{"id":1657,"date":"2012-04-21T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reed.edu\/alan\/2012\/04\/in-25-words-or-less-what-makes-reed-special-its-a-test.html"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:39","slug":"in-25-words-or-less-what-makes-reed-special-its-a-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/2012\/04\/in-25-words-or-less-what-makes-reed-special-its-a-test\/","title":{"rendered":"In 25 words or less: What makes Reed special?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a test. Please write down your answer and keep in mind that all Reed exams are governed by the Honor Principle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now score your answer. Does it include any of these words or phrases? (Award 1 point for each word or phrase found in your answer.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brain<\/li>\n<li>Mind<\/li>\n<li>Life of the mind<\/li>\n<li>Learning how to think<\/li>\n<li>Critical thinking<\/li>\n<li>How to ask questions<\/li>\n<li>Academics (can be combined with any modifier, but scores only 1 point)<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual rigor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now check to see if any of the following words appeared in your answer. (Award 5 points for each match. May also award 5 points for other words or phrases that embody the same ideas.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart<\/li>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is an amazing amount of heart, friendship, and community on this campus. As evidence, I offer you this <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wqsTzI66TDs\">brand-new YouTube movie<\/a><\/strong> showing a large group of <strong>Reed College staff<\/strong> (from every part of the campus: Physical Plant, Bookstore, Business Office, Residence Halls, and more) presenting a heartfelt song-and-dance &#8216;thank you&#8217; to <strong>Colin<\/strong> and <strong>Joan Diver<\/strong>. And, to clinch my argument, I will point to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reed.edu\/student_activities\/gray_fund\/index.html\"><strong>Gray Fund<\/strong><\/a> which celebrated its 20th anniversary in a huge way last night at the Schnitz. If you were there, you know what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>So if you scored more than 5 points, give yourself a nice pat on the back. You are either still under the influence of the \u00fcber-intellectual Kool Aid we give to first-time visitors or you really know your way around Reed College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This is a test. Please write down your answer and keep in mind that all Reed exams are governed by the Honor Principle&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/2012\/04\/in-25-words-or-less-what-makes-reed-special-its-a-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}