Hotchkiss vs Andover

Pamirs
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:59:32 +0000

Harkness is special - the ones at Exeter have pull-out planks that students use for taking tests. And it is very satisfying to push the planks back with a bang after you are done with a test.

Kidding aside, when a school declares that Harkness is the way of instruction, all students know they have to participate in class - it is just not acceptable not to be contributing to the discussions, even for those who are behind in the class.

Maybe at this point that is just how most boarding schools work; but when it started and for many decades afterwards Harkness had been truly quite special - it definitely did not start as Snake Oil. It is just that most other schools caught up.