<p>Interesting article by a former Harvard Pres. suggesting colleges need to improve their educational practice…<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/18/are_colleges_failing/?p1=email_to_a_friend[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/18/are_colleges_failing/?p1=email_to_a_friend</a></p>
<p>This article reminds me of when I was at Pitt in nursing school. We had 3 hour recitations that were supposed to have a 10 minute break each hour, but many of the faculty members skipped the breaks so they could let us out early. I remember one of these marathon sessions was when they were teaching us how to “teach” patients – and they mentioned that studies showed that people really couldn’t pay attention much longer than 45-50 minutes at a stretch. The entire class caught the irony, but the teacher seemed blissfully unaware. “Do as I say, not as I do.”</p>
<p>Its ironic that even in government classroom settings as well as corporate classroom settings, they still give breaks every hour or so.</p>
<p>Exactly why I check-in here every hour or so. My 5 minute break from work.</p>
<p>I used to check this message board all the time at work, but they kept *****ing that I was tying the phone line, so now I can only do it at the beginning and the end of the shift.</p>