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...Winship has a South African saying that he often passes on to students and friends when discussing social service...
...What I often tell people is that Harvard professors are really smart, but we don’t know anything,” Winship says. “Harvard students have the same potential, too. We’re pretty good at thinking, but we know little about the world and the people we work with...
...There is a great danger at Harvard of being paternalistic,” Winship says. “Harvard students in particular are prone to being labeled as patronizing in social service situations because of the University’s reputation as a bastion for the privileged and wealthy...
...idea that doesn’t necessarily come from the students themselves. According to Winship, the problem might come from both sides...
...When people outside of Harvard look to Harvard for help, they have this funny feeling that we’re these people from Harvard who are going to parachute in and have these unbelievably deep insights and tell how to straighten everything out,” Winship says...