Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even though I am the mother of two small children, I cannot begin to understand Anita Bryant's reasoning regarding homosexual rights. She is so worried about homosexuals serving as teachers. Quite frankly, I believe that if my son is not safe in a classroom with a male homosexual teacher, then surely my daughter is not safe with a male heterosexual teacher...
Harvard's nebulous tenure policy favors accomplished researchers, and its reputation often helps supply a national audience for its faculty members, but many published scholars fail in the classroom. Students, colleagues and critics agree that Wald, more than anything else, is a dedicated teacher who has the rare ability to present complex ideas on a sophisticated but understandable level. As with his science, Wald's teaching is not separated from his politics. In Natural Sciences 5. "The Nature of Living Things" (yes, he enjoys teaching undergraduates), Wald once burned a dollar bill during lecture and asked the class to explain...
...well Brother Ignatius would say something like "Jesus Christ" loud enough to cause inner ear damage, and then remind you that although he was 58 years old he could still punt a football 65 yards. Sometimes he would demonstrate by kicking a solid oak desk half-way across the classroom, which was impressive enough that everyone would buckle down to derivatives. Brother Ignatius did not care for the idea of my going to Harvard...
...that building is Burr Hall. Specifically, the room melliflously known as 'Burr B' must have been designed with tricksters like me in mind. The room is constructed along the dimensions of a Aztec temple, giving the person sitting in the last and top row a fine range of the classroom, perfect for taking notes, counting bald heads, and spitting. For three years, I have taken finals in that room, and every year I try to improve on myself...
...Were you wondering why Social Studies was moving out of Putnam House (see number 2)? The Radcliffe Child Care Center, currently located in the basement of Larsen Hall, is being moved to Putnam House to free up more classroom space...