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...first to admit, some of my entries seem to border on the ridiculous. Apparently in 2007, I thought it would be wise to have a notebook called “Sports Lessons?? in which I summarize the tips I picked up when taking a golf or tennis lesson. The one and only entry is from July 20 and reads: “Shot—keep back foot planted; stay balanced; don’t reach, let the ball come to your strike-zone; if you miss, miss long.” Fantastic. Good thing I have that...
...that. During the 18th century, sophomores instructed freshmen on the proper social conduct. “No fresman [sic] shall talk saucily to his senior or speak to him with his hat on” was a frequent admonition. One of the French instructors, Peter Curtis, offered undergraduates dancing lessons??because every Harvard man had to know the minuet. Most of these ideas are quaint, but they speak to a sense of respect that is lacking on today’s campus. Nowadays, the College sets few standards for its men—just enough to hope they...
...According to Kopp’s 2001 book “One Day, All Children,” Kopp developed the idea for TFA in her undergraduate thesis at Princeton in 1989 and founded the organization in 1990. In her speech, Kopp highlighted the “three big lessons?? TFA has learned while navigating the American public education system during the past 18 years. First, she emphasized that the achievement gap in American public schools is “solvable,” and that Americans have “a sense of responsibility to take this...
...terms of the “manners” he learned. Furthermore, the chapters rarely discuss Watson’s manners. Instead, Watson merely recounts his memories and then, at the end of each chapter, adds a “Lessons Learned” section with “lessons?? that rarely have anything to do with manners. A man capable of so many controversial, offensive utterances is, to say the least, an unlikely candidate for claiming he has learned and can teach manners, a la Emily Post...
...this moment in Harvard’s history, the recent past remains on people’s minds. The new president cannot dwell on the Summers regime nor can she afford to ignore its lessons??manifold and controversial as they may be. President-designate Faust must build on her impressive achievements in her earlier roles and on her reputation as a person who is civil, fair-minded, and of unquestioned integrity. At the same time, she must constantly keep in mind that Harvard University is neither The University of Pennsylvania nor Radcliffe and that serving as President...