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This promise of limited immortality is what makes annotating books so appealing. When I was in elementary school, all the dirty words in the classroom dictionaries were double-underlined—the legacy of some tough kid who had flouted the rules; afterwards, writing in books struck me as a minor but sordid crime—an impression reinforced by the prickly anti-annotation posters in Lamont. Reading used books has changed my mind. I have become an extravagant annotator, running pencil commentary up the margins and between paragraph breaks, covering every morsel of blank in the hope that, years...
...Zoninsein ’05, Emily’s roommate and Jordan’s FUPpie. The pair seeks—largely unsuccessfully because that was the point—for more common ground. On the topic of extracurriculars, Jordan asks Emily about her activities outside of the classroom...
...placing and supporting even more applicants while maintaining high standards. Brakke and Eubanks also pointed out other obstacles that have hindered TFA’s efforts to establish new sites—most notably a lack of alternative certification programs that permit teachers without educational backgrounds to enter the classroom. To facilitate TFA’s growth and maintain the quality of its programs as it expands, more federal funding is necessary, and of course states must ensure that their regulations allow TFA teachers...
...applicants in the most disadvantaged areas would be a superb complement to it. But as it is, TFA is pretty much the only way for seniors who do not plan to teach as a career, and who have no formal teaching credentials, to make an immediate impact in the classroom. There is a massive teacher shortage, and TFA cannot ignore the fact that almost every applicant it turns away means one less teacher in the districts that need them most...
Early information about course enrollments will enable us to select and train teaching fellows in ways that will have a direct effect on the undergraduate classroom experience. The process of early course selection will encourage better advising sessions by moving them to a time prior to the start of classes, providing opportunities for follow-up conversations. Both students and faculty members will be able to do meaningful work earlier in the semester. Once the term begins, students will still be able to make changes to their course selections, but will do so with the benefit of more information about...