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...Adam Kovacevich's column, "From Doggishness to Discomfort" (Opinion, March 1) is a very narrowminded and ill-supported view of academic life at Harvard. To assume that the "scientists in Mendelssohn's course and Jews in Harris' course" have "frittered away a valuable opportunity to explore unfamiliar intellectual realms" is to assume that the average Harvard student is incapable of being driven to a higher level of understanding through already-familiar realms of academia. A much more attractive and positive assumption would require us to abandon the view that Harvard students always look for the easy way out and sometimes...
...same for "Jews." I am insulted by Kovacevich's assumption that I am taking this course merely to learn my "ancestral history." "Jews" is not a class that explains what it means to be Jewish but rather why Jewish life has manifested itself as it has in modern life. The class gives me the chance to explore a culture that I am a part of, but have never had the chance to appreciate in terms of its rich intellectual history...
...share Kovacevich's opinion that we should explore areas of study that will enhance our minds as opposed to forcing them into stagnation. But I am well aware that I will reap a much greater personal benefit from furthering my musical knowledge and advancing my understanding of a culture to which I have a tie. ZACHARY H. SMITH '00 March...
...familiar and the unfamiliar, be prepared for the regret you will feel in a few years after taking intellectual shortcuts on your way to your Harvard degree. Instead, take the long view over the short view, grit your teeth and be vigilant in seeking out discomfort. Adam R. Kovacevich '99 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...Adam R. Kovacevich '99 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. His column will appear on alternate Mondays...