by Richard Gallagher Editor
EDITORIAL	Curiosity Won't Kill Science Classes Email: Richard Gallagher - rgallagher@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(6):6 Published   28 March 2005

I'm concerned about the state of science teaching. Over the past few months, three quite separate accounts have made me nervous. The first was an opinion published last month in The Harvard Crimson, the university daily, in which student Irene Y. Sun detailed her wretched experience in a science class. Describing the erosion of her intellectual curiosity[1] by the relentless pursuit of grades by teachers and students alike, Sun wrote:

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