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advice_column [2020/05/19 11:58] – [What it takes to do well in a course (2020)] editadvice_column [2020/05/19 13:25] – [What does it really take to do well in a course (2020)] edit
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 Lastly, the best advice comes from first-hand experience. Beware of second-hand experts and their advice. Lastly, the best advice comes from first-hand experience. Beware of second-hand experts and their advice.
  
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 There is a very simple theme in my advising.  The purpose of coming to study at CMU is to learn (about yourself and about an area of study);  the purpose of learning is to know and to do what you want to do after CMU. There is a very simple theme in my advising.  The purpose of coming to study at CMU is to learn (about yourself and about an area of study);  the purpose of learning is to know and to do what you want to do after CMU.
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-Homework performance is the purest reflection of learning for learning sake. Everyone has the time and resource to work out the perfect solutions, but it would not be worth the effort if the motivation is a better grade.+Homework performance is a pure reflection of learning for learning sake. Everyone has the time and resource to work out the perfect solutions, but it would not be worth the effort if the motivation is a better grade.
 ===== Learning on Your Own (2020)===== ===== Learning on Your Own (2020)=====