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I did once have a Physics lecturer say " When I took Quantum Mechanics back in my undergrad, I got an A but didn't actually understand anything" and then in the
by datadrivenangel 1y ago
I did once have a Physics lecturer say " When I took Quantum Mechanics back in my undergrad, I got an A but didn't actually understand anything" and then in the same lecture 20 minutes later: "What part of this do you not understand?" when the entire class was just blankly looking at the whiteboard.
- stackedinserter 1y agoSeriously, what so non-understandable in first 20 minutes of QM?
- brookst 1y agoProbably depends on how it’s explained, no? I could make arithmetic incomprehensible, let alone QM.
- vonneumannstan 1y agoThey never implied it was the first 20 minutes of the entire course
- datadrivenangel 1y agoThis was about halfway through the semester.
- SoftTalker 1y agoAt least at the undergrad level, it's not impossible to get an "A" without actually learning anything. Especially Freshman/Sophomore level classes. You just cram for the exams and regurgitate what you memorized. Within a few months time it's mostly gone.