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...more fundamental cultural difference between American and Chinese education. Historically in China, going to school was about acquiring knowledge. Students memorized passages from ancient authors like Confucius over and over again until students fully grasped the underlying meanings of the texts and were ready to take the Imperial Examinations??€”which were first instituted in 605 CE—to become a member of the Chinese bureaucracy. It wasn’t about doing community service, learning leadership skills, or building social networks. This tradition was so strong that even Mao could not dismantle it: although Confucius was denounced...
...president-elect Barack Obama will be preparing for his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America. At the same time, hundreds of Harvard students will be sitting down in large lecture halls readying themselves to take their fall term examinations??€”45 minutes earlier than expected. The change in time of morning exams on Jan. 20—exams will begin at 8:30, not 9:15—is the result of a compromise the administration has struck with the student body so that students can watch Obama be sworn into office. Some students...
...misplaced. If it will take an investigation from the Office of the Dean of the College to define what exactly is permissible during Reading Period, then so be it. If the Handbook for Students needs an overhaul, fine. Reading Period should be a time to prepare for final examinations??€”not a time to burn...
Though Spelke attacked his yardstick indicator—the SAT mathematics examinations??€”Pinker maintained that “the tests are very good. They have an enormous amount of predictive power...
Serrano said the study—based on a four-question e-mail survey sent to all students who took the August 2002 LSAT and October 2002 MCAT examinations??€”should help students and administrators alike...