Reminds me of my intro to thermodynamics class…. Exam the first day
The high score was a five
The mean was below one
After returning the exams Dr Nielsen said and now you know what you don’t know so let’s get to work
“After returning the exams Dr Nielsen said and now you know what you don’t know so let’s get to work.”
I think that might be the kind of “tough love” the professor in the article advocates. It also appears that your thermo prof took it as his mission that the students would learn the material.