11 NOVEMBER 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Closed Society \u2013 2<\/p>\n
Katja Urbatsch is still overwhelmed. In the first weeks she received more that twenty e-mail messages a day. One student wrote, \u201cThis was long overdue.\u201d A researcher from England said, \u201cHow can I give all of you some support?\u201d A professor wrote from Saxony, \u201cVery meaningful and important.\u201d He then added a description of his journey \u201cfrom being a working-class child to becoming a university instructor,\u201d and that was what forged a connection between him and Katja Urbatsch. Both of them come originally from social strata where academic achievement is normally quite low, and both of them were successful at university. They are therefore, in the German education system, quite exceptional individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Reinbold, Fabian, \u201cGeschlossene Gesellschaft,\u201d Die Zeit, 5 June 2008.<\/p>\n *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)<\/p>\n \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 \u201cPatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.\u201d \u2013 Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n \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 11 NOVEMBER 2008, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Geschlossene Gesellschaft \u2013 2<\/p>\n Katja Urbatsch ist immer noch \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigt. In der ersten Woche hat sie mehr als zwanzig E-Mails pro Tag bekommen. \u00bbDas war einfach \u00fcberf\u00e4llig\u00ab, schrieb ihr ein Student. Eine Forscherin aus England fragte: \u00bbWie kann ich euch unterst\u00fctzen?\u00ab \u2013 \u00bbSehr sinnvoll und wichtig\u00ab, mailte ein Professor aus Sachsen und berichtete von seinem Weg \u00bbvom Arbeiterkind zum Hochschullehrer\u00ab. Das verbindet ihn mit Katja Urbatsch: Beide kommen aus sogenannten bildungsfernen Schichten, haben erfolgreich studiert \u2013 und sind somit eine Ausnahme im deutschen Bildungswesen.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Reinbold, Fabian, \u201eGeschlossene Gesellschaft\u201c, Die Zeit, 05.06.2008.<\/p>\n *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)<\/p>\n \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 \u201ePatriotismus will hei\u00dfen, Dein Land und Volk zu unterst\u00fctzen, zu allen Zeiten, und Deine Regierung und Staat zu unterst\u00fctzen, wenn diese es verdient haben\u201c. — Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/ 11 NOVEMBER 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Closed Society \u2013 2 Katja Urbatsch is still overwhelmed. In the first weeks she received more that twenty e-mail messages a day. One student wrote, \u201cThis was long overdue.\u201d A researcher from England said, \u201cHow can I give all of you some support?\u201d […]<\/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-1484","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\/1484","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=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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