Word: academicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Almost no one--certainly not I--would deny that recognizing, studying and criticizing the latest in academic thought is important or that modern texts can be fascinating.
But I would posit that we cannot be credible critics of any academic discipline, and especially not of its historical canon, unless we first recognize, study and criticize the great flow of scholarship that came before us or our modern critics.
The curriculum as it is now designed does not grant us the privilege of learning the basics. The limited scope of the concentration and the relatively small number of electives we have to play with do not provide for a broad-based education. Since there are only three types of...
Listen closely, though, and you can hear undercurrents of tension: black kids complaining about being misunderstood by white teachers and singled out as troublemakers; black parents worrying that their children are held to lower academic standards; white teachers whispering about undisciplined, unmotivated black students.
Counselor Thomasina Hassler says many black students' grades suffer because of family problems or responsibilities at home that distract from studies. To make her point, she brandishes a ranking of last year's 267 seniors; of the 34 who graduated with a 4.0 or better GPA, none was black. Searching...