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...thus their classes. This dread has something to do with the fear of not knowing "enough." Everyone--starting with the teacher--has to feel free to say, "I don't know, but I can find out." Joseph S. Nye, professor of Government, who appeared in one of the Harvard-Danforth Center's many panel discussions on teaching, recommended telling students, "You're bound to stump me if you're any good." That formula elevates everyone high enough so that a little ignorance doesn't drop anyone out of heaven. Losing the fear of annihilation is worth a lot. Most...
...this degree of selflessness? We come to it gradually, by accepting the duties that come with appropriating the right models. "Being a teacher means assuming responsibility for someone's life, at a certain level," said Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky, soon to return to teaching, at a Harvard-Danforth Center Orientation and Welcome. "It's a very, very serious business...
...enjoy working with their students and look forward to each section. Most of us are well-prepared for our lectures, design reasonable and worthwhile problem sets. Conduct meaningful discussions, and devote considerable time and thought to the grading of reports and examinations. As well, there is the Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning, which conducts seminars and discussion groups and offers counseling, all for the purpose of improving the quality of teaching by Harvard faculty, instructors and teaching fellows (the teaching fellows mentioned in your letter should make intensive use of this facility...
...Well, of course, everyone did. At Cambridge University, Prince Edward was making his British stage debut in an undergraduate production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a political screed based on the 17th century witch trials in Salem, Mass. Though Edward, 19, was playing sexagenarian Deputy Governor Danforth, Director Nicholas Walmsley found that the supporting role fitted the princely thespian "like a glove." Edward was more sanguine when asked about his performance. "That's not for me to judge," he said. "Life is one big act. You may be nervous, but you don't show...
...impotence will precede us. We have put special interests on notice that we can be pushed around. We have confessed to an already doubting nation that we are ruled by political fear, rather than economic courage." The self-criticism was both bipartisan and bicameral. Declared Missouri Republican Senator John Danforth: "We're in a catatonic state. We're immobile. We're unable...