Good deeds policy

For any course that I teach, there is a good deeds policy. It is very simple.

• Students who try hard (e.g. working hard, being curious and not being afraid to show uncertainty while being open) will get noticed.
• Students who contribute much (e.g. leading discussions) will get noticed.

There are many concrete ways one gets noticed.

• Classroom discussions.
• Office hour discussions.
• On-line discussions.

For the last one, the new forum system that I have has a vote feature, which I expect will help me notice good deeds in the forum discussions. I will vote positively if a student shows more than casual effort. I believe other students will vote positively when they see good deeds by students. However, it is not possible to vote negatively, unless enough reputation is accrued -- so I hope we don't worry about it for the most part. For instance, I feel that I have given enough clues to the ``work energy'' theorem question. I'd be really happy if a student provides a good answer. My giving an answer is really not meaningful at all, because in the end you are the one!