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...expected to make. While the proclaimed purpose of the Historical Study A Core maybe be to train the uncouth species known as the Harvard science concentrator to grasp the “background and development of major issues of the contemporary world,” just remember that its dull slogan is code for empowering the socially awkward to achieve their maximum well-rounded socialite potential.Math concentrators accustomed to focusing on less than sixty pages of reading a week will bemoan the prospect of having hundreds of pages of historical texts shoved down their lexically-deficient throats. Remember, though, there...
...slip through the cracks of the Core. And beware the notoriously irrelevant lecturing of McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History Steven Ozment, who leads B-18, “The Protestant Reformation.”If major historical events interest you less than the everyday lives of dull, dead people, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s B-40, “Pursuits of Happiness: Ordinary Lives in Revolutionary America” receives consistently high marks. And if that’s not enough of a specific year for you, there’s another...
...take this course. Make sure with any course, but especially with Lit B, to shop the courses and really think about whether the very narrow topics offered can hold your attention for an entire semester. Otherwise you may find yourself snoozing through an entire semester of some seriously dull material (“Chinese Imaginary Space,” anyone...
...about? This core tries to provide an introduction to the research methodology and tools of the social sciences. Most of these courses will offer you a watered-down version of a discipline whose department you barely knew existed: linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, public health, et al. Readings can range from dull-as-dust political science graphs to fascinating social theory that will change the way you look at life. Take a cue from uber-popular psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar and look at this Core from a positive perspective: you get to gab about how society works and, worst case scenario...
Both books cite studies, surveys, statistics, along with some hair-raising anecdotes, on how a rising tide of dull, useless assignments is oppressing families and making kids hate learning. A few highlights from the books and my own investigation...