Sheldon is writing his autobiography... That's the show and why he narrates it. He invited some of the "gang" to write intros and read some. Genius premise of the show Young Sheldon...
@@eduardochavacano Well except for older Sheldon in TBBT played by Jim Parsons. His acting is brilliant. I don't think anyone can play Sheldon like him.
@Carlos Spiceywhiener I get what the professor was trying to do but how he made fun of Sheldon with the other teacher kinda ruins the lesson to me. Yes Sheldon is a smug genius but he is also a child so damaging his mental state ruins it for me
@@theoutsiderjess4869 He's a tenured professor. This man has the freedom to hold more firmly to higher academic standards. If you mess up in adult life, you have to do your research, figure out where you went wrong, and do better. Adults who learn trial by fire, they figure out the answer by themselves, they develop thicker skin, and can think for themselves more readily. Sounds like Adult Sheldon has taken those hardball experiences and turned it against everyone else, hence why he's so annoying to others and unanimously hated as a college professor.
@@theoutsiderjess4869 This "child" is taking a college level class. He must be held to the same standards as everyone else, unless a documented disability requires test taking accomodations, of which Sheldon has none.
@@ianandersen265 even child genius don't fully understand the lessons human beings aren't perfect there are things that you would understand that I won't understand and vice versa and it's up to our parents and teachers to guide us. Which seems to be something the teacher doesn't want to do
+MissRJB Yep. I've got the same feeling. Basically it should teach him a lesson about life and that he can't be pampered, entitled, given special treatment, be a know-it-all etc.!
Damn, the conversation between Sheldon and Howard made me laugh. Their interactions on the show were amazing and bittersweet kind. Looks like it continued years later too. Haha. Poor Howie.
As an engineer I love how often some people pretends that our work Is not so difficult but are totally ignorant about it and get mad when we call them out on their BS.
I do want to chime in here as a civil engineering student. I think the premise of this episode is kinda dumb because there’s absolutely no reason Sheldon should be taking a high level design class when he’s not an engineering student. They called it “civil engineering lab” (which on its own makes no sense but I digress) so it’s logical to assume that it’s an introductory level course. Bridge design is a 4000 level (senior undergrad) course at my school. There’s no reason a non engineering student should be in it. Hell, I’m not even gonna be taking that course because I’m not focusing in structural engineering. I’m doing transportation
The Guy is non neuro typical. Ge literally can't naturally see those non verbal social cues and understand them. Blind people at least have their cains and other compansatory method. That tolerance from family and friends is all he have. Tbatt Proff manipulated his dad, and was actually an douchebag to young teens because, *at best* he got a on-up one him. This was an abuse of power. If that dad was smarter, he would at a roundabout way, point out that Proff the was targeting a kid who is most of the time right. And a kid when most are *legal age.*
@@fanOmry I knowwwww he has so many symptoms of having some type of autism but its overlooked sure his mother had him tested but I think it was for insanity or phscypothy
Was great that they included Howard in this episode, when he spoke it made me laugh 😃 At least now he knows the real reason where all the engineering insults came from lol
I love Marc Evan Jackson as Kevin, but can you imagine if they had gotten this actor to play that part. Then the first time the 99 crew meet Holt’s husband it’s as close to a clone as you can get. 😂
That was in season 1. He befriended a student who liked geology and thought she considered him an intellectual equal, but then he found out she thought of him as a little kid.
What's funny is that static bridge design is fairly simple involving mostly using simple geometry to track load paths back to the supports. Even lateral loads such as wind are fairly easy to design for, especially by the late 80s after engineers had mostly learned their lesson from previous mistakes (Tacoma Narrows)
Now the whole bridge can be designed and simulated in a computer even reducing the efforts by the engineer. Still we had to learn how to find the result the conventional way for the exams.
@@Abhaynov1996 I've seen what happens to airflow in ventilation systems when it is only tested in the simulation and never in reality: The simulation doesn't consider corners and the turbulence they cause. So if you don't mind I'll only use a new bridge design after a couple thousand other people have used them.
@@pezpeculiar9557 I counter with the TNG episode where Troi decides she wants to stand watches as an officer of the deck. She's stuck on the engineering portion of the qualification, where you have only about thirty seconds to fix something before the ship explodes. The only "guidance" Riker gives is to say that his first duty is to the ship.
@@blackjac5000 The teacher needs to teach, not just tell Sheldon he's wrong over and over and giving him no further instructions. Guidance is a core part of teaching: otherwise, why not have students self-learn the subject without having a teacher to begin with?
As an engineering student doing masters... I can confirm... there's no such a thing as an exact answer, you have to get the right "estimate" in the bulk part, while having to understand and be able to communicate such in a timely manner...or you just lose many investors.......Scientists may not have to deal with such a situation sitting comfortably with a tenure position with a college professor pension...an engineer in a startup firm, not so much. Forever grateful for one of my engineering profs who taught me.
That's why when people ask me questions I don't answer right a I'm running numbers in my head then when that's not enough I grab a piece of paper then I grab my calculator
Yeah I laughed when he figured out the answer was wind. I’m an Architectural Technology Student doing my 3rd course in structures in buildings and I was good enough to become a tutor in the course. Two common problems students had was not understanding why we factor loads and looking at the building in 4 dimensions. They end up writing out the calcs without any 3D diagrams.
As an undergrad in civil engineering, I find the whole premise of this episode to be idiotic. There is absolutely no reason a non engineering student should be in a structural design course. You have to first take statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and structural analysis before you can get to design work. I’m a fourth year (one semester behind bc I changed to civil after my second year) and I JUST did my first design-from-scratch projects
Leonard: You're saying you almost got kicked out of Texas over a loaf of bread? Raj: Seriously dude, when we said scary stories we meant other things..
