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Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot Math, Science, and Engineering

Bruce Mayer, PELicensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer

[email protected]

Engineering 10

Study SkillsFor

College Students

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Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot Math, Science, and Engineering

From CareerBuilder.com Apr08 CHICAGO, April 2008 -

CareerBuilder.com's annual survey. Survey of 3147 Human Resource

Professionals and Hiring Managers When asked about minimum GPA

requirements: • 31% of the hiring managers surveyed

said they require a 3.0 and above • 11% require a 3.5 and above

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Robert Irwin on JPL GPA Mr. Irwin Studied Engineering at Chabot & UCBerkeley• He Now Works as

Test Engineer for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at CalTech

His Comments on JPL’s GPA policy: JPL has a 3.0 minimum GPA for interns and full time hires. It is a very strict policy.• >>> Robert Irwin

<[email protected]> 8/27/2012 7:41 PM >>>

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Job Offers Circa Jan 1979

Thank You UC Berkeley Placement Center

≈$70k in 2013-$

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Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot Math, Science, and Engineering

BMayerResume Used to Obtain 12 Job Offers

Circa Nov78

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Learning Goal Hopefully this Lecture will Help

Students to Develop the Skills, Techniques, and Methods to allow Each Student to…

Study Like an

ENGINEER

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Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot Math, Science, and Engineering

Rule-1: Be Responsible You want to be a Professional;

Professionals are Expected to Assume PERSONAL Responsibility for their Actions

At the University This Means• Attend EVERY Regular Class/Lab meeting• Be On Time, Be Courteous• Complete and Turn-in All Assignments

as Scheduled• Ask for few “Special Case” exceptions

– Professors Appreciate “SERIOUS” Students

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Rule-2: Mind Connected to Hand Unlike some Other Disciplines

Bachelors-Degree Math and Science Education Tends to be• Linear - a course will build as the Term

Progresses; courses build upon each other– Early Work is Required for Later Work

• Precise and Quantitative– At Universities Most Math & Sci Courses Entail

the Determination of a NUMERICAL ResultThere are Objectively RIGHT & WRONG Answers

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Rule-2 Cont. Math & Science Education Provides

Tools to Solve Problems• Becoming Proficient with the Tools Requires

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, & more PRACTICE Study with a Pencil-and-Paper

• If the Instructor Follows a Text, then– READ carefully, Taking Notes in

YOUR OWN HAND– Work all the EXAMPLES until you UNDERSTAND

them

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Rule-2 Cont.– To study for exams, Work problems for which

the text provides answers• If Solutions Are Provided to Homework or

Exams, then REWORK All problems that you got Wrong Until you Understand them

• Neatness & Thoroughness helps– A problem you solved

early in the term may be needed late in the term If it’s Neat & Complete you

can Use it more quickly

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Rule-2 Summarized

Don’t justREAD the Text; WORK the Text

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Rule-2 Personal Story BMayer Learned Rule-2 in

Ted Bowen’s Physics Class At Cabrillo Community College in 1974• This TRANSFORMED My Academic

Performance; leading to Results after Transfer to UCBerkeley (Go Bears!)– 3.8 GPA (95%)– 12 Job Offers

Transformed an Atty I know well from a Medium Student to 3rd out of 245 in her SCU Law School Graduating Class

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Rule-3 Worship the TextBook Instructor and Class-Time provides a

FRAMEWORK for Learning a College/University Skill

The Text, Or HandOuts/Notes, Provides the SUBSTANCE

Very Few People Learn Performance Skills by Listening to a lecture• Lectures Tell you WHAT to Study• The Text & Exercises DEVELOP Skills

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Rule-4 Listen to the Instructor The Obvious Reason →

To Learn the Material The Subtle Reason → To Learn What

is IMPORTANT to the Instructor• What the Instructor Says in Class Gives

Clues about His/Her Priorities– Since you Have Finite Study Time

(168 hrs per week) you need to PRIORITIZE– Typically What the instructor COVERS IN

CLASS will likely appear on the TESTS

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Rule-5 Mind your Math & English Math and English form the

FOUNDATION for College, and for Landing a good Working Position• Almost all Well Compensated (i.e., Good

