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Having known Grant for four years as well, Davila sees the brothers' desire to learn as their greatest asset. "They study because they want to learn, not for an exam," she says...
Professor Brinkley offered us more than "high standards of scholarship," as a well known Harvard history professor put it recently. I remember the difficult time I had with my general exam in American History in March of my senior year. Several days after I had taken the exam, Professor Brinkley sent a note to me at Winthrop House in which he said that he would like me to call his office soon and that we should sit down together so he could help me understand how I could improve my work. I remember how reassured I felt that a Harvard...
Among these "shocking" revelations are the fact that Rey (Jay Chiumento) helped his classmates cheat on one of their final exams but was the only one to be expelled for the act. Ansara uses this tidbit as an excuse for a flashback to the fresh revolutionary fervor of 1979. As Bobby (David Frisch) and Rey copy over old tests, Rey equates the stealing of a Latin exam to a revolutionary act: "Say no to the academy, no to the authorities!!" Better yet, say no to the acting...
...psychological advancement. "There's something inherent in the nature of school, in just what school is, that is antithetical to personal growth. The deadlines are set and you abide by them; you take vacations when they are given to you; you know what you are taught for the final exam," he explains...
During his youth in Shanghai and Kun San, admission to junior high was based on an exam. Despite his poor performance in the humanities, he took the exam and, of course, scored the highest of any of the students. After high school, he earned a place in a program to send Chinese engineers to intern with American companies...