A recent Circuit Break Community thread about K-map design inspired a tangential conversation about how well certain subjects are taught in college. Parker and Stephen love a good tangent, thank you, and so they dug in by recalling their own experiences at school with excellent professors who clearly wanted electrical engineers to succeed, while other instructors and their teaching methods were challenging or else just downright bizarre. Other topics covered here include: How a terrible electronics professor can impact someone’s careerIs a “self-paced” classroom really just lazy teaching?Still not knowing how Bode plots workA strange digital circuits analogy where chickens and snakes are shockedWatching videos like you’re in A Clockwork OrangeA grade curve so severe, a 17% was a BClasses and profs we lovedWas a class hard, or was the professor just absolute garbage?Still having nightmares about forgetting to go to class for a whole semesterHeat Shrink Voltage Ratings+moreRelevant links: Attend MacroFab Founder Chris Church’s Presentation at Orbweaver’s Current 2024Using K-maps in circuit designHeatshrink Voltage ratings?Circuit Break Podcast #297: Modern College Education with Derek FronekCircuit Break Podcast #18: Classy Capacitors and Lab War Stories[WEBINAR] Enhancing Operational Safety: Cyber-Resilient Approaches for Physically Secure PCB DesignsThank you for listening to the MacroFab Engineering Podcast!  We’d love to hear what you think of the show so please tweet at us @MacroFab and join our Circuit Break Community for discussions or email us at [email protected].