61 years!! Holy cannoli. That's an incredible tenure by any measure.
Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
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Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#42No encore?
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#43Since the article doesn’t mention it: He’s presently 88 years old.
The article actually DOES mention that... it's in the equation in the blackboard.
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#44He made sure that his books are available for the students here in India. Thanks for your great commitment to teaching all the students of the world.
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#45No encore?
"Okay, let's work out one more row."
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#46I suspect that this comment section is going to fill up with such anecdotes, but his OCW lecture series on Linear Algebra got me through a college course with a less than inspired lecturer. Had no idea he'd been doing it so long, extremely impressive
It's a special talent to be simultaneously capable in math & teaching it to people who are not.
Teaching 63 years worth of students + OCW views = a helluva legacy
Thank you, Dr. Strang!
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#47Another update:
The version of the 2023 course on Linear Algebra where Prof Strang delivered his final lecture will soon be uploaded to MIT OCW.
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#48Unless they were absolutely terrible, professors received a standing ovation at the end of the quarter. Feel like this is tradition, no?
One more n=1 anecdote: at my school (UNC Wilmington) I never saw this happen. I was there in the mid 1990's FWIW.
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#49I suspect that this comment section is going to fill up with such anecdotes, but his OCW lecture series on Linear Algebra got me through a college course with a less than inspired lecturer. Had no idea he'd been doing it so long, extremely impressive
I came here to say the exact same thing. My professor wasn't a bad professor per se, but I found Strang's lectures to be much more easy to understand.
Re: Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture
#50Unless they were absolutely terrible, professors received a standing ovation at the end of the quarter. Feel like this is tradition, no?
Either you are grossly exaggerating this phenomenon, or this is some cultural outcome that no one downstream seems to understand where it's from, regardless of university. The OP at first glance seems to be pushing an incorrect assertion ("standing ovation common at end of quarter unless professor was terrible"). I am slightly amused that over half the current set of comments to this entire article is bewilderment an…
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