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...most popular class at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade does not teach wannabe entrepreneurs the secrets of accounting or international law. Instead, Professor Li Zhiguo instructs his 1,600 students on a graver subject: manners. A line, he lectures, should be an orderly procession, not a rowdy scrum. Spitting on the street is not nice. When eating a Western meal, the diner should cut meat into small pieces with a fork and knife, although that should never be done to bread. And remember: if hosting Americans at a restaurant, don't order endangered species or internal organs. "We think...
...ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often inextricably tied to their children's success, it can be a bewildering, painful experience. So it's no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that, just maybe, ambition can be taught like any other subject at school...
...quite that simple. "Kids can be given the opportunities [to become passionate about a subject or activity], but they can't be forced," says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, who led a landmark, 25-year study examining what motivated first- and seventh-graders in three school districts. Even so, a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don't seem to have much. They say that by instilling confidence, encouraging some risk taking, being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children...
...course History of Science 152, “Filming Science,” which was offered last spring. It was specifically geared towards scientifically minded individuals, to pursue a specific academic topic and convey the idea so that anyone, whether within or outside of the sciences, could comprehend this subject matter. It is exciting to think that we are increasingly able to fuse multiple disciplines in order to understand the world around...
Already this semester, copious amounts of ink have been spilled on this page on the subject of House life at Harvard College. While many claim to have the answer to the seemingly age-old question of how best to create viable, inclusive social communities at Harvard, for the most part, the solutions that have been proposed constitute little more than treating the symptoms of House life’s deficiencies.Take dining hall restrictions, for example. The argument here goes something like this: restrict access to House dining halls to residents, and you create an incubator for House community and fraternization...