"After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would not reveal to a lifelong friend"
"It can be said unequivocally that good teaching is far more complex, difficult, and demanding than mediocre research, which may explain why professors try so hard to avoid it."
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Source: Page Smith (1990). “Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America”, Viking Adult
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