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...benefits from this lack of communication. Students remain dissatisfied throughout the semester, while at its close, they impart scathing CUE reviews to both TFs and course heads who are often unaware of their flaws. But neither a student’s fear of insulting an educator nor their mere discomfort in approaching a brilliant professor should halt the improvement of teaching and learning at Harvard. The teaching hotline removes these obstacles to the goal of consistent progress throughout the semester...
...availability. There is an important difference, however, between making course videos available to course or community members and making them available to the general public. For example, students in some large courses, such as Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” already report some level of discomfort about the ubiquitous filming of the course’s lectures. To make videos publicly available would fundamentally shift the dynamic of these courses, turning students into characters in a performance (especially during interactive activities such as open question-and-answer sessions) instead of engaged learners...
Iranian officials initially could barely conceal their glee over the Reagan Administration's discomfort. Speaking to a group of government officials, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini thanked them for causing what he sarcastically called "the great explosion that has occurred in Washington's Black House." More recently, however, Muslim fanatics have criticized government officials for agreeing to deal, however tentatively, with the "Great Satan." Last week a somewhat defensive President Seyed Ali Khamene'i accused the U.S. of using the arms deliveries and the involvement of Israel, officially an enemy of Iran's, in a campaign to "damage [our] reputation and dignity...
...treatment went further: doctors removed Ashley's uterus--to prevent potential discomfort from menstrual cramps and pregnancy in the event of rape--and her breast buds because of a family history of cancer and fibrocystic disease. "Ashley has no need for developed breasts since she will not breast feed," her parents argue, "and their presence would only be a source of discomfort to her" since the harness straps that hold her upright go across her chest...
...treatment went further: doctors removed her uterus to prevent potential discomfort from menstrual cramps or pregnancy in the event of rape; and also her breast tissue, because of a family history of cancer and fibrocystic disease. Not having breasts would also make the harness straps that hold her upright more comfortable. "Ashley has no need for developed breasts since she will not breast feed," her parents argue, "and their presence would only be a source of discomfort...