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To borrow a quote from Dead Seriously (who probably borrowed it from someone else), I made my own little motivational poster (you can too) in response to my teaching evaluations from this summer. Here are a few highlights.

• "He loves what he does. He's a total geek at heart, but he teaches in such a way that it makes the students laugh, all the while learning "boring" statistics. He's not too young to be immature, but not too old to be.. well, old."
• " personality makes environment less intimidating."
• " Very good at simplifying complex subjects"
• " He shows an genuine interest in the subject and actually is excited about certain topics."

Though, needless to say, some weren't without criticism. I don't know what they are talking about, though. I think they might have some ties to subversive goblin activities.

• " Stats is really boring, not much you can do there"
• "Provide examples that actually reflect what is on the tests. Don't enjoy stumping students, that's just masochistic."
• " I would only say to make the homework worth more for the overall class grade."
• "A very deceptive professor. His texts and exams are 10 times harder than what he actually teaches. I kept up with all the notes and readings; however, his questions are nothing like the examples."

Sorry people, I don't teach you how to take a test. The point of the test is not for you to mindlessly regurgitate your knowledge. This ain't high school.

Finally, some overall comments:

• " Professor Miracle Gro is amazing! Hire him for real at UCI!"
• " don't make summer school classes in the afternoon hard to stay awake. :)"