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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read through the replies.

I have taught in a liberal arts field at Harvard and at school very similar to Bucknell. I can tell you that the expectations and requirements were in every way much lower at the small liberal arts college. Not a little lower, much, much lower.

The Harvard kids were much more ambitious, had a lot more chutzpah, were more over-committed, and many were shameless bullshitters. They often didn't do their homework and (annoyingly) tried to get by on their wits and eloquence. The liberal arts students were much more... I am not sure what the right word is... earnest about being students. They tended to do a much higher percentage of their homework and were much less likely to pretend they had done it when they hadn't.

When I think back I remember really appreciating that I could count on the students from the small college. Lesson plans pretty much always went as I hoped. But there was definitely a spark missing. As annoying as the Harvard students could be (obviously prioritizing XYZ club or ABC activity--which of course they founded not merely participated in--over the class assignments, they were really fun to teach. They were extremely engaged and excited to learn.   [/quote]

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