Word: 1b
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Survey courses like History 1a and its spring counterpart History 1b, were once a staple of college curriculums but fell out of favor in the late 1960s. In recent years however, many educators have criticized American college for failing to ensure that students learn the basics of Western civilization...
...although the course catalogue describes History 1a and 1b as the normal point of entry for concentrators it is still not a requirement. And Harvard's Core Curriculum, introduced in 1979, is designed to introduce students to the major "approaches to knowledge" in fields of study rather than any particular body of knowledge...
...light of The Crimson's damaging article, I feel compelled to explain the circumstances of my exam once again. Your readers may judge for themselves whether I am justified in seeking to have my Math 1b exam results overturned...
...totally blind, and thus unable to read an examination myself. The registrar's office therefore arranged for a proctor to read my Math 1b make-up final to me aloud, in a separate room. A week prior to the examination, I spoke with the scheduling office about the necessity of finding a proctor who knew calculus, for I feared that someone unfamiliar with mathematical symbols would be unable to read the exam to me accurately and efficiently. The scheduling office assured me that the proctor assigned to administer my exam would be fully familiar with the material. At no point...
...individual letters in each sentence. Then imagine how much harder it would be to understand the reader if you had never physically seen any of the Greek letters he was describing to you. That scenario approaches a sense of the difficulties I faced trying to take my Math 1b examination with a proctor who could not read math...