Thursday, January 09, 2020
Something to share with you- Please Take Note on Taking Notes
I was asked to share this with you. Please do listen to what I am telling you, especially with regards to your notes.
Sarah was a student of mine a few semesters ago and is now graduated with a BSME at ASU. Read what she asked me to share with you. PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WAY SHE HAD STILL LAID OUT HER NOTES!
I hope you find this beneficial.
Study Hard,
ProfTilli
BTW- an update on Sarah's success. Immediately after graduation, she received multiple job offerings and is currently working as a Mechanical Engineer. Congrats Sarah!
Sarah wrote:
"Hi Prof Tilli, It's been a while since I touched base with you. I wanted to reach out and say hi and I hope all is well. I am actually, finally, at long last, can't believe it's happening... graduating this semester with my degree in Mechanical engineering. I continually emphasize to my peers how your calculus 3 class provided the fundamental basis for my success in almost every class I have taken at ASU. Many of my peers took calculus 3 online and have struggled terribly conceptually with fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and even structural mechanics. I tell them how thankful I am for the level of rigor demanded from your class. They then look at me like I have four heads and tell me I am crazy. I also am somewhat famous... for my notes. This is a habit I picked up from your class. The attached image shows how every bit of note taking is done in my world. I am thankful for this habit. My notes have turned into resources from which I will draw insight for many years. They have value because they are not just equations and scribble... they are a guide for 20 years from now Sarah who can't remember Prandtl's tip loss factor or how convective heat transfer works. Thank you for that. I am at the point in my academic journey that I am starting to apply for actual jobs (it's scary) and though you had me in class a couple years ago now, I always go back to my experience in your class when I need a really good example of a time that I didn't know how hard I was capable of working until the challenge was before me. I hope this semester is going well for you and your students. I tell everyone I talk to that if they want to go and finally learn calculus that they need to go take it again... at MCC... with you. Thank you so much... all my best, Sara
PS- Please share with your students what I have said and shared with you... it can literally change their lives. It has changed mine.
Thank you for everything,
Sarah"
"Hi Prof Tilli, It's been a while since I touched base with you. I wanted to reach out and say hi and I hope all is well. I am actually, finally, at long last, can't believe it's happening... graduating this semester with my degree in Mechanical engineering. I continually emphasize to my peers how your calculus 3 class provided the fundamental basis for my success in almost every class I have taken at ASU. Many of my peers took calculus 3 online and have struggled terribly conceptually with fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and even structural mechanics. I tell them how thankful I am for the level of rigor demanded from your class. They then look at me like I have four heads and tell me I am crazy. I also am somewhat famous... for my notes. This is a habit I picked up from your class. The attached image shows how every bit of note taking is done in my world. I am thankful for this habit. My notes have turned into resources from which I will draw insight for many years. They have value because they are not just equations and scribble... they are a guide for 20 years from now Sarah who can't remember Prandtl's tip loss factor or how convective heat transfer works. Thank you for that. I am at the point in my academic journey that I am starting to apply for actual jobs (it's scary) and though you had me in class a couple years ago now, I always go back to my experience in your class when I need a really good example of a time that I didn't know how hard I was capable of working until the challenge was before me. I hope this semester is going well for you and your students. I tell everyone I talk to that if they want to go and finally learn calculus that they need to go take it again... at MCC... with you. Thank you so much... all my best, Sara
PS- Please share with your students what I have said and shared with you... it can literally change their lives. It has changed mine.
Thank you for everything,
Sarah"
