Word: unfamiliar
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These are but two examples of an instinct that leads students to take courses and read books in familiar subject areas instead of exploring unfamiliar departments and disciplines. I plead guilty to this instinct: A native Californian, I enrolled last spring in Literature 120, "Cityscapes: Los Angeles" when I could have instead studied algorithms or ancient history...
...sure, for those scientists in Mendelsohn's course and Jews in Harris' course, there is much to be learned from a historical approach to science and one's ancestral history, respectively. In choosing these courses over others, however, students have frittered away a valuable opportunity to explore unfamiliar intellectual realms...
...dwell on the culture or field with which you're already acquainted, but instead seek out that which is most unfamiliar. Don't become enamored of your own world view but instead humble yourself in the face of the vast scholarship to which you will soon lose access. In your academic work, be quick to contemplate, slow to conclude and eager to traverse unfamiliar territory...
Miller agreed that choosing among different brands of food and picking out produce might be "unfamiliar territory" for many students. After sharing his own expertise, Miller brings in produce experts from Costa Produce, the company from which Harvard buys its fruits and vegetables, who share inside secrets on how to pick out fresh food...
ERIC POOLEY is not unfamiliar with the whirlwind of politics. As one of the magazine's senior political writers, he covered the White House in 1996, has reported on elections around the country and co-wrote our 1998 Man of the Year cover story on Ken Starr. But five weeks ago, he stepped into a firestorm when he became acting Nation editor as the impeachment of the President moved into the Senate. "It certainly hasn't been difficult coming up with story ideas," he says. "But events move so quickly that the story on Friday is vastly different from what...