Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.

Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work