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Perhaps he wants a good reference??? He wants to be a lawyer after all. Ed > Taking Prof. Mahaffy's comment into consideration, why is this germane > to a paleontology list? Well, I think it is a pretty good way to > point out to students different ways of arriving at the truth. A lot > of my students arrived in my (college) classroom with no apparent > experience with constructive criticism, critical thinking, in general, > or the structure of knowledge. I think it is as important to show > students how the truth is discovered, as it is to introduce them to > new information. > > At the risk of being immodest, I will paste in the comments of a > former student (who is asking for a letter of recommendation ... to > law school) from an email that came to me this afternoon: > > Throughout my undergraduate career, I found your teaching style to be > the most effective in actually leaving me with a real understanding of > concepts, rather than just a memorization of facts. I truly did enjoy > your classes the most, and was always fascinated at your comprehensive > knowledge on subjects related to the topics we were actually studying, > and your ability to add greater depth to the topics by adding such > knowledge. > > Makes it all worth it, huh? > > All best, > Bill > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > William P. Chaisson > Adjunct Assistant Professor > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > University of Rochester > Rochester, NY 14627 > Dr. Eduard G. Reinhardt FI' 04 Associate Professor McMaster University School of Geography and Geology General Sciences Bldg Rm 312 1280 Main St W Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8S 4K1 Ph 905-525-9140 ext 27594 Fax 905-546-0463
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