might best have been in February was set off over and over. As you can see we actually had in on March 29^th. The result was we only had one midterm.

Invite to Be a Geologist - Switch Biology to Geology

When we went to pick up our final both Repka (Earth Science Teacher) and Borella indicated we would make a good Geologist. They said give up on Biology. At the time we did not know that Doctor Borella had his own Small Business.

FYI - Peter Borella Engineering Geology in Laguna Beach, CA

www.buzzfile.com/business/Peter-Borella-949-494-3566

Peter Borella Engineering Geology (trade name Peter Borella) is in the Geological Consultant business. View competitors, revenue, employees, website and phone number.

Email Deletion Assignment

One day we visited Doctor Borella in his office. He indicated he was having trouble managing his e-mail. He asked: Hey! Will you get rid of my e-mail for me? I said OK and moved them to trash. Then I asked are you sure you want them gone? He said – Yes. So I permanently deleted them from trash. A week later he said I need some back. I said “OK but No!”

Current Interests

We will just list some of our current Geological Interests. To even address one of them would cause us to miss our publication deadline.

LIPs-Large Igneous Protrusions

Siberian – Deccan – Columbian – One in South America

Yellowstone Caldera

Mono-Mammoth

Amboy

Lassen

Calcium Series

Calcite > Limestone > Marble

Doctor Borella’s Rating

Our calculations indicate that Doctor Borella for us is a 4.1 Star Teacher yet we still feel he earned and “A” or 5.0 Stars.

You Tube Geology Teacher

We have a new Geology Teacher this Winter Quarter. He works for Central Washington University. His name is professor Nick Zentner. We sat in his digital classroom for an hour while he discussed new research on the Columbia River Basalts. Here is an FYI Link.

Flood Basalts of the Pacific Northwest

Central Washington University

11 months ago

20180205-M: 71,231 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQhjkemEyUo
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FYI – “Rate My Professor”

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1459608

5 Star Scale – 5.0 Star Best - Borella

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#	Specification	Star	Note
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	Overall Quality (Approximate)	4.1	Result of CALCS below

1	Would Take Again	4.5	If we could aquire Gold Silver and Rear Minerals we would take Mineralogy next
2A	Level of Difficulty	4.0	People failed – they would probably say the difficulty was greater than 5.0
2B	Hotness	4.5	Borella can get feisty
3	Tough Grader	4.0	No shared keys or rubrics
4A	Amazing Lectures	4.5	Synclines Anticlines Large Basaltic Protrussions
4B	Amazing Labs	5.0	As always rock and mineral identificaion (Fun) The class people get to argue about incorrect answers
5	Hilarious	3.0	He is not super funny We are not certain if this matters
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	Overall Quality (CALC)	29.0/35 = 82.9%	4.1 Star Equivalent
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Last Reviewed: 20180210-SAT: Rate My Professor for Saddleback’s Professor Peter Borella

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Peter Borella at Saddleback College - RateMyProfessors.com

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=103142

Borella is a great guy, but will call you out if you aren't trying. He loves to see people put in effort and ask questions. His tests are HARD essays. However, if you show him you're trying, he will pass you. Go on every field trip he tells you. Also if you do a trip, write a little report about the geology of it, he will possibly give you Extra Credit.

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