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100 Ways to fail
an engineering course
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1. Do NOT take responsibility for your learning L
• The book sucks L • The professor is horrible L • My teammates do not know anything L • The grading is sooooooo hard L • I never know what’s going to be on the test L • The class is scheduled during my nap Cme L • I don’t really like the subject L
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2. L
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3. Do NOT ask quesCons when you don’t understand!
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4. Study 6 or fewer hours per week!
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5. Do NOT read the book!
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6. Do NOT come to class!
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7. Do NOT pracCce problem-‐solving on your own!
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8. Aim low!
“I just want to get a C-‐ and pass this courseL”
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9. Sit in the back of the class!
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10. Do NOT make the Cme to meet with your teammates outside of
class!
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11. Do NOT contribute to your team!
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12. Take 15 units or more and work 20 hrs / week or more!
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13. Take 12 units or more and work 30 hrs / week or more!
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14. Take 9 units or more and work full – Cme!
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15. Plagiarize in your reports!
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16. Cheat in exams!
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17. Allow others to copy from you in exams
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18. Fail Tests L
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19. Do NOT show up for workshops L
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20. Show up for workshops unprepared L
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21. ProcrasCnate
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Socrates
• I can’t teach anything to anybody. I can only teach them to think!
• A young man came to Socrates and ask him to take him as one of his disciples…