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Page 6B/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 7, 1988 Apathy (Continued from page 2B) cruncher tied for the rest of my life to an HP calculator. Besides, history had always been my first love, and I still hoped to find the education that I had first come for. There they seek the professor with the shortest reading list and the multiple-choice exams. God forbid that they should have to read more than two books, take essay tests, or (horror of horrors) write a paper. As a matter of course, they gener ally avoid real math and science courses too. Engineers are not alone in desir ing curved tests. In my second-semester Latin class, we had a graduate instructor from Belgium who expected us to learn Latin and whose test reflected that expectation. The class did poorly on the first exam and asked her if she would curve the grades. With bewilderment on her face, she asked what a curve was. My class mates were shocked and have ma ligned her ever since. Poor woman! She mistakenly thought she should teach us something. Vantage point Battalion file photo The Academic Building fits the opening at the bottom of the Ford D. ball game. Construction was held up for a while because of difficulties Albritton Bell Tower, yielding this view to the observer. The view is with the bell shipment from France. Also, the size of the tower de- from the west side of campus down Old Main Drive. The tower, built layed construction because it was difficult to have workers working in in 1984, was dedicated on Oct. 6 before a Texas Tech vs. A&M foot- the same area at the same time. I had thought that a good student would try to take the toughest pro fessors who would truly challenge him. But again and again, I saw stu dents drop a course in droves if they had the misfortune of getting a pro fessor who expected them to learn something in order to pass the course. 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SubconsciousL dents know they will need it. Though oasis still exist intht; cational desert at A&M for j who want them. I cametosttJ had been wrong to expect col; develop) my mind. It’s not eve portant that one may frndengis who respect the English 1» So what if they can readtheirc mas. The important thing is toge little paper that says you’reeditl and entitles you to a job. I must confess. After 1 ur light, I cheated. 1 could notl pletely give up my ideals, soil red a little on my own. I hop| body minds. Brian Frederick, Oct. 20, IS 1 Rai Marct Unive onto ‘ INY AOS, BUT REAL HEAVYWEIGHTS I WHEN RESULIS Rf ALIY CW. jyj GOP 1 wis plan Comniis; reconsid the Braz ty’sonly In thi Brazos ( county Bryan. A court me niissione omatterwhat you've go to say or sell, our Classi fieds can help you do the big job. Battalion Classifie Mobley I mount of | dents an Ischedulin I hope fbi felationsf f and his of 11 1 here 845-261155; p *s open to Mobley