I think one habit of highly successful professors is to answer a question with another question ….

For example, one of my physical chemistry professors once answered the question, “Shouldn’t we set a data rejection region before starting the experiment?” with the question “Why won’t you stop hitting yourself?” But the student couldn’t stop hitting himself because the professor was hitting that student with the student’s OWN HAND. Consequently, we all learned a LOT that day ….

(Originally posted to Facebook on March 30, 2015 at 8:49 AM)