Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that's the problem...
...class wasn't what I expected it to be," he says. "The biggest problem was the textbook...[Also] there wasn't really a logical progression of topics, at least in my mind. I got the feeling that the course didn't really have a focus; not even the professor knew where he was going...
Beaudreau complains that students have no control over this situation, and that when she approached an administrator in the math department with her problem, she was rebuffed...
Much of the impetus for change has come from student input within the departments. Students say course heads for Chem 10 reduced the class workload following predominantly negative mid-year evaluations, and Chem 5 and 7 offer tri-weekly "help rooms" to work through difficult concepts and problem set questions...
Ignoring this problem would effectively drive out those citizens who help give Cambridge its distinct and diverse character. The loss of those who primarily benefit from low-cost units--the elderly and disabled, single working mothers, retired long-time residents and other low-income residents--would be a critical blow to Cambridge's vibrant political activism...