Law is a messy dirty thing.

"We tend to think of law as this pristine fair thing, but its not.  You have to remember that law is conceived by  politicians.  It's a messy dirty thing." -PoliSci Constitutional Law Professor

Law is a messy dirty thing. We tend to create walls between what we consider law and what we consider politics. There really is no division, just the ones we create in our own minds.  Law is created by politicians, its their child. It is not black and white, nor pristine and pure, though we aspire it to be.

If you're going to learn anything in statistics learn this:

My ISDS statistics professor explained this one over and over but somehow it just didn't make sense until a tutor told me the following:

If you're going to learn anything in statistics learn this:

if  p-value < alpha         --> reject the null
that's the rule 100% of the time

The null is just that (NULL - NOTHING- NO CHANGE!)  H0:  MEAN = 0  <-- the null never changes! if there's a change ..then your answer is H1 = which is only saying that its not there's not enough evidence to be H0 (the null)

alpha is usually .05 (can be less tho)
p-value is a proportion!  (This is all assuming normal distribution)

repeat it over and over people ~_~; it can save you many headaches

• also in any F-test you don't care about the left side of the curve..because it starts at 0! that means if you get a negative answer ..you're doing it wrong!

Why would you optimize shit?

Professor Tip:

"Why do you think we look at the structures and processes before you even THINK about making an MRP (or even bigger) ERP program? (lots of students give long winded reasons - efficiency etc etc) SHIT people! you don't want to Optimize SHIT!!  because optimization means getting rid of human input and if you optimize shit! you still get shit!"

MRP: Materials Requirement Planning (just materials not capacity)
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning (tells you about capacity too: human resources you might need)

Interview Tips

Professor Interview Tips:

• Get the interview by tailoring your resume with the JOB DESCRIPTION they are looking for. USE those as key words and pepper your resume with them! - this will help you get the interview. Most large companies that receive a lot resumes use filtering software. Using the keywords helps you get ahead of that filtering.
• In the interview: DO NOT give personal information regarding family, religion, sexual orientation, it can only hurt you.  *   When the interviewer asks you "tell me a little bit about yourself" - they're not asking A/S/L ... they want to know how you pertain to the job. Remember that - & remember the job description they provided - hit those points. If it said "need enthusiastic individual" ..all of the sudden you're REALLY enthusiastic. If you're not "experienced" in a subject be experienced with the software needed to do the job (word excel etc) and tell them that. 
• Practice interview questions, you can get them on the internet, don't be lazy look them up.

Ask your questions or stop complaining.

Prof. Quote of the Day: (in thick Indian accent)
"...ohhh don't look at me with that look (hand gestures with arms waving wildly) like you don't know what I'm talking about ~ go on ask your questions ~ otherwise I get your student reviews with the "Oh no he doesn't explain things" Here is your opportunity! Use it! "

About half the class raised their hand - LOL - moral of the story: ASK, or don't complain. and Seize the Day!