One area of improvement that Armin Rosencranz sees as need
for improvement on campus is an increase in student-initiated engagement and
discussion among themselves. He believes this should become a greater reality.
In order
for this to come to fruition, however, there needs to be less focus on getting assignments
done and getting good grades and more focus on collaboration and open-ended
thought.
This is
similar to what I saw last year in my dorm. I walked into one discussion in particular
during which three guys were excitiedly talking about Math 51 and really high
level theoretical math that I couldn’t even follow. What I could understand,
though, was the passion they had for the topic and that they were taking time
out of their busy work schedules to share their passion with others and discuss
it further. That is the ultimate way to learn and explore a subject.
In short,
there needs to be greater encouragement to make time for thoughtful engagement
and discussions—intellectual vitality!—rather than work, work, work!
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