Word: harrison
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...Harrison laughs. “He taught us a few things on a random scrap of paper. Later, he let us take the paper with us when we left. But the back of this piece of paper wasn’t blank. It was something he was drafting. I’ve never seen so many symbols in one equation in my entire life...
While the Math 55 students may marvel at their professor, they have attracted their own dedicated admirers in the freshman class. “Even though we have all this work,” Harrison says with pride, “when we’re in the War Room and all the Math 25 and 23 kids are down there, there has never been a time when people ask us for help and we say we’re too busy. We always help people...
While many of the Math 55 students scorn their labels, Harrison thinks the stereotype stems from respect...
...honor to be respected by every other person in the math community,” Harrison says. “People say, ‘Wow, you’re in Math 55?’ and they really respect us….Yes, there’s a lot of work, and yes, we have to devote a lot of time to the class. But the rewards from the math community, the other people in the class, and the satisfaction of learning so much in such a short period of time so greatly outweigh having to put that time...
...Harrison asks a question, and Clausen realizes that he skipped a key step not yet covered in the course. “Sorry,” Clausen says. “Sometimes I just forget you guys are freshmen...