Word: teachers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...teacher at Wilson High School in San Francisco, I am very angry at the view of Wilson presented in your article "Fogbound Schools" [Feb. 25]. While it is true that there are many serious problems at Wilson, it is equally true that there are positive and exciting things happening. To choose only the negative aspects of the school and to ignore the very real positive aspects does a gross disservice to the students, who are fighting to succeed in a society which, they fear, is reluctant to recognize their efforts and their success. TIME'S reporter interviewed science teachers...
Sir/When T.S. Eliot [March 11] arrived on the Abbot Academy campus for an impromptu talk in 1952, the rumor of the day was that he was a "very special" friend of Miss Emily Hale, our dramatics teacher. Since rumors are practically a national pastime at most boarding schools, imagine my surprise when you carried a picture of Emily Hale as a lovely young woman and indeed a very special friend of Eliot...
...fourth-graders in Room 317 at P.S. 106 in The Bronx are pretty much in agreement about their assistant teacher, Leachim. They all think he is very smart and has a remarkable memory for their individual habits, failings and hobbies. They like most of his jokes and the way he sings, "even though he has a bad voice," and they have learned to put up with his occasional cross moods. Most important of all, the children think of Leachim as their friend, as well as a good teacher. All of which is quite an achievement for a robot with...
Leachim was created for Teacher Gail Freeman by her husband Michael after she complained repeatedly about the time she had to spend with her students on drill and review. A doctoral candidate and professor of management sciences at Bernard Baruch College, Michael spent 18 months and $ 1,000 to design, build and program Leachim (Michael spelled backward, more or less), a 5-ft. 5-in., 200-lb. humanoid with black plastic arms and legs. Although his legs are motorized, he is chained and bolted to a table for security. The robot's brain is a computer, made partly from...
...Died. Louis I. Kahn, 73 (TIME, Jan.15,1973), a seminal architect for the past two decades; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Kahn was a relatively obscure teacher until the early 1950s, when his first major design, the Yale Art Gallery, was constructed. After that, his influence-as seen in the designs of such disciples as Charles Moore and Pop Architect Robert Venturi-became enormous. Kahn was primarily concerned with principles of order and light. His work featured the use of stark, geometric shapes and an emphasis on natural light and the moods created by it. He also incorporated such...