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Under the current grading system; some professors use small sections to go deeper into material covered in class, but warn students they will be graded on a different curve than other members of the section. Other professors inform students that the small section will not discuss material covered in class, since that would give members of the small section an advantage in taking the final exam. If the proposed system of evaluation were adopted, professors might want to reapraise the use to which they now put small sections. Some might want to replace small sections in whole or in part...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Trouble With Grades | 3/1/1969 | See Source »

...maddening self-consciousness of Bach's techniques wears away, he and Wyden say, as couples master the art of intimate battle. "Our system is not a sport like boxing," the authors write. "It is more like a cooperative skill, such as dancing." But they warn that "with acquaintances, clients or 'dates,' a bad fight can be final." And although the technique is rooted in the footnotes of wide scholarship, Bach himself admits that some responsible critics worry that the method is too superficial and only skims the surface of deeper problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage: Fight Together, Stay Together | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

...they hold the Festival again next year, as they probably will, you should go, though I may as well warn you the experience tends to make Reading Period worse not better...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: The Miami Pop Festival: Silver Linings Galore in the Faint Cloud Over Rock | 1/22/1969 | See Source »

...tell everything up to the last ten minutes without appearing expensive. The souvenir booklet also pretty much gives away who the villain is, which isn't a very nice thing to do any way you look at it. The purpose of the above paragraph has been largely to warn you against buying the souvenir booklet...

Author: By Tim Hunter, | Title: Ice Station Zebra | 12/18/1968 | See Source »

Exams. The Spalding Slaughter has now given way to the Crumgold Finesse, originated by the late Miles Crumgold, Harry and Bill Green Professor of World History. It was Dr. Crumgold's custom to warn his students well in advance of the hour exam that they were in for a "toughie." As the day approached, he would start hinting at some of the incredibly intricate questions students should prepare for, and with one lecture to go he would--in a burst of charity--pass out a list of relevant items. The actual exam then consisted of a single question, typically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DeLoon's Guide | 12/7/1968 | See Source »

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