http://artlung.com/blog/2004/08/31/back-to-school-sale/ Blogging sporadically since February 2001. Fri, 16 May 2008 10:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://artlung.com/blog/2004/08/31/back-to-school-sale/#comment-16 Mad Mikey Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:16:59 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2004/08/31/back-to-school-sale/#comment-16 That <i>rat-a-tat-tat style</i> is the professor trying to 'thin the herd'; some profs will come in with 'guns blazing' to try and spook those that aren't condfident in their ability - that way, they're not dragging the rest of the class with their review questions. Math professors are notorious for doing this....it gets the slackers out of the class quickly. That rat-a-tat-tat style is the professor trying to ‘thin the herd’; some profs will come in with ‘guns blazing’ to try and spook those that aren’t condfident in their ability – that way, they’re not dragging the rest of the class with their review questions. Math professors are notorious for doing this….it gets the slackers out of the class quickly.

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