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...learned how to deal with it in high school.For example, during my sophomore year in high school, I was one of two black students enrolled in my Algebra II class. I have this problem where I don’t really like math, so sometimes I would fall asleep in class. It turns out that the other black student had the same problem as well. Because we felt that both black people in the class couldn’t go to sleep at the same time—at least...
...example, during my sophomore year in high school, I was one of two black students enrolled in my Algebra II class. I have this problem where I don’t really like math, so sometimes I would fall asleep in class. It turns out that the other black student had the same problem as well. Because we felt that both black people in the class couldn’t go to sleep at the same time—at least one of us had to be a “good” negro—we took turns...
...enable students to take more advanced science classes” simply to get a “real world connection” is patronizing. Similarly, a Math 55 alum required to take statistics so they can see “real world applications” will likely fall asleep. The Faculty should trust ambitious students who wish to take difficult and comprehensive departmental courses to make real-world connections for themselves, as long as the courses are not too parochial.This logic points to a clear solution: a two-tiered system for General Education at Harvard. The first tier should comprise...
...comic narrative tends to focus on what would happen if Sharon suddenly woke up: As one columnist had it, the ravenous statesman munches a few of his favorite falafels, then asks a hospital orderly what has happened in Israel while he was asleep. After hearing all the grim news, starting with the fact that his underling Ehud Olmert had snatched his job and blown it, he decides that a coma is better than reality, and drifts back to sleep...
...George P. Bush, the President's nephew, whose mother is Mexican, to campaign for Bonilla, few other of the state's big Republican names helped out - largely because Bonilla was considered a sure winner. "Maybe it was hubris," said Masset. "We were caught at the starting gate, we fell asleep at the wheel...