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...forces driving national and global change” as a cornerstone for general education courses is fresh and compelling. That’s not to say courses should be paraprofessional or dominated by real world examples; nor is it conceding that traditional approaches to the liberal arts are useless. On the contrary, it situates the liberal arts in the context of the world around us, accentuating just how important they are to our lives and our futures.We are also encouraged by the broad and integrative nature of the proposal. It recognizes that students need to know more than what they...
...wincing in the glare of newfangled electric lightbulbs and mourning the passing of the Cherokee way of life. "All I can say," he sighs, "is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that the things old men and old women know have become so useless as to be not worth passing on to grandchildren." (Absolutely true, although one wishes Frazier had held off on his sappy caveat, namely, that "desire trumps time," which smacks of a musical number by Andrew Lloyd Webber...
...students are getting caught cheating and B) students are cheating in the first place makes me disgusted!” My father drafted a response and sent it to the student, explaining the circumstances of the incident and emphasizing the tragic ineptitude the boy had demonstrated in crafting his useless crib sheet. He concluded: “I am of the opinion that ultimate penalty should never be imposed for the first violation of any rule. Although discipline is important, a society that does not give people a second chance is no fun.” Most of his colleagues...
Psych 1 interspersed the things you really cared about–controlling people and generally getting your way–with useless info like the causes and warning signs of clinical depression. Psych 15, “Social Psychology,” is like that cute fat girl who went on a diet: all the essentials without the fluff. Your fearless leader will be the superb Daniel Wegner, who re-takes the reigns after a year on leave doing research. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cringe at mildly inappropriate anecdotes. Some of the highlights: Interpersonal Attraction?...
...worked the way it was intended, the Core could force students to explore academic areas outside their narrow specialization and ensure that no Harvard student graduated without being exposed to a wide range of general topics.Instead, the Core is often seen as seven obligatory piles of specific, useless knowledge to choke down. Far from expanding their academic horizons, many students trudge through the Core by taking whatever fits their schedule, doing as little work as possible, and adhering to the cram-and-purge school of exam-taking. The Curricular Review promises big changes to all this—eventually.But until...