<p>" Classes in the humanities and social sciences there typically focused on the discussion of primary source materials."</p>
<p>Primary sources are good. The problem with many small classes at some private schools is the students don’t come from different economic backgrounds so the discussions are skewed. For example, If you are taking an economic class with 10 students and 5 come from wealthy backgrounds you are not going to get a lot of diversity of thought from that group. Classes get too small and the talking is stilted.</p>
<p>You just have to watch CNBC to understand what I’m talking about.</p>