Comments on: J-term: In Five Words http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Noah Graham http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-249 Noah Graham Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:28:33 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-249 Michael–Isn’t the point of an article like this to explain what Winter Term is about to people who haven’t experienced it? Given your experience with Winter Term, wouldn’t you want to see it described in terms of the kinds of experiences you and your friends had, rather than as a time for laziness, drinking, sleeping in, and skiing?

]]> By: Michael McCormick http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-238 Michael McCormick Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:35:31 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-238 Professor Graham–I would be glad for a potential employer to see this article. To be honest, there isn’t a whole lot in the quotes above that would make sense to someone who is not familiar with J-Term and has not experienced it. If an interviewer with no previous knowledge of Middlebury stumbled upon this article, I am sure it would be a fantastic conversation piece with which to begin an interview. I would not want to work for an employer who would judge Middlebury as anything other than a fantastic institution on the basis of a short piece about a period of time each year that only accounts for one-ninth of each Middlebury student’s education.

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J-term does not contribute meaningfully to a Middlebury student’s education, I think you are missing what it is all about. There is no question I learned a great deal both about the subject matter of my classes as well as about myself during each of my four J-Terms at Middlebury. I can say, without hesitation, that the same is true for each of my friends. Sometimes it is necessary to give students extra time to be creative outside of the classroom and to pursue interests for which there is no letter grade given at some arbitrary checkpoint during the learning process.

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]]> By: Blair Kloman http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-227 Blair Kloman Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:06:04 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-227 @Rachel–thanks for the catch. We’ve corrected.

]]> By: Noah Graham http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-226 Noah Graham Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:53:13 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-226 A question: Imagine you are a Middlebury senior (and, let’s say, not a science major) applying for a job. Your prospective employer goes to the Middlebury web site to learn more about the college education on your resume. How would you feel about this article being the first thing that he or she finds?

]]> By: Edwin Suh http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-225 Edwin Suh Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:15:51 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-225 Orgo, can you handle it?

]]> By: Rachel http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-224 Rachel Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:29:55 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-224 Cool bit, but on the main website it says “we asked students to whittle their experiences down to five words or less.” Five words or FEWER. It may sound picky, but prospective students and their families are going to see this and Midd is better than a simple grammatical mistake on the front page.

]]> By: Michael Katz http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-223 Michael Katz Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:18:20 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-223 This former faculty member hates it and always has.

]]> By: Murray Dry http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/01/10/j-term-in-five-words/#comment-221 Murray Dry Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:12:27 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/?p=3050#comment-221 This faculty member loves it.

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