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...embarrassing that Harvard students can graduate ignorant of major Western authors and philosophers. Harvard boasts as its motto “veritas,” and it should therefore teach students truth, rather than encourage students to remain neutral when confronted with values “significantly different” from those that have shaped the society they are preparing to enter...
...posed this question in his book We Are All Multiculturalists Now: “Groups, racial and ethnic, and women want to see themselves in the curriculum…But what will this emphasis on multiculturalism, on ‘recognition,’ do to our efforts to teach our children truth and the best way to reach it, to promote American unity, to encourage civic harmony...
...Harvard takes seriously its traditional obligation to teach truth and its self-styled progressivism, it should recognize that Western “truth” has shaped the creation of a society where women and ethnic groups are treated equally. Western values include tolerance for many different ethnic and gendered perspectives, which is why women and minority readers will “see themselves” in a Western canon, even if that canon doesn’t include many women and minority authors...
...will the consolidation process of last year play into this election, if at all? What did the consolidation process teach you about civic participation in Cambridge...
...need to get focused on a clear direction for the high school, make the curriculum, more coherent and more challenging and support and supervise teachers so they are all qualified to teach challenging classes. We need consistent leadership that can help teachers, student, and parents make progress toward excellence...