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<blockquote data-quote="YellowJacket86" data-source="post: 235454" data-attributes="member: 2893"><p>Chen was one thing, but Virgil Smith was in a different league. You might have had him, but if not, he prided himself on coming up with a completely original set of problems for every test - he said he stayed up late the night before to come up with problems. There were generally two problems on a regular test and four on the final. I had access to Word from back in the '70s, and there was no repetition I could find. He would walk around the room during the test, and at halfway he would say something like "If you haven't finished problem 1 yet, I suggest you abandon it and move on to problem 2." I had a friend who went to him for help on some homework, and Virg told him "You're not ready to talk to me." He told another friend he would never graduate from Georgia Tech with an engineering degree. You could be in his class for the first time on Monday, and he would greet you by name in the hall on Tuesday. I remember one particular test from the second class I had with him (don't remember the name, but it was force/moment diagrams, defbods, etc.) - I got a 98 on the test, and the class average was way up, like in the 70s or 80s. He felt like he had failed us somehow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YellowJacket86, post: 235454, member: 2893"] Chen was one thing, but Virgil Smith was in a different league. You might have had him, but if not, he prided himself on coming up with a completely original set of problems for every test - he said he stayed up late the night before to come up with problems. There were generally two problems on a regular test and four on the final. I had access to Word from back in the '70s, and there was no repetition I could find. He would walk around the room during the test, and at halfway he would say something like "If you haven't finished problem 1 yet, I suggest you abandon it and move on to problem 2." I had a friend who went to him for help on some homework, and Virg told him "You're not ready to talk to me." He told another friend he would never graduate from Georgia Tech with an engineering degree. You could be in his class for the first time on Monday, and he would greet you by name in the hall on Tuesday. I remember one particular test from the second class I had with him (don't remember the name, but it was force/moment diagrams, defbods, etc.) - I got a 98 on the test, and the class average was way up, like in the 70s or 80s. He felt like he had failed us somehow :) [/QUOTE]
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