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...uniforms? Does the team send out disturbing subliminal messages ("Hi, we're the Duke basketball team. Let us delight you with the sound of our nails running down a chalkboard")? The root of this loathing remains a mystery, although I suspect it may have something to do with the team's incorrigibly clean, slightly privileged image - and its annoying tendency...
...very idea of erecting an erasable surface for the explanation of concepts goes far beyond aesthetics. Its dual names--blackboard, chalkboard--reflect a changing emphasis on the surface and the tool of writing. From its size and placement, its inherent economy of scale, we intuit a notion of ideal class size: fifteen students can be taught as easily as one, but double or triple this and the precision of chalk-shapes becomes difficult to read...
...year-old teacher hangs his motto over the chalkboard in large black letters: THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS!! He opens his classroom at 7 a.m.--an hour early--for optional math study. After regular classes end at 2:48 p.m., he offers 45 minutes of Shakespeare, rehearsing a single play all year. Afterward, still on his own time, Esquith coaches volleyball, teaches computer use and helps with homework. Saturday mornings he tutors 40 former pupils, in Grades 6 through 9, in more Shakespeare--along with Ibsen, Chekhov, algebra and SAT preparation. Saturday afternoons he rehearses music with his students. "Call...
...warm spring night, but Enko N. Kiprilov '00 is sitting in a Harvard classroom watching an instructor solve physics problems on the chalkboard...
...this morning, Day 111 of the school year. He begins the class with grammar exercises and then discusses a short story. All the while, Estes consults his lesson plan, which prods him with very specific instructions, from what to put on the board ("Write 'Realistic Fiction' on the chalkboard") to assignments for the class ("Invite students to determine point of view of the story...