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...better to have a good teacher than a poor one. But if you put the best teacher in a rundown school with a class of 35 students, most of them below grade level and some with developmental and discipline problems, that teacher is not likely to be able to teach effectively. Seymour Amlen, NEW YORK CITY...
...it—it’s there. You can just see. 3. FM: How then do you see your role as a teacher?JK: I think the teacher is a kind of servant, the best kind of servant. I’m looking to be of service, to teach, but sometimes up it comes—a brilliant writer. It’s a thrilling thing to see a young person coming up in this world of writing that is so ancient. It’s fantastic. It just makes me so excited to see. I love young people...
...When I was a history concentrator at Harvard three decades ago, modern European history ended in 1945. I once queried a professor about this odd truncation. He replied that Harvard historians “don’t teach current events...
Most Harvard courses teach the traditional way: books, lectures, and a final exam. But the members of Lebônê Solutions, Inc., who met in Engineering Sciences 147: “Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences,” had a final project that took them beyond the classroom. The team members, who are current Harvard students and recent graduates, are looking to implement off-the-grid energy technology that uses the microbial fuel cells in dirt to produce cost-efficient energy that can be brought to the rural and un-powered areas of Africa...
...then there were the daily frustrations of Armour's job: training Afghan police officers. Almost all the recruits were illiterate. "They've had no experience at learning," Armour said. "You sit them in a room and try to teach them about police procedures - they start gabbing and knocking about. You talk to them about the rights of women, and they just laugh." A week earlier, five Afghan police officers trained by Armour were murdered in their beds while defending a nearby checkpoint - possibly by other police officers. Their weapons and ammunition were stolen. "We're not sure of the motivation...