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Borrowing Notes

July 19, 2018

A student's lecture notes are enormous because they write down literally everything, including this conversation.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-07-19-borrowing-notes/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "Hey, I missed last lecture. Can I borrow your notes?" B: "Sure! I have 'em right here..."

A (holding a huge stack labeled "Lecture #7"): "Um... how do you come up with this many things to write down?"

B (writing): "'Classmate: 'Um... how do you even come up with...'"

Topics
Math Culture › TeachingMath Culture › Study SkillsLogic & Proof › Self-Reference
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Student LifeSelf-Reference