Murat Vural
Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Experience talks:
Murphy’s Laws:
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The time a teacher takes in explaining is inversely proportional to the information retained by students.
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Students who are doing better are credited with working harder. If students start to do poorly, the teacher will be blamed.
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On a test day, at least 15% of the class will be absent.
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When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible.
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Eighty percent of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed about the one book you didn't read.
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If attendance is mandatory, a scheduled exam will produce increased absenteeism. If attendance is optional, an exam will produce persons you have never seen before.
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The examination paper is always easier when you are not taking it.
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No matter how much you study for a test you will be asked a question that you don't know.
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The professor never sticks to the syllabus.
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Any student that gets a B is sure he/she deserved an A.
Some Famous Quotes:
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Experience is the worst teacher, it gives the test before presenting the lesson. - Vernon Law
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If you know to take lessons from your mistakes it is experience, otherwise it is nothing but failure.
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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. - Chinese Proverb
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. - Socrates
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The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do. - John S. Mill
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Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. -Peter T. Mclntyre
last modified: 17-Jan-2004