{"id":1385,"date":"2008-05-27T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T07:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/05\/27\/entry-number-01605\/"},"modified":"2008-05-28T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T07:56:47","slug":"entry-number-01605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/05\/27\/entry-number-01605\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01605"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>27 MAY 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 23<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhen the class was finished, Timo stayed behind for a moment, standing in the doorway. He spoke about his life at the university. He said it was true that Maastricht was very picturesque, with its centuries-old gabled buildings and brick-work facades. On weekends, when the local students went home and the German commuters stayed away, the place could also be very peaceful, and students could work comfortably in the university library. \u2018I believe,\u2019 said Timo, \u2018that the word that best describes student life here is the word \u201cefficient\u201d\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28 February 2008<\/p>\n<p>*The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.\u201d &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>27 MAI 2008, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c \u2013 in den Niederlanden \u2013 23<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201eNach dem Kurs bleibt Timo noch einen Augenblick in der T\u00fcr stehen und erz\u00e4hlt von seinem Leben in Maastricht. Sicher, die Stadt sei sehr niedlich mit ihren jahrhundertealten Giebeln und Backsteinfassaden. Doch am Wochenende, wenn die Niederl\u00e4nder nach Hause fahren und die deutschen Pendler wegbleiben, k\u00f6nne es ganz sch\u00f6n ruhig werden, so ruhig, dass Timo an den einzigen Ort fl\u00fcchtet, wo immer etwas los ist: in die Uni-Bibliothek. \u00bbIch glaube, f\u00fcr das Studentenleben in Maastricht passt vor allem ein Wort\u00ab, sagt Timo. \u00bbEffizient.\u00ab\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28.02.2008.<\/p>\n<p>*Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber man muss andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n<p>\u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel:http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 MAY 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 23 \u201cWhen the class was finished, Timo stayed behind for a moment, standing in the doorway. He spoke about his life at the university. He said it was true that Maastricht was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}