“… and then you had an epiphany.”

Love him or hate him, I find Dr. Willard’s lecture style in our (pre-)correlates class hilarious.

We’re given a case presentation and lab data about a week before class and are expected to generate a list of the most likely diagnoses, a set of tests we’d like to run to narrow it down more, and what we would do to treat the animal right then. In class, he calls on people from the class roster and asks them questions about the case. (He’s always going to ask you why you said what you said, too.)

If you’re wrong, he corrects you by saying, “… and then you had an epiphany…”

I have to try really hard not to crack up every time he says it! It such a hilarious and tactful way to say that you’re wrong and you should try again. (It can get frustrating, though, to watch a classmate flounder while you have an answer you’d like to give.)