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Only in retrospect do I realize that good professors develop mechanisms to eliminate jerks / a-holes / disruptions from class.

One professor would say on day one, "I never give an A grade for this class. Never."
I managed to negotiate that asap and eventually earned an A for the class.

Another professor said, "Any student who is late to class more than twice will receive a fail grade. No exceptions."
That was the summer of massive freeway ...

When I attended college I followed my sister's good advice, "always make use of faculty hours, always talk to your professors outside of class."

It led to a lot of interesting discussions and also better grades because familiarity, genuine interest, and also personality matters.
It's the easiest, ethical way to 'hack' the system.

Here's a story about one memorable visit.

I attended a Jesuit college, and only took two classes (iirc, ...

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Clint Eastwood meets Jane Goodall, that represents the pinnacle of career and reality.
Clint Eastwood meets Jane Goodall, that represents the pinnacle of reality and career.

Jane Goodall meets Clint Eastwood, that represents the pinnacle of career and reality.
Jane Goodall meets Clint Eastwood, that represents the pinnacle ...

What did one log say to the other log?

Nothing, it only barked.

When I was a child, right around 1970, Fluoride was a hot topic in my home.

My grandmother was a nurse, my grandfather worked in government.
That informed the lens of the families discussion.

My family discussed every theory, from conspiracy to scientific.
Because just a few decades prior it was even more hotly debated.

The fastest way to agitate a crowd/population of humans is to use something that once worked before, but has largely been ...