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...cautious face relaxes as she speaks of a familiar topic—her passion for words. “I loved to read the dictionary when I was little,” she says. It was through her membership in the Harvard Advocate that she realized, “Oh, you can be a writer, and this can be a legitimate job.” She is currently president of the literary magazine...
...said, “I had no methods. I shot from the hip...I was able to seize things that allowed me to survive in the classroom.” Jokes aside, McCourt reminded his audience, which included many educators, that “the kids can sense your passion, or lack of it.” “If you don’t have it,” he said, “they turn you off and you’re dead.” Many of the anecdotes from his speech appear...
...others produce scholarship that changes the world. Still others, though they are few in number, manage to do both. Tenure is the light at the end of the tunnel that is the publish-or-perish lifestyle of graduate students. As a result, those who consider teaching, not research, their passion tend to drop off the tenure track early in their careers. Some of those lovers of pedagogy end up as non-faculty instructors at Harvard where, after teaching for six years without tenure, they’re asked to leave, barring an exception of the sort that FAS made...
...that is, indirectly—and frankly, it’s unfortunate that we presently force them to compromise their research time for the sake of teaching wee, trivial undergraduates. These professors should be relieved of their teaching duties immediately and consigned to the research that is their passion. They should, of course, have their salaries adjusted accordingly. After all, if you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have your pudding...
...vice-president of the Black Students Association, Mayuri N. Shah ’08, co-president of the South Asian Association (SAA), and Kristina M. Moore ’08, president-elect of The Crimson. When asked for advice, the four stressed the importance of passion in an activity. “Trust in your abilities,” Green said. “If your passion and conviction are there, everything else can be learned.” After the students spoke, a panel of professionals offered words of wisdom. The speakers emphasized that students must build relationships...