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Excellence in teaching: The Reese's Puffs method

How to make a lecture hall full of intro biology students pay attention at 9am? Hand out sugary cereal. At least that's what my little brother's professor did. Holding up a box of Reese's Puffs, he said that he'd eaten them for breakfast, and invited those who'd just rolled out of bed to take a handful. He proceeded to describe the macromolecules (i.e., proteins) inside. And class was dismissed before the sugar crash set in.