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...This isn’t high school: We choose our own classes and we choose our own schedules. While a high school student has no choice but to endure Mrs. Klein’s expert insights into the structure of mushrooms, it’s assumed that a Harvard undergrad enrolled in “Biology of the Fungi” just can’t wait to learn about smuts and molds. While you may feel trapped in an occasional Core lecture or intro course, in general, attending class should never be a burden. So why do we insist...
...Harvard and I was his TF in 2002. When I graduated, he suggested that I take over the class, which I did.10.FM: Did any of your experiences at Harvard inspire you to pursue positive psychology?TBS: Very much so. I started thinking about this topic when I was an undergrad, Class of 1996. When I was a sophomore, I was a computer science concentrator and I found myself doing well academically. [...] I was doing well in athletics (I played varsity squash), and I was doing well socially and everything seemed to be going well—except that...
...past, a large number of freshmen have opted to choose Government simply by default, because it was “the thing to do.” This mentality is reprehensible, as a reasoned and deliberate concentration choice is one of the most important decisions a Harvard undergrad will make. The reduction in Government concentrators can be seen, in part, as a welcome change in behavior: With more time to choose a field, students are tailoring their academic decisions to their particular interests and the quality of the department...
...other words, the combination of this robot (who I now affectionately call “Lamp”) and a sad undergrad form a functioning system—one that uses robotic elements to extend existing human capabilities...
...every point in his life that I’ve read his novels, I’ve learned something new,” Russell said, “At the undergrad level, an introduction to Nabokov gives a student an emotional foundation, one that will stay throughout a person’s whole life...