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Kim Fatigue?
The D’s story on President Kim’s speech entitled Habits of the Mind has students showing a little Kim fatigue. My take on it was the same.
Louisa Harrison ‘12 said that she liked that Kim incorporated both scientific research and personal accounts in his lecture, but criticized the shallow explanation of the “habits of the mind” presented in the lecture.
“I think he could have given specific suggestions about what we could do at Dartmouth instead of being really vague,” Harrison said.
Students interviewed by The Dartmouth who wished to remain anonymous said they were also disappointed with the content of the lecture.
“It was the same speech he gave to the parents this weekend,” a ‘12 girl said. “On Saturday he outlined the same main points that he said today and his take-home message was the same.”
It is time for our new President to refresh his stump speech.
Note: The witty folks at The Dunyun had the same reaction in another context.
Note: It seems, interestingly, the College has only chosen to provide video excerpts from President Kim’s speech, rather than the entire oration.
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