Paying) Jobs require that the Employee be able to CALCULATE & COMMUNICATE– A GOOD Employee will use ALGEBRA;

a GREAT Employee will use CALCULUS– A GOOD Employee will be able to READ &

UNDERSTAND a written report; a GREAT Employee will WRITE the Report

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Rule-5 Cont. Math & English form the BASIS for

ANY Professional & Practice; c.f.• Required Courses for Engineering Degrees• Required Courses for Nursing Degrees• Required Courses for Business Degrees

Almost All Significant PROFESSIONS in the USA Depend written Math & English• Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer, Business Person,

Company Manager, Police Officer, etc.

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Rule-6 Be Creative CREATING Something is

MUCH Harder than USING Something• e.g.; The difference between READING a

story, and WRITING a story In the Professional World Creativity

Leads to very VALUABLE outputs• NEW products and/or Services• Competitive ADVANTAGE• SOLVED Problems

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Rule-6 Cont. CREATIVITY and PRODUCTIVITY

are Closely Related• Both Require Getting Something DONE

Develop Your Creativity Thru Practice• Draw Pictures• Write Stories• Build Things• Solve Puzzles TV & VIDEO GAMES

are NOT on The

Creativity List

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End Product of Systematic Creativity

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Rule-7 Draw Diagrams for Math Science, Math & Engrng Have a HUGE

Advantage Over the Written Language Disciplines – The use of Graphics

If you have difficulty with a problem• Chart it• Graph it• Sketch it• Flow Chart it• Diagram it

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Rule-8 DON’T Sell Your Books If you follow Rule-2; then you

will Build a LIBRARY of PERSONAL Reference material• Since Math & Sci Education Builds, Your

Text and The Study Materials associated with it are VALUABLE References

Many of the Underlying Laws of Science Cross Discipline Boundaries

Odds are you WILL use Your Texts as PROFESSIONAL References

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Book Seller ShortSightedNess A TextBook Seller UnConsciously says

this to Her/Him Self:

This attitude is a SELF-FULLING PROPHECY• Of Couse if a person DISCARDS a

TOOL, then he/she will never use it!!!

I DON’T NEEDTHIS Anymore…

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Sell Books? I don’t think so… From The Journal Thin Solid Films

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TSF TextBook R

efs

Chabot CHEM-1A/B Text

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Sell Books? I don’t think so… From The Journal IEEE TSM

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TSM TextB

ook Refs

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TextBook Refs for: IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing

MTH1 TextBook from Cabrillo College

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Sell Books? I don’t think so… From The Journal APS/AVS JVST

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JVST TextBook References

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Rule-9 PUT in the TIMEAcademic (Study) Time Per Lecture-Hour

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Rule-9 cont. From the Chart on the Previous Slide,

the MINIMUM Study Hours per week• 6 Hours for a 3 unit Chabot Course• 10 Hours for a 5 unit Chabot Course• 9 Hours for a 3 unit SJSU or CSU-EB or

UCBerkeley Bachelor’s Level Course• 12 Hours for a 3 unit CalPoly or UCDavis

or UCBerkeley Master’s Level Course• Even MORE for Ph.D. or MD Level Course

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R9: clueLESS vs clueFILLED Request from a ClueLESS Student

I don’t have time to Study…Tell me how get

an “A” AnyWay Observation by a ClueFILLED StudentThere is No Substitute

for Personally Struggling with the Course Material

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R9: You think it’s tough at Chabot… Consider this Sp10 advice from

UCBerkeley Prof. Bernhard Boser to his 2nd Year, 4-Unit EE40 class• “Effort: You are expected to spend

approximately 12 to 16 hours each week on this course, broken down as follows:– 3 hours of lecture– 1 hour of discussion – 3-4 hours reading (book & notes)– 3-5 hours homework– 3 hours labs and project”

B. E. Boser

http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~boser/courses/40/index.html

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Rule-10 Study EXTRA for Exams Preparing for Exams or Quizzes

requires ADDED study time beyond the 6 Hrs/Wk for a 3 unit Chabot Course

Exam Study/Prep Time Guideline

3 Hours StudyTime Per 1 Hour of ExamTime

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Rule-10 cont. Exam Week Study-Time Example →

