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...their shoes to make noise when they walked down the street. But this surreal pettiness masked real misery. The ban on work for most women had a disastrous effect on schooling for both sexes, since as many as 70% of all Afghan teachers were women. Excluding them from the classroom meant that boys had few teachers to instruct them...
...Making things run smoother in the classroom through socializing always runs the risk of cutting into your authority,” Mansfield said. “Maybe that is not such a bad thing though. It is always rewarding to know the student better, and I wouldn’t want to pass up such valuable social contact...
...best things about socializing with the students is just that being with the young keeps you young,” Mansfield said. “It is so wonderful to see students outside of the classroom, which is usually a more formal and captive audience...
Many students and professors said that the informal atmosphere outside of the classroom is most beneficial in breaking down myths that many students hold about their professors. Scardigli says that by attending dinner parties at her adviser’s home, she has come to better understand the life of the academic. This keen understanding of the lifestyle of professors has made Scardigli more strongly consider eventually pursuing a career in academics, an option that her adviser has often pushed. Travers sees a utility in professor-student socializing because it allows to students, who lead rather “closed...
...general resource and a safety net, not a directory bureau,” says Wigglesworth proctor Nicholas J. Tustin. While proctors with Harvard undergraduate experience know the system intimately, others can offer a less biased perspective on the College through their individual experiences in and out of the classroom, Tustin argues...