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Also, if honors in general studies were to be eliminated, students would find themselves forced to write a thesis if they wanted their degrees to reflect outstanding academic performance. No one should write a thesis merely to have the words “cum laude” on a diploma, but it seems unavoidable that some would do just that. The result would be miserable students, bad theses and unhappy advisors...
Other sacrifices may not be so easily recouped. Critics, including some classroom teachers, contend that many test-prep activities--such as skimming instead of reading passages or speedily filling in bubble sheets--do nothing to really expand brainpower or knowledge. For example, a Kaplan guide to the writing section of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills counsels students not to dwell on spelling and punctuation: "If you write a deeply moving essay with atrocious grammar, you might still get a...passing score." Says Walt Haney, a testing expert at Boston College: "My main worry is that students will learn...
...says charity chatter is boring? In October, journalism professor Anne Nelson was seated next to theater director Jim Simpson at a benefit. Nelson told him of her experience helping a fire captain write eulogies for firemen lost on Sept. 11. Simpson suggested she rework the meeting into a play. The result: The Guys, which Simpson is directing at his downtown theater, the Flea, starring his wife SIGOURNEY WEAVER and BILL MURRAY. The sight of two Hollywood stars sharing a tiny Tribeca stage will undoubtedly draw Manhattan crowds. And when Murray leaves in a few weeks, the play will begin rotating...
...having assumed that these phrases, drawn from my notes, were my words, not hers. I made the corrections she requested, and the matter was completely laid to rest--until last week, when the Weekly Standard published an article reviving the issue. The larger question for those of us who write history is to understand how citation mistakes can happen...
...wanted to quote directly were noted along with general notes on the ideas and story lines of each book. Notes on all these sources were then arranged chronologically and kept in dozens of folders in 25 banker's boxes. Immersed in a flood of papers, I began to write the book. After each section and each chapter was completed, I returned the notes to the boxes along with notations for future footnoting. When the manuscript was finished, I went back to all these sources to check the accuracy of attributions. As a final protection, I revisited the 300 books themselves...