I wish I had a mentor/professor like Dr.Sturgis. Humble, smart, funny, and considerate. Even tho Sheldon could be obnoxious most of the times he is always been kind to Sheldon.
Dude didn’t learn humility one bit lmao, he literally stated at the end of the episode he will admit he’s wrong but it hasn’t happen haha, if he was a real person, not many people would want to be friends with him and would all insult him lmao.
Not just that. It's also a case of following the instructions. The idea that it asks for one method is simply to test if Sheldon knew the method and could apply it. Even if he has other ways of finding the answer he is still fundamentally wrong as he didn't meet all requirements to the situation even if the solution is correct and technically more accurate
@@rushalias8511 Honestly I had waay to many teachers take away points because of "shortcuts" even with the right result, in Engineering no less let alone pure physics. Some classes are meant to teach you standardized way to solve things no matter what you're thrown. Shortcuts work only sometimes. Maxwell's equations are universal laws. Besides, by not explaining why he did what he did IRL he probably gets the entire exercise crossed off instead of a 5% penalty, he clearly has preference since thats his step grandpa lol.
I’m either gonna major in physics or mathematics. I know of the bad rep it gets. So seeing 95% like that makes me think writers clearly never met a physics major
@@appa609 Maybe, but I do think that writers often portray prestigious places as easy because then they can write the characters like any other human than those glued to their computer working for 4 hours a day
True, my physics prof wouldn't grade me higher because because my "Hand-drawn rough"(mind you this is what was requested in the question) graph wasn't up-to the mark
He got a 95% get over it. When I was in school I didn't always get 95% but at least I need to get through school mostly because I had an ambition to move on and my ambition was to move out of my father's house forever only visits and when I get a place in the next few months of this year he will be signing a contract where if he does not agree to the rules of my house then he can get out and I have a reason to say that is because it's my house it's my ground it's my life and it's also my rules but also I'm a grown ass man
The reason Sheldon acts the way he does is because he's a one dimensional fictional caricature of a genius with Aspergers/ASD. That's it. There is no social, medical, or even sensible reason required beyond that.
@@jasonpatterson8091Until he gets in his feelings when certain people do humble him. Paige, Dr. Lee, the teacher played by the late Lance Reddick, Leslie Winkle, Dennis Kim and a few others.
The beauty of this show is that everything comes full circle. It shows how the parents, and teachers, ended up creating the monster that is Sheldon. None of the episodes show things that could be deemed non-canon. Young parents can learn a lot about raising their "special child" from this show.
You would probably like Atypical. TBBT really isn't intended to be political, the writers refrained from giving Sheldon an actual Asperger's diagnosis because they didn't know anything about it. Atypical actually has direct commentary on the condition and how the characters should have dealt with it etc. It's pretty funny because there's malcolm in the middle stuff going on and the protagonist just reacts like "oh okay? people are confusing"
@@nateexists6292 Like there was a deliberate socio-political message. TBBT isn't really trying to spread autism awareness, it's just a coincidence that Sheldon hits the mark on a lot of things. Atypical and The Good Doctor both define the main character as autistic and attempt to teach people how to interact with autism in their life. I don't know if it was intended to relate to people on the spectrum or help people off the spectrum relate to them, but it's definitely one of the two.
@@jamescheddar4896 no, I got that part. I'm asking how any of that is even remotely political. I wasn't under the impression that the statement "Hey, treat neurodivergent people nicely" was a particularly political one.
@@nateexists6292 I read it in interviews back when the creators were still doing TBBT. They admitted Sheldon displayed symptoms of Asperger's and OCD; but they went with the "My mother had me tested." joke because the creators understand it about as much as Sheldon's mother. And the doctors in Texas at the time wouldn't have diagnosed him passing him off as "eccentric" like the audience is.
Last line made me laugh so! When I was a kid, someone said to my cousin, who did well in school, "Gosh, David, you always get everything right!" To which he replied, "No ... once I thought I missed a question on a test ... but I was wrong!"
Dr Sturgis wasn't AS wrong as he believed. Project leaders will set parameters for how data is obtained. That could have been a valuable lesson for Sheldon and would definitely justify a 95%
While the maxwell equation was probably taught and thus expected if no Parameter was given on the test this should be irrelevant. Obviously if the question stated "solve using the maxwell equation" then Sheldons ideas of "elegance" are to be dismissed.
@@theultimatefreak666 From the context, I had the impression that the instructions were to use the Maxwell Equation. I don't know. I'm not a super-fan and don't remember exactly. If Dr Sturgis was unaware of any other method, maybe it wasn't stated.
@@bryanalexander7571 i'm also not a super-fan, but I at least know that Sheldon isn't dumb enough to slip up on a question where there is a stated requirement of a method. And I'm also aware that teachers absolutely will strike you for a correct answer if it isn't the one they wanted. Case and point something I'm still bitter about: my English teacher said street was the wrong translation for Straße, it should've been road because road was first in the vocabulary we were supposed to learn, street was two pages further as translation for... Straße Still mad about that, didn't even get a half point or some shit
@@theultimatefreak666 See, I don't know about that. Sheldon is absolutely arrogant enough to disregard instructions to get to the answer, and if he can show off a little on the way; bonus. It doesn't really matter though. Sturgis caved and Sheldon didn't get the lesson I thought he needed.
@@bryanalexander7571what lesson is that exactly? to follow orders like a lap dog? why would it even matter if he got the correct answer and could prove it
This happened to John von Neumann in his officer's examination. He got one question wrong and was adamant that he was right and sometime later it was verified that he had been right.
