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This direct approach to philosophy brought to mind Appiah’s most persuasive defense of his profession. He likened the process of reading and developing philosophy to admiring a great painting in a museum—its real claim to your attention is not its history or the greatness...
“Women’s groups are bringing shame to the profession in which we are engaged,” she said. “This is a show trial to beat all show trials.”
While Cosby did not attend the afternoon proceedings, he did perform a forty-minute comedy routine at the evening dinner party. Speaking in his famously slow and contemplative drawl, Cosby played to the crowd, riffing on the medical profession, his fear of vaccinations, and the hilarious perils of old age...
I commend Irene Y. Sun for her comment “Pre-students” (Feb. 11) because it points out the competitive side of studying the sciences at Harvard. However, the real message of her comment—and the message that Harvard professors should stress—is...
...that school and home should be separate spheres; parents would no more interfere with the way a teacher teaches than with the way a surgeon operates. "Working-class and poor families don't have a college education," says Lareau. "They are looking up to teachers; they respect teachers as professionals. Middle-class parents are far less respectful. They're not a teacher, but they could have been a teacher, and often their profession has a higher status than teachers'. So they are much more likely to criticize teachers on professional grounds...