In summer 2013, I taught my first online course on “Responsible Conduct of Research” as required training for NSF-funded students. My impression from that course was something similar to the mandatory religious courses I had before: seemingly useful, important, full of guidance, boring! No one can believe my feeling when I found out I had to take another course on this topic with the same textbook, the same outline plus a more limited attendance policy than usual (seriously, using faces? Ouch! My privacy.). So, it was not surprising to me that I spent an hour making a list of games to play in class and finding the best position in the “GREG 133” room to be covered well by the professor and his TA. However, the surprising part was that I didn't play any games (to be honest, not that much), nor did I do anything during the lesson other than pay attention, and in this essay I want to explain how this happened. presenting in this course was the first impression I had. For a computer science student who is always looking for new technologies in the field of education (not only), a presentation with a simple Word document or a PDF file with a huge amount of texts is too old-fashioned and, not surprisingly, one more reason to get bored. a lesson. Surprisingly, it didn't feel outdated, inefficient or boring; at least for me. I was a high school teacher for years, and during those days I always tried to be a personable and effective teacher by using new techniques, such as PowerPoint slides, non-linear Prezi slides, assertive communication presentations, you name it. Even so, I realized, student performance or attention is not really tied to these tools. (However, they made me an exceptional teacher). This is... middle of the paper... to me why there could be such a rocky relationship between students and advisor. Second, hearing this report from an experienced professor makes you believe that it might be even more difficult to be a consultant than a graduate student. (Yes, before this course I believed the opposite). Personally, I couldn't believe all the hype about how tough the consultant's relationship is with funding agencies, until I myself saw my consultant working literally days and nights on a grant proposal. was the best for me: How to be a good teacher even if the topic is not that interesting or your students are not that interested. And, more importantly, what would an experienced professor tell you about life in a competitive academic society. I am more than happy to participate in this course. Great work Dr. Boreman, you have changed at least one student this semester.