He is an experienced lecturer from Harvard Business School, so today's lecture is in English.
So, for today's lecture – what's the best way to make nachos?
But others suspected that today's lecture by General Myers was a sign of confidence.
Compared with "What is the ask?" the question "What's the take-away from today's lecture?" may look harmless.
Occasionally they're sweet and thoughtful: "I heard that there was only seven people in today's lecture.
"What should I take away from today's lecture?" is a question that betrays a cramped and probably exam-focused understanding of what it means to learn.
Mankiw responded in his blog: "Ironically, the topic for today's lecture is the distribution of income, including the growing gap between the top 1% and the bottom 99%.
Today's lecture is on "MacGruber," a film that poses a philosophical question fundamental to our inquiry here, namely: "Why does this exist?" As is so often the case, the question is not as simple as it might at first appear.
The cartoon depicted Muffy, a white Harvard student, imagining her first class with West, who is saying, "Today's lecture is entitled, 'Rhythm — Why None of You Have It, and How You Can Get It.' " It also described West as "newly purchased," which is academe-speak for a new hire.
At the end of the AI session, students were asked to write down their feedback to the open-ended question, "How was today's lecture different, good, and bad from other traditional lectures?" We received responses from 39 students.
