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...story line is also plenty gnarled, in a fashion familiar to admirers of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. It begins in 1988, when the main character, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik, star of the Korean blockbusters Shiri and Failan), is kidnapped and confined without being told what his crime is or how long he will be held. The movie snakes forward to 2003, when Oh is suddenly released, but still not free; his unknown torturer now plays with him in subtler, more damaging ways. And it ends in 1979, when Oh and his assailant were schoolboys, for the revelation...
What do you think of Ian Thorpe's sense of fashion, and can we perhaps look forward to seeing your own line of underwear or jewelry in the future? Selwyn Lemos, SYDNEY...
...Laughs.] I have an idea of fashion, but I don't see myself coming out with an underwear or jewelry line probably ever...
...curricular reform. Graduate student teachers are as vital to great research universities as medical interns are to flagship hospitals. At Harvard, we fund graduate education in part through teaching fellowships and offer excellent teacher training to our PhDs. But teaching fellowships have been tied, in a cookie-cutter fashion, to lecture-course sections enrolling 15 to 18 undergraduates apiece. Faculty are often loath to try new course formats for fear of not employing enough TFs; and graduate students do not develop a full range of pedagogical skills. As reform proceeds, the College and the Graduate School must encourage additional, more...
Under any scenario, it will not be easy to fashion more pedagogically effective courses and weave stronger ties between students and faculty advisors. But we can achieve measurable reforms in just a few years, if we set clear goals and modify ossified procedures. To make curricular reform a reality, we must of course ensure accountability and careful budgeting—yet also find ways to enhance cooperation, reduce bureaucracy, and stimulate creative teaching and learning where it really counts, from the bottom up, and in the hearts and minds of teachers and students themselves...