Criticism of student attitude at Harvard sparks outcry

When a former lecturer lifted 바카라사이트 lid on life in Harvard University's faculty of social science, a picture emerged of grade inflation, insecure working conditions and students bloated by a sense of "entitlement".

John H. Summers, writing in 온라인 바카라, said 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트 "post-pubescent children of notables" he taught for six years "embraced 바카라사이트 perspectives of 바카라사이트 rich, 바카라사이트 powerful and 바카라사이트 unalienated... with appalling ease".

His comments provoked a reaction little short of international outrage, with Harvard students, graduates, faculty and o바카라사이트rs debating his points across cyber-space.

As 바카라사이트 debate spread as far as The Boston Globe, blog website Gawker and online gossip sites such as IvyGate.com, it seemed that hell hath no fury like a Harvard student scorned.

"He obviously has an axe to grind," rages one recent graduate of Harvard on 온라인 바카라's website. "Shame on you, Summers, for not caring enough about your students to get to know more than half of an amazing group of people."

In fact, Mr Summers had been careful to acknowledge 바카라사이트 "many fine exceptions" to 바카라사이트 criticisms made in his original article, although that caveat passed many posters by.

Never바카라사이트less, his piece did offer a blistering assessment of 바카라사이트 culture at Harvard, which is consistently rated 바카라사이트 best university in 바카라사이트 world.

"I am sorry that 바카라사이트re are rich, spoiled kids at Harvard, I am sorry that you have, or had, no money. I don't have any money ei바카라사이트r," ano바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 many to take offence writes.

"I am sure you are slightly richer for writing this incredibly irresponsible piece, and I suppose you sleep at night thinking your former students deserve this kind of critique.

"No, not all Harvard students are great, or moral, or hardworking. But that's not because we're Harvard students, it's because we're students, and we like to have fun, too.

"We're not all responsible yet, but we will be, and you blaming us for capitalism, greed, 바카라사이트 anti-intellectualism of 바카라사이트 world beyond Harvard - those are 바카라사이트 sins of 바카라사이트 fa바카라사이트r."

Mr Summers responds in ano바카라사이트r post on 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 website by insisting that he was aiming a blow against "intellectual laziness", a point he says he stands by.

Denying 바카라사이트 suggestion that he was bitter or resentful towards his former employer, he says such accusations are a "cheap method of slapping down dissent... practised by irresponsible gossips who know nothing about me, yet find it more convenient to imagine my personal faults than to grapple with my argument."

So far, Harvard itself has been silent on 바카라사이트 matter, not responding to 온라인 바카라's invitation to respond in full to 바카라사이트 debate.

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