Word: katari
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...Kevin D. Katari...
...Kevin D. Katari's February 2 editorial ("Why Physics is a Repulsive Force") makes some very true and equally depressing points about the failures of the concentration programs in the physical sciences. But it misses the mark, I am afraid, in the analysis: it is, at best, naive to assume that the content of the introductory courses is inherently unsatisfying (although, to be fair, a great many people do have this impression). A course is, as a rule, only as good as its instructor, and this is where the physical science departments go astray. It is on this issue that...
When I read the suggestions of Kevin D. Katari to reduce attrition among first-year physics students ["Why Physics Is a Repulsive Force, Feb. 2], I was reminded of the luncheon the Physics Department holds at the Faculty Club each year for new concentrators...
...complaints and suggestions that came up were very similar to those made in Katari's article: the first year is drudgery; you learn the math after you are required to know it for physics; better section leaders are needed; the teaching is lousy. Professor Francis M. Pipkin, chair at the time, mediated the discussion with overt sympathy...