tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post113051406857328823..comments2023-11-13T04:15:43.184-06:00Comments on Cantànima: Conditioning our students not to learnjack perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1131551097642032602005-11-09T09:44:00.000-06:002005-11-09T09:44:00.000-06:00Heh, that's funny, because eigenvectors and eigenv...Heh, that's funny, because eigenvectors and eigenvalues are in fact highly applicable.<BR/><BR/><I>I HATED statistics. It was boring, dull, and utilitarian. Our teacher made us memorize the definitions for all those dismal measures to the word and the "work" was a dismal cranking of numbers through a more or less opaque black box.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm kind of in the same boat. I require the students jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092896.post-1131374397700798882005-11-07T08:39:00.000-06:002005-11-07T08:39:00.000-06:00Dear Steven,You know, I wasn't worried about this ...Dear Steven,<BR/><BR/>You know, I wasn't worried about this myself until you mentioned it. Thanks for instilling me with a sense of terror :-)<BR/><BR/>On the upside, I was told when they interviewed me here that they have very weak students. Weak students I don't mind; my beef is that they have no interest in learning anything at all. They are going to college not because they are excited to jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.com