Word: assignment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...told [Harvard], 'Look, I'm not a wonk. I'd rather pump around in the discussions,'" Simpson said. "But I have to play the game; so I'll assign a book list...
...reading period were to function completely as an independant study time, then perhaps it would be more effective. But reading period is different for each class. Some meet through the first week, as if reading period was only one week. Some assign long papers since no one has any classes during that time, and should have ample time to write a paper. The problem comes when a student is in two of each kind of class...
There is actually quite a lot to catch up on during reading period. However, my hope would be that we would always be assigned reasonable workloads during the semester so that it wouldn't accumulate so much at the end of the term. Without the cushion of a reading period, classes would be inclined to assign less readings during the term. It would not be realistic to do so much work...
...even discussed at the CUE meeting. Shave an extra day off reading period. Everyone knows that reading period is a cosmic farce to begin with. A bloated 11 days long, reading period is simply a thinly disguised extension of the semester during which professors feel free to hold classes, assign papers and problem sets and generally make our lives difficult...
...called to a certain mission by the President of the Church. You send in an application, and they assign you to one of the missions around the world," Nair said...