Word: grading
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This recent embrace of wide-leg pants implies something totally different, however. When I think of wide-leg pants, I don’t think of hipster celebrities or debauched 80s icons, I think of sailors. I also think of Farrah Fawcett and this bizarre time in 5th grade where I wore purple velvet overalls to school. Not exactly a time I like to remember with fond nostalgia considering that I was also wearing a white eye-patch that clipped to my glasses. There are benefits to embracing this new aesthetic. Now, you can put your keys in your pocket...
...just now gotten to the point where enough time has passed that I can make jokes about it.”“It’s funny to be 22 and to realize that the bullies that made fun of you in the seventh grade might have been on to something, that maybe a lot of the stuff you did was actually hilarious,” says Rich. “I wonder how old I’ll have to be before I can start laughing at the humiliations of college,” he says...
...couldn’t imagine a more embarrassing and frightening consequence than being forced to leave my life at Harvard.Though one of my professors arranged a way for me to pass with extra work, I had done irreparable damage in my other class and was bound for a failing grade and potential administrative action. My freshman dean e-mailed me that if I wanted the best chance in front of the Ad Board, then I should have a professional vouch for me with “an assessment of the effect your issues had on your ability to manage your...
...means to success. Recently a student shared with me her curiosity when her Expository Writing teacher made a point of encouraging students to take the time to read and consider the feedback he had written on their midterm papers rather than just paying attention to the grade, which the teacher felt was meaningless in comparison. It is this kind of encouragement with regard to the process of learning that needs to be valued at Harvard. It is my opinion that this is something that deserves the attention of university counselors, mental health professionals, faculty, advisors, deans, proctors, tutors, and students...
...Wednesday morning, an electrical fire at the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School, located across Walker Street from the Quad, rendered its students unable to enter the building for the day. So Currier and Pforzheimer opened their doors to the 400 stranded students, who ranged from kindergarten to eighth grade. The students were bused later that afternoon to another local school to finish out their day. According to Patricia G. Pepper, the assistant to the Currier House masters, Currier was the perfect House to take in these students due to its large “fishbowl” room...