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...length term papers and a hefty reading load. Having not yet mastered the art of BS, it becomes painfully apparent (and mildly amusing) when frosh don’t do the readings, which they often neglect in these pass/fail seminars. Thus, it might be worthy to note that the workload varies significantly by course. The more masochistic Harvardians might like Professor James Russell’s two-semester “Literature Humanities,” a survey of the Western canon that will teach you how to speed-read the Bible. If you’re feeling a little...
...Arts B-35, “The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent: Art, Architecture, and Ceremonial at the Ottoman Court.” The course name might be formidable, but the work isn’t; tests aren’t graded harshly and the workload is minor. Professor Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar’s lectures tend toward disorganization, with lots of confusing slides, which makes the class boring but pretty easy. Speaking of slides, there’s B-21, “The Images of Alexander the Great.” The course...
Bennett and Kalish have a more modest proposal. Parents should demand a sensible homework policy, perhaps one based on Cooper's rule of thumb: 10 min. a night per grade level. They offer lessons from their own battle to rein in the workload at their kids' private middle school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Among their victories: a nightly time limit, a policy of no homework over vacations, no more than two major tests a week, fewer weekend assignments and no Monday tests...
...don’t be fooled: most Freshman Seminars, even though they are graded Sat/Unsat, are not jokes. Though most seminars have lighter workloads than typical Harvard classes, there are still papers and readings to be done. And taking a course with a lighter workload, especially while making the transition into college, can be advantageous...
...going it alone," says Federer. "I learned a lot about myself and my team because I only had people working with me whom I 100% trusted." He did hire a part-time coach in early 2005, and re-signed with IMG that summer, in part to ease Vavrinec's workload. "She would have to get tough with the media [and] say no," Federer says. "People would say she is a bad person. She is my girlfriend, after all, so it was a conflict at times." The move also boosted his earnings. IMG helped Federer sign a $15 million deal with...