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...lined up behind the great marching rows of young men chanting and flagellating themselves on Ashura, a Shi'ite mourning ritual. On these occasions, there were crowds, bright lights, and delicious things to eat; outside of these occasions, there was basically no fun permitted in public. In school, your teacher taught you to pray, you were forced to fast, and as the years passed, veiled women became the only reality you had ever known. At the same time, however, your family had a satellite TV dish, and you watched music videos and films from the West. You followed trends...
...difficult as it is for Noah to be a friend and teacher at the same time, Noah also feels as if he has been thrust into a parental position. To make up for Dr. Thayer’s disregard for her daughter, Noah tries to expose Tuscany to a larger world than the hot clubs and hot 30-year-old men in New York City. Eventually, like the hired tutors of the Jane Austen era, Noah becomes Tuscany’s full time teacher...
...parent, teacher, or friend, Noah is also a recent college graduate who is trying to figure out what to do next, and how to pay for it. After graduating from Princeton, Noah believes that he must go forth to do something important, or at least just change the world. And if he can’t change the world, he might as well make some solid money...
...challenges make Harvard Interim President Derek C. Bok’s job look like a walk in the yard.A CANTAB TO THE CORESaheed’s roots with the high school stretch back over three decades. He first came to CRLS in 1974 as a student teacher before eventually serving a six-year stint as a dean. Saheed says he has “a great deal of experience with the students and families in this community”—and that has made his transition from dean to principal smooth, at least so far. He?...
...just students who feel stifled by the I.J.T.'s strict moral code. Faculty members at Punjab University say that if I.J.T. objects to a professor's leanings, or even his syllabus, it can cause problems. It doesn't take much to raise questions about a teacher's moral qualifications. "Those who could afford to leave, did so," says Hasan Askari Rizvi, a former professor of political science who is now a political analyst. "Those who stayed learned not to touch controversial subjects. The role of the university is to advance knowledge, but at P.U. the quality of education is undermined...