- Nov 2017
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The affectionate deportment between father & son offers, in truth, the best example for that of tutor & pupil
I really appreciate the comparison between a "tutor" and a "pupil" relationship and a father and son relationship. Learning takes dedication and motivation. Professors (tutors) help students with learning by demonstrating dedication and motivation. (as would a father demonstrate these characteristics with their son) Although in college, the student is completely responsible for their own studies. Professors help guide the student to success. UVA has exceptional professors that give that one-on-one attention to students. Many professors engage with students inside and outside the classroom. UVA also gives students the chance to interact with their professors with the "take a professor out to lunch" program.
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the dieting of the students should be left to private boarding houses, of their own choice, and at their own expense
This statement is very interesting since it speaks on the student's dieting. Now, dining halls are placed around grounds for the student's convenience. However, it is up to the student how they manage their time between eating and studying. Personally, I know that it can be difficult to remember to eat when I have to study or write a paper. Before, students didn't have dining halls. They needed to find something to eat on their own time.
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- Sep 2017
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These institutions, intermediate between the primary schools and university, might then be the passage of entrance for Youths into the University
The framers wanted UVa to be prestigious. Only the best of the best could come to this university. The university would teach not just academics but moral values and different ways to think. A student shouldn't be wasting the professors time or their time if they won't take education seriously.
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that the Spanish is highly interesting to us, as the language spoken by so great a portion of the inhabitants of our Continents, with whom we shall possibly have great intercourse ere long; and is that also in which is written the greater part of the early history of America.
Even in this time period, Spanish was considered an interesting language to learn. It was relevant to learn due to the "inhabitants of our Continents" (which would be the Spaniards who were still occupying land in the Americas) They knew before, as we know now, that Spanish was a popular spoken language.
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