Griffiths is my hero

[sillygoosegirl]

You know, Big Quantum was somewhat painful (though not as painful as I'd feared), but Donnelly was right: I learned how to learn from the book and I am so glad to have learned that. It's just so valuable, and it's so amazing how much I couldn't do it before and how much I can do it now.

So yeah, I just spent 1 hour reading out of the Big E&M text book, and now I suddenly understand a bunch of things I pretty much just took on faith when I took Little E&M. I feel empowered. I feel good about E&M right now. I have 12 hours to feel good about E&M before going to class and having my confidence completely eroded by Saeta.

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[snailprincess.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I had that problem with Seata sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy, but sometimes he wasn't great for my self-confidence.

[sillygoosegirl.livejournal.com]

So often it just feels like he is just teaching to the smart kids. That really bugs me, but for some reason I can't explain, I really do like him as a person. I go to him for advising stuff (partly because he is my adviser, partly because I like him (not his teaching style) better than any of the other physics profs), but I feel like surely some of the other profs must have a higher opinion of me, since he gave me the lowest grade I've got.