March 14, 2010
Wisdom as Secret Learning Objective
Images from Istock Photos. Photo Illustration By Ellen Winkler
Images from Istock Photos. Photo Illustration By Ellen Winkler
It's 9:38 on a Friday morning, and I'm standing in front of a classroom full of students, trying to convince myself that I belong there. I'm a teaching assistant for my university's history department, so every week I lead two undergraduate sections in 50 minutes of stimulating conversation. And every week, around the same time, I get pre-class jitters.
My students, who are almost always motivated, eager, and generally deserving of their sterling reputation as undergraduates at the
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