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Yaakov Stein <yaakov_s@rad.com> Tue, 01 May 2012 09:24 UTC

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> What if teachers were measured on a survey at the end of a semester or a year that asked "does teacher <> make <> interesting to you?".

Feynman recollected that when he returned from school his mother never asked him if he answered the teacher's questions correctly,
rather if he asked any interesting questions.

Y(J)S

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