i'm not going to make this a new year's resolution, but here's my rhetoric:
if these students think it worthwhile to learn a little analysis,
then i think it worthwhile to learn their names & faces.
on a related note, i feel like i don't know anyone in my department. in my previous maths department as a grad student, there were arrays of photos of names and faces --
in the lobby, profs and postdocs,
in the common room, grad students,
-- and it was easy to meet others. then again, maybe it was a mιchigan thing; i've heard that it's a particularly friendly, social department.
[shrugs]
anyways, onnellista uutta vuotta, everyone!
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WashU and SU have such photos on display (profs, including postdocs, and grads). A&M kind of does (profs only), but it was never updated while I was there.
Is the intro-analysis class so large that you need a camera?
Anyway, Happy 2010!
it's not a matter of class size as much as a matter of learning their names effectively. with photos, i can make a photo album. from it, in 1-2 days i have the names committed to memory ..
.. but woe to the students that join the class late .. \-:
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