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Professor Kaufmann is Lizet’s professor during her second-semester practical lab class. Dr. Kaufmann notices Lizet’s enthusiasm and aptitude for lab research early on and takes Lizet under her wing, offering her the chance to participate in a selective research program out in Santa Barbara. Professor Kaufmann clearly wants Lizet to pursue her newfound interest in biology and lab research, and when Lizet—unwilling to burden the professor with the reality of her demanding home situation and lack of access to funds—begins shutting Kaufmann out, the professor does not give up on her student.
Professor Kaufmann Quotes in Make Your Home Among Strangers
The Make Your Home Among Strangers quotes below are all either spoken by Professor Kaufmann or refer to Professor Kaufmann. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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—We never, ever use pencil because we never erase anything. You must keep the mistakes there. Mistakes are vital to every scientist's process. Just put a line through whatever you did incorrectly and keep going.
I wrote down this sentence and stared at it. It made perfect sense. The forgiveness built into this basic research philosophy—so simple and obvious—instantly validated my first semester in a way I could finally accept: everything led to this moment in this lab, the beginning of a new challenge of my own choosing. Put a line through it and keep going—I looked around to the other benches to see if anyone else registered the power of what she'd just said, but I was the only one taking notes, the only one nodding as my pen hovered over the page.
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Professor Kaufmann Quotes in Make Your Home Among Strangers
The Make Your Home Among Strangers quotes below are all either spoken by Professor Kaufmann or refer to Professor Kaufmann. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 25
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—We never, ever use pencil because we never erase anything. You must keep the mistakes there. Mistakes are vital to every scientist's process. Just put a line through whatever you did incorrectly and keep going.
I wrote down this sentence and stared at it. It made perfect sense. The forgiveness built into this basic research philosophy—so simple and obvious—instantly validated my first semester in a way I could finally accept: everything led to this moment in this lab, the beginning of a new challenge of my own choosing. Put a line through it and keep going—I looked around to the other benches to see if anyone else registered the power of what she'd just said, but I was the only one taking notes, the only one nodding as my pen hovered over the page.
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