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In the collegiate sphere, there do seem to be idealized forms for professors. Lecture is heavily visual: Students sit and observe, as an audience. Otherwise, we could all listen to recordings in our rooms. Practically speaking, a professor’s image can enhance—or erode�...
Indeed, many professors—aware of the ways in which first impressions can enhance, destroy, or create an image—use this concept to great advantage. Any student seduced by a shopping period class will know the effect of pristine lectures or exciting demonstrations. In 1950, an MIT...
However judgmental they may be, students’ impressions are inevitable. The theatrical setup of lecture invites students to observe rather than interact with their teachers. Professors become objects of analysis, to be examined aesthetically from behind a laptop in the back row. This distance can keep students from going...
Because we’ve always had to live with our own ideals in mind, consciously or not, we’ve learned to deal with the disappointment of realistic forms. We’ve become hardened to it. Clearly, a student won’t drop a class because...
—Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu.