Word: approached
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...Never Full is steeped in memory--the memories of one person, of course, but also the memories of all Holocaust survivors, of the Jewish people and of the world. Wiesel asks again and again how we, as individuals, as cultures and as a global community, can and should approach the task of remembrance. To forget the Holocaust would be unconscionable, but to communicate it is impossible. Wiesel searches for a balance between the silence required to show respect for the dead and the silence that will cause the dead to die again through forgetfulness...
...would rather not wait until the new government "has done anything tangibly wrong" or used "any extra-democratic means" and then try and remedy a situation beyond redemption. As a citizen of Germany, I am painfully aware that waiting and hoping is not the right approach...
...intent of the Core has been described as teaching "approaches to knowledge" rather than simple content. Indeed, many of its courses employ interdisciplinary techniques that might be lacking in a more narrowly focused departmental course. Yet it seems that departmental courses not explicitly accepted in lieu of Core classes would often fulfill the same mission. No departmental classes at all, for instance, are listed for Historical Study, Social Analysis, or Literature and Arts. It is difficult to believe that no classes on music theory or appreciation confront students with a new "approach to knowledge" as well as First Nights...
Indeed, it seems many students share Christman's sentiments. Whereas the "traditional" approach towards teaching large science classes consists of a professor writing equations and topics on the blackboard, Mazur's approach places more emphasis on the students teaching themselves...
Mazur has been teaching physics at Harvard for 16 years, but it was not until 10 years ago that he realized the traditional approach of lecturing to teach the sciences was not working...