Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard isn't doing something right. Finding out and fixing what isn't right is immensely important not only for black students, but for the entire Harvard community. The first step in the "demise of self-segregation" for which Oppenheim yearns is the discovery and resolution of the very problem he feels is "not worth our notice." Black Enterprise's rankings are very relevant. SHARON C. YANG '98 Washington...
Eleanor E. Williams '02 started out in Math 55 this semester but dropped out after the first problem set was returned...
...Problem sets were time-consuming, the lectureswere moving quickly...the breadth of what iscovered in the class is astounding," she says. "Ithink Pavel got reprimanded last year for thesubjects he was teaching. Apparently, they weresomething that no 18-year old should see, forwhatever reasons...
Roumiantseva says the problem sets aredifficult, too long, and often irrelevant to thematerial covered in class. Problems that introducenew concepts do not explain the concepts well, shesays...
...whole reason [the problem sets] are hardis that you have to work stuff out for yourself,"he says. "Some new theories are not taught inclass, and you have to work through them to makethem understandable. It's a lot, it takes time,and it's hard, but it's interesting, and that'swhat makes it worth doing," Speyer says...