Every September in the first week of classes we have an orientation day for our first year students. One of the highlights of the day is a presentation that I and my colleague Mark Schroeder give on how to achieve success as an undergraduate. Rather than make the presentation all preachy, we decided to have a bit of fun. Instead of calling it 18 Ways to Succeed, we called it 18 Ways to Fail Your Courses. This year, I gave it the same treatment that I gave to my other presentations shown in my blog. I've included some sample slides as well as the entire presentation.
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WaysToFail_2007.pdf (3.94 mb)