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...neuroscientist who worries about how his research may come to be applied." While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, they fear that a notion as handy as EQ invites misuse. Goleman admits the danger of suggesting that you can assign a numerical yardstick to a person's character as well as his intellect; Goleman never even uses the phrase EQ in his book. But he (begrudgingly) approved an "unscientific" EQ test in USA Today with choices like "I am aware of even subtle feelings as I have them...
...effective that in 1981 President Reagan announced he would make good on a campaign promise to dismantle ATF. But he underestimated the depth of respect accorded the bureau among other law-enforcement agencies and was forced to backpedal. He announced later that he would still demolish ATF but assign its agents to the U.S. Secret Service. ATF agents, who saw the shift as conferring instant prestige, loved the idea; the N.R.A., however, realized it was about to lose one of its best fund-raising assets. Suddenly the N.R.A. rode to ATF's rescue, blocking its demise. The reversal drew...
While Harvard's counseling services and House tutor system may be wanting, it is not necessary to assign blame. There may have been a reason for the deaths: it could have been that Tadesse was mentally ill, that she was from another country, that she was under stress, that she was lonely. We simply cannot know why it happened. This is certainly a time for self-examination. It would be equally wrong to ignore these deaths. But to point fingers in order to assuage our own consciences serves no purpose...
...dilemma in hard science classes seems fairly easy to solve: don't hold class and don't assign new material during reading period. Allow students to digest the old lectures instead of having to continue attending 9 a.m. classes and frantically trying to assimilate new concepts in the days before the exam...
...difficult to solve. After all, if one is taking four classes that require large papers, they could all be due before reading period within a week, which is in many ways worse than having them due during reading period. Many well-meaning professors believe they are being kind to assign papers due before reading period, but when they are all assigned at once, the professors' good intentions are undermined...