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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  2728 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shake it up. Offer up one somewhat unpopular opinion that you hold.

I had the worst linear algebra professor, and although I did fine on terms of the grade I received in the course, I had no idea why it was studying it or what its power was. Then I learned Dirac notation and it was like I was seeing in color all of a sudden. So while I agree that linear algebra should be learned by everyone, it should be taught by the best instructor in the department so that everyone gets why it's so important. Definitely not just another math class.