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Louis Menand Quotes

I don’t think the same curriculum fits every student body Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that taste should be the decider of moral issues Picture Quote #1

Universities are set up to get people to work together by having them disagree with each other Picture Quote #1

Obviously input is helpful to faculty in trying to come up with a curriculum, but ultimately it’s the faculty’s job to know what students need to know. Make a decision about it and present it Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that you want to see universities in any way trying to have any kind of quota system about political views, or views in general. You want the market to work in the way the market works Picture Quote #1

Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be kind of where the trend line is leading Picture Quote #1

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One of the oddities about responses that you get to what you write, if you get a fair number of them, is that people have very different ideas of what you said Picture Quote #1

One of the good things about the profession of being a professor, is that you also have time to do what interests you and what you care about or what you’re good at Picture Quote #1

I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it Picture Quote #1

The difficulty with coming up with a curriculum is mainly that faculty aren’t trained to think in terms of general education. They’re trained to think in terms of their own discipline, or their specialty Picture Quote #1

I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature Picture Quote #1

Literature is being taught as though it were only political medicine or political poison-a view that is not only illiberal but illiterate Picture Quote #1

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My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has Picture Quote #1

One of the oddities about responses that you get to what you write, if you get a fair number of them, is that people have very different ideas of what you said Picture Quote #1

I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it Picture Quote #1

You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that’s how good ideas arise Picture Quote #1

I don’t think people believe that any more, I don’t think people think that it really matters whether you appreciate Henry James more than Theodore Dreiser Picture Quote #1

You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that’s how good ideas arise Picture Quote #1

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The way universities operate is the decision about what students need for the degree are... is the decision made by the faculty Picture Quote #1

Harvard has something that manages, I think, to provide a lot of options for students, but still fairly prescriptive about the kinds of subjects that the courses ought to cover Picture Quote #1

You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you’re not going, they’re not going to be very effective Picture Quote #1

My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has Picture Quote #1

I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature Picture Quote #1

I don’t think people believe that any more, I don’t think people think that it really matters whether you appreciate Henry James more than Theodore Dreiser Picture Quote #1

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It’s very hard to know who your readers are, but that’s who I’m... if I have somebody in my head, that’s probably who it is Picture Quote #1

I don’t really usually push an agenda, and I don’t feel that my main job is to persuade people of something. My main job is to help them think about something Picture Quote #1

Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation Picture Quote #1

There are limits, after all, to the idea of limits Picture Quote #1

We have much wisdom to gain by learning to understand other people’s cultures and permitting ourselves to accept that there is more than one version of reality Picture Quote #1

Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think the same curriculum fits every student body (Louis Menand Quotes) I don’t think that taste should be the decider of moral issues (Louis Menand Quotes) Universities are set up to get people to work together by having them disagree with each other (Louis Menand Quotes) Obviously input is helpful to faculty in trying to come up with a curriculum, but ultimately it’s the faculty’s job to know what students need to know. Make a decision about it and present it (Louis Menand Quotes) I don’t think that you want to see universities in any way trying to have any kind of quota system about political views, or views in general. You want the market to work in the way the market works (Louis Menand Quotes) Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be kind of where the trend line is leading (Louis Menand Quotes) One of the oddities about responses that you get to what you write, if you get a fair number of them, is that people have very different ideas of what you said (Louis Menand Quotes) One of the good things about the profession of being a professor, is that you also have time to do what interests you and what you care about or what you’re good at (Louis Menand Quotes) I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it (Louis Menand Quotes) The difficulty with coming up with a curriculum is mainly that faculty aren’t trained to think in terms of general education. They’re trained to think in terms of their own discipline, or their specialty (Louis Menand Quotes) I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature. (Louis Menand Quotes) Literature is being taught as though it were only political medicine or political poison-a view that is not only illiberal but illiterate. (Louis Menand Quotes) My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has. (Louis Menand Quotes) One of the oddities about responses that you get to what you write, if you get a fair number of them, is that people have very different ideas of what you said. (Louis Menand Quotes) I think in general there’s no point in going into a field like English literature if you’re not going to have fun with it. (Louis Menand Quotes) You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that’s how good ideas arise. (Louis Menand Quotes) I don’t think people believe that any more, I don’t think people think that it really matters whether you appreciate Henry James more than Theodore Dreiser. (Louis Menand Quotes) You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that’s how good ideas arise (Louis Menand Quotes) The way universities operate is the decision about what students need for the degree are... is the decision made by the faculty (Louis Menand Quotes) Harvard has something that manages, I think, to provide a lot of options for students, but still fairly prescriptive about the kinds of subjects that the courses ought to cover (Louis Menand Quotes) You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you’re not going, they’re not going to be very effective (Louis Menand Quotes) My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has (Louis Menand Quotes) I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature (Louis Menand Quotes) I don’t think people believe that any more, I don’t think people think that it really matters whether you appreciate Henry James more than Theodore Dreiser (Louis Menand Quotes) It’s very hard to know who your readers are, but that’s who I’m... if I have somebody in my head, that’s probably who it is (Louis Menand Quotes) I don’t really usually push an agenda, and I don’t feel that my main job is to persuade people of something. My main job is to help them think about something (Louis Menand Quotes) Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation (Louis Menand Quotes) There are limits, after all, to the idea of limits (Louis Menand Quotes) We have much wisdom to gain by learning to understand other people’s cultures and permitting ourselves to accept that there is more than one version of reality (Louis Menand Quotes) Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed (Louis Menand Quotes)

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