"...you see students' work where the point, whether it's stated or not, is basically that they're clever." [1] As a grad student, I've found explaining my work

"...you see students' work where the point, whether it's stated or not, is basically that they're clever." [1] As a grad student, I've found explaining my work to non-academic laypersons to be a useful exercise. It's similar to those "Expert X explains Topic Y to N Levels of Education" videos and is good sanity check as to whether anyone cares about your work beyond the cloistered ivory tower of academia. [1] https://youtu.be/w5R8gduPZw4?t=164 https://youtu.be/w5R8gduPZw4?t=164