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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Your instructors will see everything you write. Everybody is familiar with the sanitized, official jargon used by the nice people who publish the CUE Guide. If 90 percent of the students in a course complain that a professor didn't understand his material, this will be reported as "a significant percentage of students had some difficulty following the lectures," "Professor Quigley's last original thought came in the 1950's" becomes "while students applaud Professor Quigley's mastery of the history of his field, they long for the inclusion of more contemporary perspectives." And so on. But though the world...

Author: By Dmitri Tymoczko, | Title: The Evaluation Game | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

...CUE Guide time again, when Harvard students have their chance to speak candidly, and with devastating anonymity, about their courses, professors and, most especially, their teaching fellows. TFs who score 4.5 or above will be awarded a "Certificate of Excellence," redeemable, I'm told, for a plain croissant and a medium lemonade at the Kendall Square Au Bon Pain...

Author: By Dmitri Tymoczko, | Title: The Evaluation Game | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

...many ways the CUE Guide is Harvard's answer to Mardi Gras. It is a reckless bacchanal, a time when values are inverted and hierarchies smashed. The mute speak; the evaluated evaluate. The "Justice" TF who gave you the B-? Nail 'er! And why not add something about her appearance while you're at it? Also the chemistry TF who humiliated you in section that one time--don't forget to mention that he taught an entire class with fly down, displaying to all the world his purple bikini underwear...

Author: By Dmitri Tymoczko, | Title: The Evaluation Game | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

...according to the CUE guide, students hold Stone in high esteem...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Mechanics Professor Earns High Teaching Marks | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...luminous and wealthy old woman, who houses them in return for help with chores when they are just starting out. But Richard gets caught up in business concerns and neglects his young daughter. In a fraught and teary finale, Mary rescues his soul and then, as if on cue, expires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: LO! AN EVERGREEN BLOOMING | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

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