Busted Brackets and What Examinees Can Learn about the Problem with Perfection
The second round of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament hasn’t even begun, and yet there are no perfect brackets remaining. Zero. Nil....
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Mar 18, 20236 min read
Different Takes on the Bear in the Woods
It’s perhaps the National Park Service's most popular tweet ever. To raise awareness on bear safety, the National Park Service recently...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Mar 9, 20233 min read
A Modest Proposal: Provide Examinees with the Same Post-Graduation Study Time
There are still a couple of days remaining in February, but the February bar exam has already come and gone. Almost every bar exam in the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 27, 20234 min read
What the Kansas City Chiefs' Win Means for Your Bar Preparation
If you were one of the estimated 115 million viewers last night, you watched the Kansas City Chiefs win its second Super Bowl in four...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 13, 20234 min read
Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Student Learning
Yesterday, I wrote about LeBron James becoming the new NBA all-time scoring leader. A new photo has gone viral since James broke the...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 9, 20232 min read
LeBron Makes History, and What Basketball Analytics Can Tell Us About Prioritizing Bar Exam Topics
Lakers superstar LeBron James became the NBA's all-time leading scorer last night after draining a fadeaway jumper in the third quarter...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Feb 8, 20235 min read
Improving Your Posture to Improve Your Confidence
Novak Djokovic won his 10th Australian Open this morning with a relatively easy 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) victory over No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 29, 20234 min read
ChatGPT's Tips for Preparing for a Practice MBE Exam
It's the end of January, so this is the time when people preparing to take the February 2023 bar exam are likely getting ready to take a...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 25, 20234 min read
Swift's Covers and Cover
Yesterday, I wrote about Taylor Swift and explained what some of her songs can teach us about the bar exam. Today, I want to write about...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 22, 20232 min read
I Admit It: “I May Be a Swiftie”
I was recently called out as a “secret Swiftie” on a podcast. Here’s the backstory: A couple of weeks ago, I filled in to help co-host an...
Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 21, 202312 min read