Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Advice for teachers & professors:
  • From the movie Stand and Deliver: “Students will rise to the level that the teacher expects, and so if the teacher expects something really hard, kids don’t even know it’s impossible. They’ll try.”
  • Don’t try to cover the material, try to uncover it – instead of insisting on covering the full curriculum, teachers should teach with a more exploratory mindset, without an end destination
  • Make your classroom a safe space for confusion
• Calculus plays a crucial role in GPS technology, as well as measuring how our immune systems interact with viruses
• By becoming knowledgeable in a variety of disciplines, you can apply mental models from different fields to your own, giving you a leg up on the competition

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