Word: classroom
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...What made you return to the classroom...
...Yeah, I was definitely a bit nervous because it’s intimidating—it’s Harvard. And I haven’t been in a classroom in a long time. I have no idea if I can handle the work or if I can keep up, but I’m definitely going to try. Not only have I not been in school in such a long time, but I’m going to pretty much the hardest school in the universe [laughs]. But I also think it’s a testament...
...faculty members and various professionals from the business world. Upon arrival last Sunday, participants were immersed in a crash course on accounting, courtesy of management doctoral student Ethan S. Bernstein. “We want to prove that undergrads are prepared to sit in the seats of an HBS classroom,” Bernstein told participants. “You’re used to hearing teachers who have complete control. That’s about to change.” Over the course of the week, participants experienced the case-study method firsthand by reading examples written...
Third, we need to integrate service into education. We should help schools develop service programs outside the classroom. And I've proposed an annual college-tuition tax credit of $4,000 in exchange for 100 hours of public service. You invest in America, and America invests in you--that's how we'll make college affordable for every American...
...book The Audacity of Hope, Obama writes: "I loved the law school classroom: the stripped-down nature of it, the high-wire act of standing in front of a room at the beginning of each class with just blackboard and chalk, the students taking measure of me, some intent or apprehensive, others demonstrative in their boredom, the tension broken by my first question - What's this case about? - and the hands tentatively rising, the initial responses and me pushing back against whatever arguments surfaced." Professor Obama is facing a classroom the size of America now. The question is whether...