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...Last week, for example, students were asked to read an article about the intensity of the American college process. The exercise provided students the basic tools to engage in conversation both inside and outside the classroom, according to Pollock...
...Every week, for some of them, is like starting new,” he says...
Additionally, other Harvard schools, such as the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, have much more extensive programming for J-Term. HKS offers nine three-week January courses for credit, which count for spring-term course credit for all purposes...
...potential of the College’s proposed one-week experience is, in comparison, limited to a shallow understanding of the same material. Internalization of concepts, of whatever type and purpose, takes more than eight days, and thus the week threatens to be nothing more than a cram session...
...relatively early point this year. Next year’s J-Term does promise to provide an experience of some substance for many students. However, given the potential of this time period, we are sure that the College can do better. J-Term was not conceived of as J-Week, and it should not continue to be treated in such a manner...