In business school...

you will read sentences such as "49% to 87% of the variance in the rate of new product adoption can be explained by five product-based characteristics" and you will not just dismiss this as phony statistics-laden bunk. Instead, you will highlight it for future reference.

One of my professors described this week as "the week from hell" because of the assignment due Wednesday. Being the smart guy I am, I have put it off, thereby condensing it down to two days of hell at most!