Word: lewontin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anyone who wrote a ten-pope paper was guaranteed a "B"--so long as it wasn't pure bullshit," Lewontin says. Those who were in the market for "A"s could write longer, 15 or 20 pages. There was some confusion about what criteria were used in awarding "A"s, but Lewontin insists the emphasis was on quality as well as quantity. The only other requirement was an ungraded examination, which students were encouraged to take anonymously...
...didn't want people to think we were going to judge them," Lewontin says. "You know the claim professors always make to explain why they give exams--'Oh, we just want to see whether people have learned anything.' Well, that's what we really wanted...
...Lewontin admits that some people never did the reading or showed up for the lectures, but, he complains, students couldn't devote more of their time to Nat Sci 36 because they felt pressured to work hard for their other courses...
...Lewontin says confidently that although he has some regrets about the course, he feels "the benefits far outweighed the costs." Others who taught the course are less confident...
Counter doesn't want to talk about the course at all. "That was purely Dick Lewontin's course," he says. "It was run the way he wanted...