Word: sectioning
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Enough. It’s time to consider just what can be done to save the Harvard section, or whether it should be saved...
...seems to me that the greatest source of section frustration stems not from the tangential problems of sections, such as pricey coursepacks and students with annoying voices, but from the disconnect between students and their TF?...
...purpose of a section is to reinforce, expand upon, and clarify the content of a course. Students should leave a section with a better understanding of readings and lectures. Rather than hear their fellow students make things up and regurgitate theory from Social Studies 10, students should enjoy sections in which their peers ask questions and offer new insight, while the TF’s supply answers and context...
...work can scare even the most prepared student into silence. I cannot count the number of times I have been asked questions at the outset of section that are either too open-ended to offer a decent response (“What makes this art?”), or worded in such a way that only the TF can possibly answer (“What kind of response might this work have elicited in seventeenth century Amsterdam?”), or so specific and poorly worded that nobody pays attention (“If Iqbal can be understood here...
...foreign student, but she was absolutely clueless as to how to deal with this alien customer. Out of frustration and impatience, I paid the full price knowing that every American customer could have paid 15 percent less. The Harvard International Office (HIO) website offered little assistance. The SSN section of the website read, “If you are confronted with a situation where you are told you must have a SSN and you do not intend to work, please consult with the HIO.” But international students stumble upon many other barriers, trivial or serious, regarding SSN?...