All Columbia undergraduates have to take them—the required classes that constitute our early years. But do they go on to constitute part of us? This week, four students assess the foundations of our education. Jennifer Fearon examines what it means to re-read classics in Barnard’s First-Year English, Joseph Rozenshtein writes off University Writing, Sarah Ngu suggests it simply needs a few edits, and Neil Fitzpatrick merges the practical and the pedantic in his position on Literature Humanities.
All Columbia undergraduates have to take them—the required classes that constitute our early years. But do they go on to constitute part of us? This week, four students assess the foundations of our education. Jennifer Fearon examines what it means to re-read classics in Barnard’s First-Year English, Joseph Rozenshtein writes off University Writing, Sarah Ngu suggests it simply needs a few edits, and Neil Fitzpatrick merges the practical and the pedantic in his position on Literature Humanities.
While I certainly do not believe that “strong, beautiful, Barnard women” need their hands held as they compose their first collegiate research papers, I do feel that First-Year English goes too far in the opposite direction.
While I certainly do not believe that “strong, beautiful, Barnard women” need their hands held as they compose their first collegiate research papers, I do feel that First-Year English goes too far in the opposite direction.
At the tender age of four or five, the cherished children’s program “Sesame Street" taught us our ABCs and 123s. But what would happen if we were taught intolerance alongside morals, manners, and personal hygiene?
At the tender age of four or five, the cherished children’s program “Sesame Street" taught us our ABCs and 123s. But what would happen if we were taught intolerance alongside morals, manners, and personal hygiene?
