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Consequently, most Harvard students have their first and last encounter with economics in Ec 10. But, according to an article in last Sunday's New York Times, the same is not true in Russia. Yes, Russia. According to the article, first-graders in Russia are being taught concepts such as profit, loss and capital accumulation. The article reports: "A new textbook published this year, Economics for Little Ones or How Misha Became a Businessman, tells the story of a simple but industrious bear who opens a...store in the forest. His sole competitor is described as Winnie the Pooh...
...have to start at age seven? American children don't need to be taught about profit and loss in the first grade because capitalism is virtually synonymous with the United States. We are capitalists in the womb, as it were, because everyone and everything around us is the product of a purely capitalist society. What American five-year-old needs to be taught that the one with the most toys wins...
...chance to hear all of three of the professors speak before study card day, since only one of them was lecturing the first full week of class. I ended up looking in old CUE guides to see the ratings for the other two for other courses they have taught. A somewhat imperfect way to choose classes...
...What's strange is that all of the sudden all of these people in your section suddenly believe that you know what you're talking about," says Michael Walfish '98, who also taught CS-50 last semester...
Mueller, who taught mostly first-years in his Chemistry 10 section, says he found them even more respectful than the children to whom he had taught science in a summer program...