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"I first knew X in the spring of l986 when she was a member of my
Freshman Seminar, '. . . .` In such small groups teacher and
students come to know one another in a way that is seldom, if
ever, possible in large lecture courses. In either forum something
can be learned about a student's academic ability, but only in the
former can one get a reliable measure of the student as a person.
. . . Having kept in touch with X in the intervening years, I am
confident in my knowledge of her.
To begin with, she
is an excellent student, with a lively curiosity that makes her
dissatisfied with superficial explanations. That curiosity
frequently led our seminar down avenues and into areas that,
otherwise, would have remained unexplored. . . .
One has only to
speak to her to recognize her openness and eagerness. It is easy
to mistake this for naiveté, an error I made when she first told
me she had signed up to be an apprentice teacher in one of
Boston's more notorious inner city high schools. . . . Throughout
the term, often at great cost to her own peace of mind, and
sometimes in explicit conflict with the regular teacher, she
continued to insist on a high level of performance from her
students. She not only survived the term but won the admiration
and respect of students accustomed to being patronized by teachers
content to believe that nothing much can be expected.
I would expect X to
bring these same qualities of character to . . . . That is, an
openness to new places, peoples, cultures and customs; a keen
intelligence, with which to analyze and order her experience;
irrepressible curiosity; and an unusual ability for dealing with
people of all ages and conditions. Those qualities, combined with
her toughness of character. . ., will enable her to understand and
empathize with others while never losing touch with who she is."
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