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Richard C. Lewontin '50, Agassiz Professor of Zoology, is trapped in a system he doesn't believe in. "I don't want to give any grades," he says. "The whole system of grades, exams, the idea of the necessity of being tested seems to me to be antithetical to teaching. I don't want to be an examiner--my function is not to weigh, to certify...
...College has become a big apparatus for certifying a student's relative worth for medical schools, law schools, employers," Lewontin says. "My attitude is that that's their problem. I'm not going to allow them to ruin my teaching--they've managed to foist off on the universities a certification process which screws up teaching...
...flexibility of human nature makes it impossible to distinguish generic influences on human behavior, Lewontin said...
Davis declined to comment on Lewontin's statements, but said "I expect to offer some comments when the meeting has been publicly announced...
Davis-the challenger in the debate-yesterday declined to respond directly to Lewontin's charge but said "this sounds like Lewontin." Davis also said he does not think it proper to discuss the debate before official announcement of its occurence...