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“Having seen the grading standards, you don’t really have to do much to get a C-,” the student said, referencing the lowest grade possible to earn a satisfactory score. “I think a lot of the people in the...
Vinay A. Trivedi ’13, who said he is considering concentrating in economics or philosophy, said that he was initially excited when he heard about the grading change, because it meant he would be able to take the class without having to worry about it significantly increasing the...
Knowing that the grading change is uncertain, however, Trivedi said, “It definitely makes me question whether I will take the class or not.”
These similarities between the Joneses and their genuine counterparts, though comically portrayed, are also troubling. They suggest that perhaps normal families operate around the goal of self-promotion. Are we just selling our images to one another, and to those around us? When parents encourage their children to excel, is...
“My husband,” Christiane Kubrick told The New York Times in 2006, “always had a drawerful of ideas. There were always a lot of stories on the go, things he left started, things he left lying around. It was like being in...