Chabot 5 Unit Math or Science Course• 1 Hour Midterm Exam = 13 hours total

– 10 Hours Normal Study Time– 3 Hours Exam Prep Study Time

• 2 Hour Final Exam = 6 hours Final-Exam Prep Time– At the University Level Final

Exams are 3 Hours long, which requires NINE (9) hours of Final-Exam Study time

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Rule-11 Get EVERY Point If the Instructor/Professor offer

the OPPORTUNITY to earn Grading Points, then TAKE IT• Do EVERY Assignment• Do NOT incur LATE Penalties• Do Any & All EXTRA CREDIT Offerings• Learn how to Earn PARTIAL CREDIT and

then DO IT– e.g., if SHOWING WORK earns Partial Credit,

then Show your work

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Rule-12 Join/Form a Study Group LEARNING a subject is one thing,

TEACHING a subject is Another The depth of Knowledge required to

TEACH a Subject is much Greater than that needed to LEARN the same Subject

In a good Study Group ALL Students will be BOTH Learner and Teacher

Study Groups need NOT be Large; two people can make an effective group

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Rule-13 OfficeHrs Do’s & Don’ts DO Use Instructor Office

Hours; the RIGHT Way• DON’T: Walk into the Office and say: “Teach

me the SAME THING that you discussed during the class(es) I MISSED”

• DO: PREPARE for the Office Hour as you might for a meeting with your SUPERVISOR to make1. The Visit Efficient & Effective for BOTH Parties2. a GOOD IMPRESSION on the Instructor

Helps for subsequent Letters of Recommendation

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Rule-13 OfficeHrs Do’s & Don’ts Office Hour Visit Game Plan

• Work HARD on the Problem/Issue until you get STUCK

• Bring with you: TextBook, Paper & Pencil, Calculator or Computer

• THEN go to Office Hours and talk to the instructor saying something along the lines:– This is what I have

DONE so Far…Can you help me make the NEXT STEP

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Rule-14: LEARN All You Can A Four-Year Degree offers the

Opportunity to Learn at a Level of DEPTH & DETAIL that will Likely NOT be Available LATER in Life

Higher Education In California is EXCELLENT – Take Advantage of it• Study Hard; Party Later• Learn Everything you Can

You will NEVER regret having done WELL at the University Level

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1960 CA Master Plan for Higher Ed California Public four-year

Universities allow for seamless CC transfer as provided for by the 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education. An excerpt from this plan:• “The transfer function is an essential component of the

commitment to access. UC and CSU are to establish a lower division to upper division ratio of 40:60 to provide transfer opportunities to the upper division for Community College students, and eligible California Community College transfer students are to be given PRIORITY in the admissions process.”

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UC & CSU Engineering Programs UC Programs CSU Programs

• Does NOT IncludeCompSci

CSUs Offering B.S.-Engineering Degree(s)California Maritime Academy California Polytechnic State University, SLO California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Chico California State University, East Bay California State University, Fresno California State University, Fullerton California State University, Long Beach California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Northridge California State University, Sacramento Humboldt State University San Diego State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University

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LEARN it USE it (on the Job) Virtually EVERY TECHNICAL (and

ENGLISH Composition) CLASS I took I actually USED On The Job during by 24+ Year Engineering Practice Career• See Previous slides on TextBook Refs

The Deeper you Learn SomeThing in the Technical & English Classes at Chabot and the University the More Likely you are to APPLY IT when you join a Math/Sci/Engineering Profession

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LEARN it Return on Investment Students are (or should be) PAYING for

Their College/University Education NOT Learning DEEPLY is like Paying

for a Gym membership, and then doing “Mickey Mouse” WorkOuts

To Get a RETURN on his/her Educational investment the student should LEARN the Course Content

NoEffort NoGain

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LEARN it Return on Investment An excellent Perspective on RoI →

“When I was a senior [in college], one of my professors asked wonderingly, ‘Why is it that you guys spend so much time trying to get as LITTLE AS POSSIBLE for your money?’”• M. McArdle, “Is College a Lousy Investment”,

Newsweek, Vol. CLX, No. 12 (17Sep2012)

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Case Study: ClueLess ClueFilled Consider the Test

Performance Data For Electrical Circuits & Devices (ENGR43) Student

The student did about 3-times BETTER on the Exam that was about 3-times HARDER!!!