“Don’t treat me like a child, treat me like a colleague” “Ok…” *clears throat* “…This is the stupidest thing i’ve ever seen!” Man, i got some weird looks for laughing as hard as i did
How the hell does a 15-year-old kid have the nerve to tell a tenured professor to treat him as a colleague? Sheldon does not know his place. Somebody put a foot up Sheldon's ass, please.
Sheldon definitely didn't learn humility from this experience. He knows even more now that he's never wrong and to push even harder when he thinks he's right.
Dr. Sturgis is right in the way some professors and researchers treat their colleagues. In my doctoral study days years ago, I saw some professors laugh at other professors and claim that they didn’t know what they were talking about. It taught me an invaluable lesson: despite the claim that they were above that sort of behavior, they were just as human as the everyone else. I’m glad Dr. Sturgis admitted his immature behavior and apologized for it; and corrected Sheldon’s exam.
Yeah any real professor would have recognized that method from the start. Also, energy density is absolutely _not_ more elegant than Maxwell’s equations here. It’s literally three easy steps: int(div(E)) = int(E•dl) = q/ε. Source: failed my electrodynamics final (but so does literally everybody)
@@whosaidiwantedahandle Bad phrasing on my part, the easy steps I gave are the method the professor wanted. Sheldon’s method, unless there’s an easier way I don’t know about, requires complex vector functions and cross products into the poynting vector and significantly more difficult integrals.
LOL... don't take it so seriously, it is a TV program made for 50% of the population who fall below the curve, many of whom still think Maxwell is a brand of coffee and don't understand the relevance it has in the world they live in.... It would have been easier to have the professor use sheldons method, but then Sheldon point out Maxwell.. but no professor would be teaching the subject if he did not have a fundamental understanding of Maxwell.
For someone who's a stickler for the rules, Sheldon breaks those rules when it's convenient for him. The requirements for the test were to use Maxwell's Equations. Which he knew but disregarded. Even though he had a better solution, he failed to follow the directive for this question. That's where he failed.
@@fos1451 53 sec mark. Dr. Sturgis tells him he was to use Maxwell's equations. This would have been mentioned to the class before the test started. He may have been right, but he still chose to disregard this requirement.
@@justapile4376Sheldon loves instructions and wouldn’t use his own method if the questio explicitly said to use maxwell’s equations - Dr sturgis said to use them because that’s the method that’s taught. Sheldon is by no means wrong in using an alternative method to arrive at the correct answer.
@@Ascent037 If Sheldon thought he was right, he would absolutely use his own method regardless of the instructions. He has shown this trait on numerous occasions. Even when he was proven to be wrong.
2:23 "Do you and your colleagues make each other run out of the room crying like that?" "Sometimes. But we run slower because we're old." 3:11 "That's very hurtful!" (runs away slowly) 3:44 “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right,” said Hermione. (HBP)
I applaud your Harry Potter reference. Dr. Sturgis is basically being Percy Weasley after he found out Arthur was right about Fudge promoting Percy to use to spy on his family. The only difference is he’s likeable.
I think it all comes full circle after watching Big Bang Theory and then the Inception of Young Sheldon. You realize the true star of that family was the big brother and time proved it.
They needed to emotionally break Sheldon down to the point where he experienced doubt which would have intern taught him some humility. Instead they coddled him creating the monster that was in the Big Bang Theory.
@@mostaverse That could explain why the later seasons are focused on the other characters. Since they can't change Sheldon all that much, but other characters never had that much screen time.
i had a friend like this in university he really wanted to keep first place as the student with the best grades because that gave him a full scholarship
He did not admit he was wrong in the competition when he's competing against (i think its) Howard. Sheldon's teammate gives the right answer but Sheldon refuses to admit he did not know the answer and was wrong.
Wallace Shawn is definitely one of my absolute favorite actors of all time. He must've had quite the childhood himself, growing up in Manhattan with his parents running The New Yorker magazine. I bet his life has been nothing short of amazing.
"Don't treat me like a child; treat me like a colleague!" "Fine! This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen!" Nothing sums up inter-academic discourse better! 😂
As someone in an astronomy graduate program, the class average dor an undergraduate physics test is usually around a 40 to 60, 60 is considered a good average. Getting above a 90 is an amazing score in many of these nightmare classes.
My buddy in high school was a 4+ GPA, math competition team leader and got like a 1500 on SAT. He went for electrical engineering and said he regularly got 50s in physics. lol
@@Crystalclear-so2yr My math skills end at 2+2 😅 so I can't really attest to the difficulty but he was crazy smart in math. The look at the equation and know the answer kind of guy, but when I'd go party at his school and talk to all his engineering roommates it did seem like no matter how mathematically inclined you were physics was going kick your ass.
@@idontdovarioustasks That is the problem. Dr. Strugis should not be friends with Sheldon. Sheldon is his student. Is Dr. Strugis "friends" with his other students? I doubt it.
That last 10 seconds left me in tears because I find this is the thimg western society struggles with the most is being humble and admitting when wrong. Such a very rare quality sadly. Should be common.
to be fair following instructions and achieving results which are easily validated by peers is important in many industry and team environments, if the test said "use maxwells formula" then docking a point for not following instructions is more than fair even if it was the same answer
You don’t teach someone that life’s not fair by deliberately being unfair to them lmao - by that logic I should cripple an athlete to prove that hey life ain’t fair - people learn the lesson enough from life in general
