After inspiring email went viral,beloved lecturer Alexander Coward says math department could not stomach his unconventional teaching and popularityAlexander Coward, a young mathematics lecturer at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, and shot to unlikely fame in 2013 when his impassioned paean to college learning leaked online and went viral.
The British academic had emailed 800 students to elaborate why he would continue teaching during a strike by university employees. Instead of being defensive,he was lyrical, exalting the students and their commitment to learning.
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Source: theguardian.com