Saturation

“I know, right? I’m just making sure they get a complete understanding of the subject!”

Nuggets

When you start research, you quickly learn that the low-hanging fruit has been picked.

Small Overlap

“I don’t want to do math, I’m not in school!”

The classic complaint that demonstrates our confusion.

Guessing-Game

I understand that we can’t know the questions ahead of time, but it’s also pretty annoying to spend a solid chunk of time studying, only to realize that you wasted your time on the wrong material.

Completionist

I think we might sometimes take this a little too far, but at least we’re sure dark matter isn’t made out of discarded class notes!

Not So Special

The mathematical tools always look better on the other side.

Copied Solutions

“Can you give us complete solutions next time, Professor?”

“Ah no, I have to make you work for them!”

It All Makes Sense

Why do we even say this? Students are learning the material, so they almost certainly don’t understand it. We need to be careful with the implicit standards we set.

Meetings

I wonder if we could compress meetings to about half their time without losing significant information?

Myth of Grades

As much as it might seem like it at times, I promise you that there are other things that matter than grades.