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Case Study: ClueLess ClueFilled When ASKED about the Improvement

the Student Replied:>>> Robbie Sweetman <[email protected]> 05/31/11 11:52 AM >>>Hey Mr. Mayer, thanks! I think I finally realized that understanding the concepts and actually being able to analyze different problems were two different things. About a week and a half before the final I started doing problem after problem after problem. I think the only way that I was able to improve in that class was by seeing a lot of different problems and FINALLY PUTTING IN MORE TIME. And to me the final [exam] was the EASIEST of all three tests SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAD DONE SO MANY PROBLEMS that I UNDERSTOOD how a circuit worked. I knew the concepts AND how they actually applied and I think that made the difference. On the other tests I knew the general concepts, but DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME applying them to actual circuits.

Thanks again Mr Mayer! I think your classes have helped me REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME I have to spend when I transfer [to UCDavis in AeroSpace Engineering]. - Robbie Sweetman

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Case Study: “Sac State” BSCE Robert Curry –

Chabot Transfer Student to CSU Sacramento in Civil Engineering• BSCE in Dec2009• SacState GPA 3.95• Now a Civil Engineer

with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

>>> Robert Curry 03/14/08 4:00 PM

…I do have to tell you , my time at Chabot was VERY HELPFUL IN PREPARING ME to go on to Sac State. I think that ALL THE ADVICE you gave us, and the TYPE OF WORK YOU HAD US do put me in a GOOD POSITION TO DO WELL.

During my first semester at Sac State, I saw a lot of OTHER STUDENTS STRUGGLING with things that I found to be familiar. Not necessarily the material, but the WORK that was required AND THE METHOD to go about learning the material. I've seen that everything that you are doing to help your students will PAY OFF for them if they choose to use it. Thank you very much Mr. Mayer. Without your help over the previous three years I don't think I would be in such a good position to succeed in my goals.

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Comments from Former Student Mr. Nicolas Celeste transferred from

Chabot to San Francisco State University; majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

He eventually became the PRESIDENT of the SFSU American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Section

What Follows are some of his comments from a Guest Lecture he Made at Chabot about his Transfer Experience

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Guest Lecture by UCB M.E.Excerpts from a Guest Lecture to the Chabot ENGR10 Class made by Chabot Engineering Transfer Student (Now Mechanical Engineer) Robert Moore

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Guest Lecture by UCB ChemE

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Ms. Zhang Advice on Learning

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Ms. Zhang notes on “Life in Chabot”1. Take every class seriously, especially these basic science classes like math. at the

beginning, you may not see the connections between different subjects. Your goal is NOT to get an A in the class, but to LEARN something. Lecture is very important, you want your study to be efficient.

2. THINK INDEPENDENTLY. Group study is great, but I encourage you to do the homework independently, and then you can discuss-with and compare-to classmates. Because, in group study sometimes will avoid you from knowing where you need to improve.

3. Start early. There are a lot of advantage of starting the homework early, you have plenty of time to think, and you will have time to go to Office Hour, (OH is important in UC), you don’t need to stay up late at night and fall asleep in the other morning. For the career, I highly recommend you to look for some part-time job in the industrial sector, may be too challenging to be engineer, but try operator that require minimum course work. From your work, you can build up the network, keep good reference, update your resume. The truth is, for 2-year program, you only have one summer to look for internship.

