https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2218554
In it, the author elaborates on her claim "The underrepresentation of women and minorities among recipients of physics degrees is a manifestation of systemic educational problems."
I had just completed by fourth year of teaching and had made a serious of profound discoveries about how not to teach. (I suppose my present-day students would say they wished I had made a few more! (I would respond that the process of uncovering things you are doing poorly never ends but the rate of discovery does decay over time)).
I wrote back a letter to the editor that was published several months later:
To which the author replied:
It's funny to think that over 10 years ago I articulated something that I still struggle with. It's one of the joy and downers of the teaching profession: You will never get it right!
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