I understand Sheldon now. I dont hate engineering, I am en engineer myself but sometimes I feel engineering is not objective but subjective, open to interpretation of another engineer. I work as an schematic verification engineer, I do my best effort and I am very focused and detailed oriented but when I sent my work to the quality engineer he sometimes interprets things differently, there are even different interpretations or ways of thinking between quality engineers and I sometimes feel frustrated because there is not a real consensus.
@@salmansirajsalarzai7237 Yep, with one difference: Engineering happens in actual reality, so it gets some base level of reality checks. Economics is a misunderstandings all the way down.
Okay, I just want to point out that at 2:03 the 9th edition AISC steel design manual (often called the green book by engineers) is historically accurate as the text Sheldon would be using. It's often still used by older engineers today as a reference.
Sheldon was so superior and smug when the professor locked out the other student on the first day of class. He needs a comeuppance a lot more than he ever gets it. Too many people would have let him in, especially after the university president asked him to go easy on Sheldon.
I figured it out! I figured out why the professor kept tearing it up. There’s no way he could be sure that Sheldon’s assignment was wrong with how quickly he tore it up. It was because he turned it in too EARLY! This guy is entirely about punctuation. Being too early is just as irritating to him as being too late!
@@natashajagadhish1887 But it still doesn’t explain how the professor was able to tell that just by looking at a complicated formula for a bridge. And all the other times he barely looked at it so how did he know that the wind resistant thing wasn’t on there?
@@Bitsy83 because he’s obviously a master in his discipline and a quick glance is all he needs to determine it’s wrong, or maybe it’s done for plot purposes? You’re looking too deep into the logic of fictional characters
@@johnsoapmactavish9921 to be fair, it would take a glance to see if he didn't get the right answer, and another to see that wind resistance wasn't added. Every time he submits it after the first time, all the teacher needs to do is check if the answer is wrong and if he still made the same mistake.
Because Sheldon was smug and arrogant. Professors like students who are confident, but there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and Sheldon often crossed it. He also handed in a paper that was wrong and wouldn't admit he had made a mistake at first. Not just that, but he wanted the answer to be given to him instead of working for it even though he was more than capable of doing it.
@@pezpeculiar9557I've seen you say this on several replies so I'm curious how you would guide him without giving him the answer. Cause in this case, guiding him would be giving him the answer
My thoughts exactly. I mean, despite how much everyone always complained about Sheldon, they all did awful things to him and hurt his feelings because they didn’t actually believe he had any feelings they could hurt and they weren’t called out as much or enough as they all called Sheldon out for how bad they thought and said he was.
I think his intelligence went to his head and that he’s pretty arrogant and can use this life lesson as well as take some suggestions on how to get information across in a nice way sometimes. Tho, I can’t understate that the amount of flak you get for being as logical as Sheldon creating misunderstandings is played down
I love how he got angry because engineering was the first subject he wasn't immediately good at, unfortunately he didn't actually learn from it and continued to believe he was perfect. In Engineering, that mindset will get people killed, glad he chose a different profession.
This reminds me of the time I was late 10 seconds for my CNA (Computer Network Architecture) exam and the prof. slammed the door in my face and told me "tough luck kid, you can take it next year". I studied 2 weeks non stop for that exam :)
Hopefully your face is alright. If you suffered heavy injuries to the teeth then I would have filed a complaint against that prof... Tbh its one thing to lock a student out but to slam the door in their face seems excessive and uncalled for.
Business management is a joke of a program. Engineering generally teaches better work ethic and discipline, but also teaches you difficult content. Business management is just a degree for the piece of paper, you don’t learn discipline, difficult content, or time management.
I was fine with the teacher up until the end where they showed delight at locking him out instead of acknowledging that he had done what the teacher asked and figured it out for himself.
Considering how everyone knew Sheldon to be completely arrogant and condescending to those that were below his standards (such as being ‘late’), I’m not surprised at all. I mean Sheldon took up a whole minute in the first class commending the teacher for keeping time so to show up late after all that talk, I’d enjoy it too. Hell, I enjoyed watching it.
Dude… I went to Texas Tech University, studied Computer Engineering, and we had an ex-military professor who was just like this guy. Looked like him too. Makes me wonder if it’s roughly based off him or just coincidence.
The problem with the figure it out yourself idea is it decredits all value of school. I can learn it myself, or I can go have somebody teach me at school.
That's exactly the point that most people who defend Howard seem to logically miss. If you expect someone to teach everything themselves, then there really is no purpose in having them require to go to college or have any kind of schooling institution because first of all, they can go to the internet and gain access to other resources and two, they simply go to a nearby college just to ask a professor or ta for help during available office hours whenever you need help without even enrolling in college.
@@evanurena8868 to be fair this was an important class project and Sheldon was asking for the answer presumably if he didn't get it wrong he would have been given the answer after the test was marked and if he asked other questions that weren't essentially 'okay so what's the answer' he would have been given help. Sheldon was already being given assistance by being told that he was wrong and he had time to correct it.
@@teentitans0 It is worth the rewatch, and I’m really sad that there are so many questions that remain unanswered: What is Penny’s Last Name, Will Sheldon and Amy have kids, will Leonard and Penny have a boy, girl, or twins? Sadly, we’ll never know
@@teentitans0 I just rewatched it, twice, the first time about 6 months ago, and then I just finished it about a few days ago for the second time. I would not recommend it because once I watch the last episode I get a little life crisis and there is no show you can watch to fill that void. ps: I did start watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" for the first time ever after resisting for many years because I thought I wouldn't like it, but so far I am laughing my ass off
Well, with a teacher like Sylens, that class really is tough. The teacher actor plays a character named Sylens in the video game Horizon Zero Dawn & HZD 2, in case any of you were muddled.
