Word: sectioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...downstairs children's section, unaccompanied youths were using all three terminals...
...addition to the five Internet terminals in the reference section of the library, the downstairs children's area features three more networked machines. These may be reserved for 30 minutes per day and feature a menu of resources geared toward young people...
...recent visit to the library, a glance at the main-floor computers revealed one high school student and four adults. In the downstairs children's section, unaccompanied youths were using all three terminals...
...thing is that I'm not the only regular class-skipper out there. One advantage of a large school like Harvard is that an absence, even in section, is not likely to get noticed. What we give up in personal attention form our instructors we gain in anonymity. "Face time" means relatively little, and we re judged largely on the quality of the written work we submit...
While I hope Harvard College never adopts an attendance policy, I have begun, albeit only recently, to see the merits of classroom attendance. There are some things that can't be learned very well from a book, concepts that require explanation and demonstration. Section discussion can, at times, be enlightening. (At times.) And classroom attendance correlates well with academic performance. (The summer before I arrived here, I met a recent Harvard grad who told me that the secret to success at the College was attending class. Of course, I went on to ignore her sage advice...