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I want to sincerely thank you for your hard work preparing for the exam last Thursday. Your excellent performance made the grading easier and also made me feel very good about the teaching that's going on in our course. The difficulty of the exam was at least on par with the typical exam given at this point in the semester (I think it was a bit harder since the professor put so much emphasis on derivations and metatheory--neither of which had appeared on any homework). You clearly rose to the challenge--over two thirds of you scored 90% or better! There will be no curving in this class--those who got good grades earned them. The problems you face in the future will get progressively more difficult, but that is normal for the course.

You can get your test back the next time you see me. I will also tell you your current semester average (about 34% of your grade is determined at this point). In next week's discussion, we will also conduct a survey to determine which study habits are most efficient in this course (so you won't have to work as hard next time) and get your feedback about how you would like the course to change. I will ask you to name three changes you would like to see in the course as well as three things you want not to be changed about the course. Please give this some thought.

I also want to remind the Monday section that tomorrow we will meet in the computer lab in 6171 Helen C. White (follow signs to the Writing Center) rather than in 4275. You might want to bring a floppy disk with you. I also want to remind the other sections that you are expected (but not required) to apply what we learned in the computer classroom on your own--download BERTIE3 onto your computer or a floppy disk and practice with it. I'm trying to save you work--I know of no more efficient way to learn to do difficult derivations (except perhaps to attend office hours with the professor himself).