Im kris sanchez. Back in the bay area teeing off in San Francisco. Some of the biggest names in golf are in the pga championship. The field is packed with big names. In the midst of a pandemic, of course, the event looks a little different. Cierra johnson live in San Francisco where things are full swing. I would assume there are more people showing up because youre now wearing a mask. Reporter correct. There are, in fact, more people here. Just to give you a little background, this event, like many of the other events on the pga circuit was actually rescheduled because of the coronavirus. Things in full swing now. The sun is out. A little bit of fog but perfect golf weather. If you take a look behind me, some of those folks are hoping to get a peek at names like Brooks Koepka and tiger woods. They are looking on the other side of the fence, thats because of the coronavirus they arent allowed in. They are looking through the fence for a sneak peek. We have another vanity annual point f
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The new system and we have a staff update on this this morning. So looking forward to that. In short, d. B. I. Is still fulfilling its motion on behalf of the his. I want to thank you to our hardworking and dedicated professionals for their absolute terrific jobs they are doing and have been doing. Under the enormous stresses caused by this virus. This continues to require multiple adjustments in very reduced timeframes and under challenging conditions. And we are all deeply impressed with our staffs achievements to date. On top of Everything Else, the entire department is moving its offices to 49 south van ness. The move will start on july 23rd and take place over two weekends. It will mean that the Curbside Services are unavailable for a few days and again staff will provide more details on this later in the morning. The city, as you know, is keeping a very close eye on the resurgence of the deadly virus. Well keep you updated as changes occur and we have steps that are designed to k
University in the United States you will see claims such as this university which he tried to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems it will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you kno
A disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you know a good system in a bad shape or is it actually fraud claiming to provide what you know you cannot provide and charging a fortune for well i think its volved to be i dont think that was ever the intent and i dont think that it was malicious in its beginnings and in fact if you think about the of the broader concept of a classical education. The goal really was to provide you with the various disciplinary activities that you need in order to be able to think critically and 200 years ago that was possible its because humanity did didnt know much right and so in one degree you could teach science and math and philosophy and history and basically cover what most of the professors knew and you could impart that to the students and they would get a very broad and systematic educati