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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...material last year. There's no sixth grade or ninth grade or any grade at the academy, just three tracks ("core," "college prep" and "college prep with research"). The curriculums are individualized and fluid--some students take college-prep English but core-level math. I sat in on the Algebra II class one day, but it wasn't so much a traditional class as a study session guided by the teacher, Darren Ripley. Kids worked from different parts of the textbook. (One 11-year-old was already halfway through; most Americans who take Algebra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Failing Our Geniuses? | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

...lunchroom trays had been cleared, that was the true beginning of summer. Each year after I received my final report card, I’d close the door on academia and only two thoughts competed for attention in my young brain: the fact that I'd somehow aced Algebra, and the sneaking (yet perennially inaccurate) suspicion that this would be the year I finally filled out my tankini. Ahead of me lay nothing but two months of unstructured time in which to but scrape my knees, freckle my nose, and lust after whatever three-named hunk was starring in that...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez | Title: Police On My Back (And In My Garage) | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...rigorous approach to knowledge, its entertaining parlor tricks, and a few spectacular teachers. At Harvard, I learned that science has less to do with classroom stink bombs and more to do with performing tedious lab work, deciphering tedious journal articles, and pouring out dozens of lines of tedious algebra. The basics are difficult to learn. Even the smallest headway in research requires enormous personal dedication. And, of course, the field is inherently cumulative, so advanced study necessitates a pyramid of prerequisites...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel | Title: Sliding from Science | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...equal: They have different expectations, difficulty levels, and requirements. Upper level classes and seminars that are notoriously difficult attract students who look forward to working with each other to overcome extraordinarily difficult material. In extreme cases like the notorious Mathematics 55, “Honors Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra,” all of the students may deserve A’s simply for making it past the first few “weed out” weeks. On the other hand, in a large Core class, it would be more reasonable to enforce a regular grade distribution.To...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: An ‘A’ For Grading | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...assignments is definitely the most time consuming part of the job,” says Ruwan Gunaratne ’09 who was a CA for Math 1b, “Calculus, Series, and Differential Equations” and was head CA for Math 21b, “Linear Algebra and Differential Equations” this past semester...

Author: By Jennifer Ding and Anthony J. Micallef, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Teach as Course Assistants | 5/14/2007 | See Source »

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