I may not become the next Richard Feynman

Mopey · May 26, 2019 at 01:33 PM

Let's devoutly hope so, Chemist!

I was acquainted with someone who took a class from Dr. Feynman, and said he was just amazing. I liked where, in Feynman's lighter-weight book, Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman, he spoke of teaching some courses in Brazil for a time. He found that everything was test-oriented. If you could pass the test, you got the grade. Consequently the students never learned to reason. So when the time came for him to give a wrap-up speech on the course, he pulled no punches. He got up there in front of the whole school and the administration and roundly criticized their entire curriculum. He said that he was appalled that this school was purporting to turn out scientists but if you asked them to solve a problem that wasn't on the test, they were mute. He said, essentially, "WTF is this?????" And I believe they listened to him, because he was still alive after the address. LOL!

Fuzzybear · May 26, 2019 at 02:35 PM

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May 27, 2019 at 02:51 AM

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May 27, 2019 at 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mopey

Let's devoutly hope so, Chemist!

I was acquainted with someone who took a class from Dr. Feynman, and said he was just amazing. I liked where, in Feynman's lighter-weight book, Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman, he spoke of teaching some courses in Brazil for a time. He found that everything was test-oriented. If you could pass the test, you got the grade. Consequently the students never learned to reason. So when the time came for him to give a wrap-up speech on the course, he pulled no punches. He got up there in front of the whole school and the administration and roundly criticized their entire curriculum. He said that he was appalled that this school was purporting to turn out scientists but if you asked them to solve a problem that wasn't on the test, they were mute. He said, essentially, "WTF is this?????" And I believe they listened to him, because he was still alive after the address. LOL!

Ah, yes. I will praise anybody who would do what Feynman did that day at that school. May Feynman rest in peace.

Also, his autobiography is in my to-buy list.

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