Word: defectiveness
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...will be argued that this is a defect in the student, that he lacks the power to interest himself. True! Only the exceptional student possesses this power. But it is not the exceptional student who makes the life of the educator hard. For the majority, the spark must come from without, and the duty of supplying it falls squarely upon professors and instructors...
Does dancing indicate a serious defect in moral fiber...
...series of Persian Letters, the CRIMSON has emphasized the same fundamental defect in the schedule of things which pass current for education. Mirza wrote to his friend Usbek: "My observation convinces me that, in spite of all their pother and noisy activity, few of these young men really know what they are about. Their universal rule seems to be: 'Do something. Get busy. Fill the hour. Make every minute count--never mind what it counts for--and in four years the magic of hustle-bustle will transform us into educated...
...Senate-Reform. Democratic Senator Pat Harrison led off with a story: "It is said that once a fly lit upon the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Crawling across one of the seamlike connections, he flew away to tell the other flies that he had discovered a terrible defect in this, the greatest work of Sir Christopher Wren. I commend this story to General Dawes...
...current issue of "The Commonweal" states that "the greatest defect of the American colleges is that they teach rather than educate, and the general run of them totally fail to create a love of learning or an enthusiasm for the higher life...