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...Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck said that in her experience, giving higher grades is a testament to the hard work of students...
Alluding to the sophomore tutorial in religion that she taught this fall, Eck said that criticizing student papers and allowing for revision inevitably leads to higher grades, but also higher levels of learning...
...Eck added that she gave almost half her class As because her students deserved them...
Eckersley finally decided to get help and went into rehab. He came out invigorated and returned in a different incarnation as a closer for Tony LaRussa’s Oakland Athletics. The Eck proceeded to dominate American League hitters for the next nine seasons in an Oakland uniform, leading the A’s to three consecutive World Series and winning a championship in 1989. Eckersley was also the last pitcher to win an MVP award, picking up the American League honor in 1992 along with the Cy Young Award in a season in which the Eck was virtually unhittable...
...Eck remains humble and selfless. He should not only be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame but also by humanity at large for what a remarkable human being he is. When Eckersley is finally enshrined in Cooperstown this summer, fifteen years after he did for me what no one ever could have predicted, I will be there to thank him and to cheer him on in his greatest honor...