Word: notionalism
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This problem would be solved if Princeton—and Harvard—would instead focus on combating the inflation of grades as a signal of raw accomplishment and committed itself to a much bolder change. The notion that a C denotes “average” performance in a course seems positively quaint today, but why not revive it? This is not to say that courses should be graded on a strict curve with a C as the mean; that would reinstate grades exclusively as a relative communicator of performance and have similar effects as the Princeton grading...
...author of a 1993 book, “The Regenerate Lyric,” in which she challenged the widespread notion that Ralph Waldo Emerson is the source of the American poetic tradition. Her 1999 book, “The Line’s Eye,” traces the trajectory of American literature from early-18th century preacher Jonathan Edwards to Robert Frost...
...bigot who does not accept Harvards principled stand, whether or not they actually oppose homosexuals serving openly. Potential recruits are forced to choose whether national defense or the freedom for gays to tell their squad mates about their sexual inclinations is more important. The University clearly supports the latter notion...
Your worries over post-Harvard plans are completely understandable. It’s important to recognize that these worries most likley stem not from the frustration caused by lack of opportunity after college but instead from the overwhelming number of possibilities. Though the notion that you can “be anyone” and “do anything” may seem liberating in the abstract, it is far from comforting—fretting about which door to open can be as debilitating as having no doors...
...blunt, I believe that novelist George Whyte-Melville had it right when he said that “we always believe that our first Love is our last, and our last Love is our first.” In other words, the notion that you have found “the one” is most likely not true. And while long distance relationships seem feasible in theory, their success rates are dismally...