Word: learners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have no reason to doubt that--as a quick and intelligent learner--Spence will quickly grasp how best to ensure the Core does not unravel, how to keep the House system strong, and how to set an effective policy on sexual harassment--just to name three important student issues. But amidst all the hoopla of the appointment, the integral role and problems of undergraduates might easily be put aside and forgotten, especially for someone who has not had a great deal of contact with them over his tenure here. In his drive to help graduate students and junior faculty...
...Quick Learner...
...think that he thought all fields were green with white stripes on them." And so can years get away. "How does an eleven-year-old qualify for a driver's license?" Madden remembers asking his wife once when his signature was requested on their son's learner's permit. "John," she said softly...
Genuine knowledge, on the other hand, is not anonymous. It changes the learner with the learning in a way mere data can't, the way knowing someone deeply always nurtures differences in the one who comes to know. It is not, perhaps, impossible, but it is very difficult, and there is little to be gained...
...favors, and for seeming to have no creative policies to compensate for the budget cuts. Pierce says that he deliberately has kept a low profile while learning his department. His supporters say that he is now about ready to make his move. For the moment, he gets a slow-learner...