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...first time I was bullied was on the playground when I was in the fourth grade. The last time occurred when I was in a ninth-grade classroom. The only difference: in the fourth grade I was a student, and in ninth grade I'm the teacher! Katherine Mary Riniker Keil Dubuque, Iowa...
...mission of the U.S. military changed, and the academy that produces its leaders, a place so dense with ancient tradition and ceremonial weaponry that it feels more like the Harvard of Sparta, would have to reinvent itself as well. Much of the faculty was soon rotating into the classroom straight from combat zones and bringing back combat skills--and scars. The engineering department learned to make replicas of roadside bombs so the cadets could learn how to spot them. Classes in counterinsurgency and comparative religion and sub-Saharan Africa became as essential as rifles and boots. Twenty-three times since...
Before long, many of those cadets walking out of Amerine's classroom will be officers in Iraq, commanding units of their own in an environment as hazardous and chaotic as West Point is placidly structured. If there's one doubt that eats at the world of certainties Zielinski has built for himself, it's whether he will be able to earn the respect of NCOs--noncommissioned officers. In the real Army, it's the sergeants--experienced, usually older enlisted men and women who serve at lieutenants' sides--who keep the green young officers from making deadly mistakes. The skills needed...
...ultimate goal of the College must be to give undergrads the best classroom experience possible, and thus teaching in itself must be stressed. As the College commendably moves to consider teaching ability during the tenure process, it must reaffirm this commitment by allowing these two great instructors to continue teaching to their strengths...
...reports stressed three main areas of concern: the classroom experience, the capacity for flexibility in academic pursuits, and advising...