In the lab today. Expected graph - linear. What the student got - near perfect linear. Was surprised because students usually goof up in this experiment, and this particular student often goes wrong. And then I look closely. No scaling, his readings are directly written on the axes. And after that it was madness because he's done that all his life, and was never corrected. Probably the blunder has gone unnoticed.
Not shocking though, because our standards of teaching and learning has gone worse.
@vertigo_invivo May I know your subject?
@VoiceObc Physics
@vertigo_invivo Did you have peers passionate about physics in college?
@VoiceObc Can't think of any, at least not during my basic college years. Why do you ask?
@vertigo_invivo That’s what I imagine, how people pursued their passion in the West. They discussed and exchanged letters with total strangers across countries. They were always collectivists and not individualists.
@VoiceObc There were scientists who were reclusive always. There were those who collaborated. Applicable to other fields too I'm sure. But I think they got the balance of both right.