Word: problem
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...world's problems are so vast and so profound that the efforts of all human beings are required to solve them. And if you're not working for the solution, then you're working for the problem. Are you ready to solve...
...have such a busy day," Keshet said as he waited for a Fly-by lunch in Loker Commons. "I'm in a play and I have a problem...
...Mark McGwire's record setting 62nd home run traveled 341 feet." Where would you probably find this statement? On The Crimson's sports pages? In The Guinness Book of Records? How about in a problem set for a Science-A Core class...
International students are as familiar with Mark McGwire as American students are with Ronaldo. They know as much about home runs as American students do about corner kicks. Yet in these problem sets, baseball is chosen over soccer. Though this decision may help some students, it also puts others at a disadvantage...
While I have no complaints about baseball, I do have a complaint against baseball as a recurrent theme in problem sets. Consider one such question: "The pitch was described as a low fastball so for simplicity assume that it was hit off the ground and returned to the ground 341 feet away." What was 341 feet away? The hit? The pitch? The home...