51. He realized then, he recalled, that there was some truth to the stereotype of MIT students as overly absorbed in their studies. 52. He says it is quite common for academic researchers to use graduate business students as laboratory rats. 53. He was a serious piano student as a youngster and went to Harvard, where he graduated summa cum laude. 54. He said he asked for a vote from students as to whether they would have published the cartoon depicting the black mother and son. 55. He wishes he had been a better student as a child, but he was completely focused on sports. 56. He suggested hiring students as City Hall pages. 57. He thinks of his students as customers. 58. Higher education critics have long complained that research universities shortchange undergraduates by corralling them into huge classes and giving them graduate students as instructors. 59. If a student brings a gun into school, you need to classify that student as a criminal, because they are breaking the law. 60. In one of his first lessons, he depicts the Vietnam War to his cowed students as a clash between Asian gangs. |