Thanks to everyone for participating in the class.  As those of you who showed up for class on Tuesday saw, the range of creativity for the world projects was broad.  Some focused on plants while others focused on animals.  The world itself was more important to others.

Though it took a little longer for class because of some technical difficulties and some misunderstanding about what an overview is, those who participated did reasonable work.

I am disappointed at some of the incivility and rudeness.  Some students left promptly after their presentation.  For those students, you missed the work of colleagues who patiently sat through your presentation.  Others made uncharitable comments as the time grew long.  I did not get similar comments when we ended class a little early.  Some chose not to do evaluations for the class.  This is unfortunate as I would have valued your comments on readings and projects.  We touched on the topic of time in the class at many points but we did not discuss variable values for it.  Please consider in the future that courtesy is always appreciated.

I hope that you got from the class a wider appreciation for speculative fiction and the science behind it.  As a whole, the class did a reasonable job with the assignments and with working on group material.