All through my years of teaching, I have been known as the disciple of the Major Dramatic Curve. Ever since graduating grad school I have used this form as my start to the school year. Over the years, I have tailored this simple document repeatedly to distill my thinking just as much as I could. Every student I have had over the many years can recite this page by heart. Just today, I ran across 30 copies of this page – likely an overprint from years passed. It made me a bit sad to toss them all in the trash. But, just for old times sake, and for any student of mine that might read this blog in the future, I thought it would be fun to include it. Here it is. Major Dramatic Curve