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...package was missing some of the less appealing traits Hartman had originally included ("There are many things I need to be taught, which means you had better have the patience to teach me what you want me to learn"). Consultants usually spin such flaws positively: Hartman's profile now says, "Learning new things is a passion!" As for me, according to my 360Reach feedback, I'm seen as "a bit self-righteous" and "too judgmental," but, says Arruda, that would be useful if I wanted to be a columnist: "You would put your portfolio together of all the articles...
...study of religion has value in and of itself. Harvard should not deny that and must teach religion for religion’s sake...
Although other required fields have worldly applications as significant components of their courses, their philosophies emphasize the importance of understanding the fundamental principles of those fields. For example, the science and technology requirement is standard in its expectation that “courses in this category should teach key scientific concepts and the principles underlying relevant technologies…” Another example is the description of the “United States and the World” requirement, stating that students should receive an “understanding [of societies’] origins and histories...
...courses aren’t designed to convince or indoctrinate. Their purpose is to explore an academic discipline that receives little or no treatment at Harvard. Studying religion involves coping with unanswerable questions, confronting humanity’s limitations, and thinking beyond oneself. No literature or science course can teach these skills. And regardless of whether students are atheist or devout, thinking about religion in an academic environment expands their view of the world and opens their minds to a new and different way of thinking. The basic principle that underlies other areas of the general education report should apply...
...Just hearing that plot precis must have given parents the cold sweats. Another slasher movie to desensitize their young sons: to demonstrate acts of self-mutilation beyond the dreams of Jackass, and teach them that the world offers only two options: kill...