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Born in Arkansas and reared in Oklahoma, Jones claims he was precocious from the start and tried to run away from home at age eight. Although both his parents were doctors, he quit school in the ninth grade and began working at a variety of jobs from welding to piloting airliners to making wildlife films in Africa. "Specialization is for insects," he snaps today. "There is no limit to my abilities. I can do anything and do it well if I turn my mind...
...many graduates, recent final exams and last-minute grade changes kept the status of honors and other diploma citations in flux until as late as this week. So even if Bok wanted to sign them all, or could clear his schedule for a couple of weeks to do so, there's no way he possibly could finish in time, Rew explains...
Vikram K. Chand, a teaching fellow who awarded Huang's thesis a grade of summa minus, calls the essay "better than a lot of published work on the subject...
Huang also raps the Government department's excessive requirements, especially a rule that requires a third reading for any thesis receiving two high grades. That dictum, according to Huang, cost him a higher thesis grade by allowing a reader unfamiliar with China to make "ignorant and irresponsible" criticisms of his work. He says he probably would concentrate in Social Studies if given another chance...
Despite the professors' abilities as teachers, some students say they are drawn to these scholars' courses because of their relatively light workloads. For example, Fleming's courses commonly feature a midterm which does not count unless it boosts one's final grade. Fleming justifies his policy, saying he views the midterm as a "learning exercise...