4. Be a tutor; it helps your UC application. Solidifies your class material. 5. Classes completion. Because the class load would be very heavy in UC, and you

need to apply principles from these basic classes in your major classes. And also, in UC, the lower division classes are lectured in huge class size, may up tp 600 ppl

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Comments from ENGR Transfers >>> Evan Manrique <[email protected]> 10/24/2012 10:53 AM >>>Hello Mr. Mayer,   I just wanted to thank you for the preparation you have provided me during my time at Chabot College. Getting though the first round of midterms at Cal Poly, I found myself in both of my EE classes, receiving the highest grade on the midterms. The work ethic that I had to acquire in taking your classes at Chabot has truly made me a more confident and stronger student. I hope everything is going well for you this semester and thank you again for all your help and guidance.Evan Manrique (CalPoly-SLO Electrical Engineering Student)

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>>> dadaspeaking <[email protected]> 10/28/12 9:50 PM >>>Mr. Mayer,It is super nice to hear from you again!! How have you been? I am using the method you taught me to study every course at Cal. I totally survived in the first round of midterms with all A's!! : ) I very very appreciate for it and again, thank you so much.Best Regards, Weida Yin (UCBerkeley Civil Engineering Student)

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>>> Andrew Koth <[email protected]> 10/28/12 6:41 PM >>>Mr. Mayor,Your tests really prepared me for the rigor of my current classes. I thought the study skills packet was particularly helpful. I hope everything is going well for you. Andrew (UCBerkeley Electrical Engineering student)

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Comments from ENGR Transfers >>> Lormi Sioson <[email protected]> 04/18/13 8:56 AM >>>Dear Mr. Mayer,

…stay in touch with the only engineering professor that has established a good foundation of not only the material needed in the engineering field, but also preparing me for the hard work ahead.

Just to update you, I was able to pass all my classes last semester andabout to finish another one. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, one our two classes here at SJSU require more prerequisites to get in and they are limited in enrollment, which has pushed me back as far as whatmy previous education plan was. Which is why the education plan assignment you had us do in Engineering 10 was helpful. The rigorous work required to pass my classes comes to me so naturally now because your classes have prepared me for it. I didn’t know that then and almost found it torturous, but now, I'm glad to have gone through it and it has helped me make it this far.

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for pushing me to become a better engineer.

Sincerely, Lormi

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Comments from ENGR Transfers March 28, 2013

Professor Bruce Mayer Chabot College

Dear Mr. Mayer: As you know, this is the first year I have taken a job as a engineeringintern with Gallo Wines and this step would not have been possible without your guidance and support. I find myself often using the advice youhave given and skills you have taught in your engineering classes in my internship. Your "Rule-5: learn to Communicate" I use daily. I am required every day at Gallo to be able to communicate what I need done succinctly and precisely to my supervisors, the maintenance technicians and the machine operators.

Your study skills have also been useful, especially your "Rule-2: Mind Connected to Hand." If I were to give any advice to prospective engineering majors, I would tell them take fewer units so that you have the time to work the problems out on paper. Even in my internship I have a legal pad out on my desk so that I can write out problems or brainstorm. I often use pen and paper before I use the computer.

In case you were wondering, my job as a production engineering intern is to investigate and fix major problems with the bottling lines based on data. The lines I manage produce the sparkling wines (aka champagne) under the brands Andre, Barefoot Bubbly, Delicia, and Wyclef. My lines also produce the dessert wines Boones Farm, Night Train, Thunderbird, and Gallo vermouth and boxed wines Peter Vella and Carlo Rossi

Sincerely, Branden Andersen

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I’m Just Not at Good at Math/Sci Have you ever said “I’m just Not at good

at Math (or something similar)?” – If So, Please change your mind, and read below

…But the truth is that everyone can become smarter at math [or sci/engr] if they practice in the right way. If a weight lifter watched other people exercise all day long, he wouldn’t get any stronger. And if someone tried to learn how to juggle by just reading a book about juggling, they wouldn’t learn. You actually have to practice the right way — and usually that means the hard way — to get better at something. In fact, scientists have found that the brain grows more when you learn something new, and less when you practice things you already know… • (See appendix for full text)

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LiberalArts & MBA’s

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DilBert BrainStorming

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All Done for Today

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But Remember YOU take the TEST; NOT the Study-Group

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Book Seller ShortSightedNess A Book Seller (BSer) unconsciously

says this to Her/Him Self:

This attitude is a SELF-FULLING PROPHECY• Of Couse if a person DISCARDS a TOOL,

then he/she will never use it!!!

I’ll NEVER NEEDThis Again…

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