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...comes to an end, we are losing two educators who fall perfectly into this category. Soon-to-be ex-Hazel Associate Professor of History in the Social Sciences Peter E. Gordon, who has been teaching Social Studies 10 for the last five years, and Bruce D. Watson, a famed TF of Social Analysis 10 (better known as Ec 10), are both being forced to terminate their current teaching posts at the end of this year. Gordon, recently tenured by the History Department, will be unable to teach Social Studies because of his new departmental teaching requirements. Watson...
...particular professor, students don’t usually take into account, and shouldn’t need to, the quality of the classes’ teaching fellows. Yet reality dictates that most undergraduates’ experiences with TFs are hit or miss. When an exceptional and dedicated TF distinguishes himself, as Watson has done, the College must make an exception to its six-year rule...
...more important thing to watch out for here: the power imbalance inherent in the resident tutor structure (or TF structure, for that matter). The tutor is meant to be an adult figure, and regardless of how things seem now, you will experience—and others will perceive—a profound inequality in whatever romantic relationship may follow...
...There are few other courses which allow a TF to do as much teaching as Ec10,” Watson wrote. “Teaching basic economics to several cohorts of Harvard undergrads has been a rare privilege...
...also circulated a petition asking the University to allow Watson to remain an Ec 10 TF...