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kleinbl00  ·  2436 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 23, 2017

    1. Be as excited as you can be. Rigorous argument is not necessarily the most enthralling of things, but people pick up on whether you care about something and that can make a big difference in their opinion of the topic.

This is so important. My precalc instructor was boring AF and I remember none of it. My DiffEQ instructor got so carried away that the prof next door would come over and tell him to stop banging on the chalkboard. As a result, I think DiffEQ is the fundamental magic that makes the world go 'round.