JR's+LO+Preamble

//This is the preamble included by James Rose, CO 2011 in all of the Learning Objective answers he has prepared//

1. These aren't to be taken as everything-you-need-to-know material, or anything close to it. They can be, however, extremely useful, if only to look at the material a second time in a different format. 2. Learning objectives change. Granted, in our vaunted institution, they often don't change a lot. But it's worth figuring out where these overlap with what you're studying and where they don't to avoid any unnecessary learning (God forbid). 3. They can be incorrect. I hope this is infrequent, but I'm sure there are things in here that aren't accurate. I've tried to curate them reasonably well; I hope one of your classmates will do likewise. If you find an error, kindly let him or her know. 4. They are nothing more or less than my personal take on what we happened to be learning on a given day. Sometimes they're very detailed, sometimes they're uncomprehending, frequently they're irreverent. I occasionally call babies vampires and things like that (dude, they are). Internet lesson: free trumps tasteful. In any case you are free to disagree with me. 5. To anyone who's wondering: I honored this block and all the rest in my first two years. That's not supposed to impress you, but it is supposed to give you some kind of confidence that I have a reasonably good handle on what's going on. 6. To the many of you who are thinking, "How can I repay this wonderful, wonderful man?" I would reply that I never turn down free beer if I can help it. The problem with that is that I suspect I will never meet most of your class, and beer-buying in absentia is a cold and heartless thing. So if you find these useful and would like to do something for me, I would prefer it if you donated $5 to the charity of your choice; if you're stumped, I suggest browsing [|www.charitynavigator.com] for some good options. Kindly do not donate money to armed insurrectionist groups. i. Addendum on donating to charity: always always ALWAYS have an email account that you set aside purely to sign up for or donate to things (thus ducking all the spam associated therewith). I think I have 1,200 emails in mine, mostly from a donation I made to the SPCA a couple of years ago. Gmail and Hotmail work well. I also recommend using a false street address to avoid direct-mail campaigns. "That seems like a lot of trouble to go through to donate five bucks"-- yeah, well, welcome to the world, sonny Jim. Doing things for other people frequently is a pain in the ass. Doesn't make it less worth doing.

-jcr

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