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The 7 Deadly Sins of Students

Undergraduates increasingly seem to choose self-indulgence and self-esteem over self-denial and self-questioning

By THOMAS H. BENTON

I've been teaching for about 10 years now, and, of course, I was a student for 20 years before that. So I have some experience observing my students' sins, and perhaps even more experience committing...

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