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It started with my Expository Writing course.Every first-year has to take Expos. For many it'sa nightmare, due to professors that are eitherincompetent, annoying or both. But since it's oneof the few courses at Harvard with a maximum classsize of ten or 12 students, it has a lot...
The weight of Expos and my other classes becamepretty overwhelming that spring. I rememberresearching a big history paper, absentmindedlywandering through the stacks of Widener, thenLamont, then the Law School library. I returnedhome with a stack of ten books--exhausted withanxiety, sure I could never put that knowledge towork for me...
Meanwhile, my roommate Christopher, who was taking Expos with another professor, showed me his first piece. Christopher is a computer science major with ambitions to study artificial intelligence. I was flattered when he asked me to read his work--itseemed he wanted my approval. Turns out he hadwritten the most...
Expos got worse. If I had trouble writing aboutmy dad, producing a critical essay on E.B. Whitewas a nightmare. By the time the third project wasdue, shortly before spring break, I experiencedenormous anxiety trying to describe my piece tothe rest of the class. As they sat looking at meuneasily, I...
Are Americans racially prejudiced against the Japanese? Occasionally the accusation rings true. Would Americans be upset if, say, Canadian investors offered to buy the Seattle Mariners? Probably no more than they are that Canadians already own the Montreal Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays. Says Linda Cunningham, editor of the...