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Rolf Snedsböl? :-) Agreed that he was one of the best educators (if not _the_ best) I had

by Saser 5y ago

Agentlien 5y ago
Yes, Rolf Snedsböl! I absolutely loved his classes. I bumped into him a few years ago when I was holding a recruitment thing for Ghost Games and it happened to be just after his lecture. I told him how much I enjoyed his courses.
- RonaldOlzheim 5y ago
  Did he wrote a book? Do you have a link?
valvar 5y ago
An absolute legend! My favourite of his jokes: "when I moved to Sweden from Norway, the average IQ went up in both countries".
- ngcc_hk 5y ago
  Take a bit time to understand this joke. Crazy. Especially the new host would not be very appreciated of that la.
  - diarrhea 5y ago
    To be fair, a great joke, but not an original one (unless he is the original author -- I've heard it before in different contexts).
    - aloisdg 5y ago
      Read it when new zealander move to australia
  - dm319 5y ago
    It's a known statistical phenonema (Will Rogers phenomenon) [1] used to illustrate the problems when adjustments are made to clusters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers_phenomenon
    - nojs 5y ago
      Concrete example from that article: with improved detection of cancer, it’s true that “people with cancer live longer on average” and also that “people without cancer live longer on average” even if there’s no change to the treatment or anyone’s lifespan.
- Agentlien 5y ago
  My favorite story about him was when he caught a student sleeping in his class. He paused, mid-sentence, and asked the student if they were too tired. The student looked up sheepishly and confirmed. "Did it get a bit late last night? Can't keep your eyes open?" Again, the student agreed. Rolf flashed a huge smile and in a singsong voice said "then I have something for you!". He walked over to his bag, pulled out a stuffed animal and a tiny embroidered pillow. (I have a grainy photo of them somewhere). Rolf tiptoed up to the student, put the pillow in front of him, and as the student rested his head on the pillow Rolf gave him a pat on the head. After this Rolf went back, said that if you're that tired it's better to sleep in your own bed. He resumed the lecture, picking up in the middle of the sentence where he'd stopped. No one slept in his class for the rest of the course.
  - valvar 5y ago
    I have a similar anecdote which completely stunned us, but which may possibly be part of his standard routine, and thus something he does for every set of students: He always wore the same striped sweater. At one point, he took a break to drink some water and remove his sweater. But beneath the sweater was another identical sweater! I assume everything he did was very well-planned and part of his pedagogic system and routine, but it was often hard to tell if he was acting, or if he was actually being serious but eccentric.
    - Agentlien 5y ago
      I don't remember that but a lot of his antics seemed to be planned and part of his way of keeping people awake and paying attention. If it is part of his routine I wonder when he added it. I took his courses in 2006-2007.
      - valvar 5y ago
        I took that course in 2015 or 2016, so yeah, I guess that's about a decade in which he could have added it. I just browsed around Chalmers' course pages and am very happy to see that he's still teaching that course.
- alexose 5y ago
  My Norwegian grandfather used to tell a lot of these jokes. "What do you call a Swedish golfer with an IQ of 120? A foursome!"

Rolf Snedsböl? :-) Agreed that he was one of the best educators (if not _the_ best) I had

by Saser 5y ago

Rolf Snedsböl? :-) Agreed that he was one of the best educators (if not _the_ best) I had

Yes, Rolf Snedsböl! I absolutely loved his classes. I bumped into him a few years ago when I was holding a recruitment thing for Ghost Games and it happened to be just after his lecture. I told him how much I enjoyed his courses.

RonaldOlzheim 5y ago
Did he wrote a book? Do you have a link?

valvar 5y ago

An absolute legend! My favourite of his jokes: "when I moved to Sweden from Norway, the average IQ went up in both countries".

ngcc_hk 5y ago
Take a bit time to understand this joke. Crazy. Especially the new host would not be very appreciated of that la.
- diarrhea 5y ago
  To be fair, a great joke, but not an original one (unless he is the original author -- I've heard it before in different contexts).
  - aloisdg 5y ago
    Read it when new zealander move to australia
- dm319 5y ago
  It's a known statistical phenonema (Will Rogers phenomenon) [1] used to illustrate the problems when adjustments are made to clusters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers_phenomenon
  - nojs 5y ago
    Concrete example from that article: with improved detection of cancer, it’s true that “people with cancer live longer on average” and also that “people without cancer live longer on average” even if there’s no change to the treatment or anyone’s lifespan.
Agentlien 5y ago
My favorite story about him was when he caught a student sleeping in his class. He paused, mid-sentence, and asked the student if they were too tired. The student looked up sheepishly and confirmed. "Did it get a bit late last night? Can't keep your eyes open?" Again, the student agreed. Rolf flashed a huge smile and in a singsong voice said "then I have something for you!". He walked over to his bag, pulled out a stuffed animal and a tiny embroidered pillow. (I have a grainy photo of them somewhere). Rolf tiptoed up to the student, put the pillow in front of him, and as the student rested his head on the pillow Rolf gave him a pat on the head. After this Rolf went back, said that if you're that tired it's better to sleep in your own bed. He resumed the lecture, picking up in the middle of the sentence where he'd stopped. No one slept in his class for the rest of the course.
- valvar 5y ago
  I have a similar anecdote which completely stunned us, but which may possibly be part of his standard routine, and thus something he does for every set of students: He always wore the same striped sweater. At one point, he took a break to drink some water and remove his sweater. But beneath the sweater was another identical sweater! I assume everything he did was very well-planned and part of his pedagogic system and routine, but it was often hard to tell if he was acting, or if he was actually being serious but eccentric.
  - Agentlien 5y ago
    I don't remember that but a lot of his antics seemed to be planned and part of his way of keeping people awake and paying attention. If it is part of his routine I wonder when he added it. I took his courses in 2006-2007.
    - valvar 5y ago
      I took that course in 2015 or 2016, so yeah, I guess that's about a decade in which he could have added it. I just browsed around Chalmers' course pages and am very happy to see that he's still teaching that course.
alexose 5y ago
My Norwegian grandfather used to tell a lot of these jokes. "What do you call a Swedish golfer with an IQ of 120? A foursome!"