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""I could mix drinks without measuring," Sacchettini recalls. "Turns out that was perfect training for biochemistry.""

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"While past studies suggest that nearly all students benefit from being assigned more homework Henderson and Eren discovered that only about 40% of the students surveyed would significantly benefit from an additional hour of homework each night."

"I started off assuming (with no real evidence) that grade inflation was real and believing (for no real reasons) that it was bad; I discovered that there is no evidence of grade inflation (which doesnâÂÂt, of course, mean that it doesnâÂÂt exist) and that the reasons for thinking it would be bad if it did exist are pretty weak."