Statement of Teaching Philosophy

"He whose wisdom exceeds his works, to what may he be likened? To a tree whose branches are numerous but whose roots are few. The wind comes along and uproots it and sweeps it down"-The Talmud

Sometime ago, I wrote a lengthy description here clarifying my Teaching Philosophy. Today, after several years of teaching experience, not many though, I have changed it dramatically. I have always made a real emphasis on learning and firmly grasping the fundamentals. In my current lectures, obviously, the objective is to teach advanced concepts in Electrical Engineering. I expect(ed) my students to have competent knowledge in Mathematics, basic Electrical Engineering, understanding of the scientific method, and most of all, common sense and an open mind. If the students are not ready with these essential skills, I would rather try to introduce these to them right then and there, instead of lecturing on advanced engineering systems and concepts. It works more often than not. Most of the times it was the basic simple thing that makes someone not understand a complex concept. Once this glitch is fixed it starts to flow from there to the end. For this reason, whenever I walk into the class for the first encounter with the students, there is a quiz ready. After this quiz, on seeing how simple the concepts I am trying to test, they start talking. Them being not afraid to admit the failure in their part, as well as mine, makes it absolutely easy for me to teach.