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PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paula Marantz Cohen ? In a case of literary serendipity  right after I read Beck's piece  I stumbled onto an essay called "The Simplest Course I Ever Taught" in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Paula Marantz Cohen  dean of the Pennoni Honors College and professor of English at Drexel University.
 Cohen  describes  her  embrace of "slow teaching " an approach that designs a college course to "look closely â and by extension  slowly â at one major idea or text over the course of ten weeks."
Though the focus of  Cohen 's essay is a one-credit course  she  developed that "took the slow teaching approach to a new level" â  she  read aloud Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to her students  and they discussed the plot and characters together â  she  explains that the honors program  she  heads offers a whole set of slow-taught courses. One of them focused on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species  an indication that science as well as the humanities is involved.
A deliberate change on professors' part from trying "to cram in as much material as possible over the course of a term " Cohen suggests  brings benefits to the students. "I am convinced that key concepts and texts will adhere better to memory and understanding if their presentation is slowed down "  she  says in  her  essay.
Given what I wrote here last year about celebrating intellectual engagement on college campuses  it's no surprise that I'm convinced by  Cohen 's points. I'm not a skeptic about the slow-teaching approach.
Did  Cohen  have any thoughts on whether slow teaching would be as effective in the science as in the humanities?  She  replied  in part:

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Brady ? The Jacksonville Jaguars frittered away a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in losing 24-20 to  Tom Brady  and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game  yet their unraveling really began in the final 2Â½ minutes of the first half.
Danny Amendola's fair catch of Brad Nortman's punt at his 14 came with 2:02 remaining  which essentially gave  Brady  and Belichick an extra timeout with which to work.
On first-and-10 from his 40   Brady  threw a long pass for Rob Gronkowski  who was injured when  he  got popped by Barry Church on a helmet-to-helmet hit. Church was called for unnecessary roughness  putting the ball at the Jacksonville 45.
 Brady  started pushing the ball downfield to  his  receivers and the New England defense took away the short middle and dared Bortles to start making plays downfield  too.
While Bortles managed a single first down in the fourth quarter   Brady  came through with a pair of TD throws to Amendola.
Amendola had the crucial catch on the first TD drive  hauling in a 21-yard pass from  Brady  on third-and-18 in front of safety Tashaun Gipson  who said he figures he'd break up that pass nine out of 10 times.
It was  vintage Brady   too.
" He  is the greatest quarterback to ever play this game " Gipson said. "You can never have a safe lead with 12 at the helm. We knew we had to keep our foot on the gas."
The Patriots' comeback set up a Super Bowl 52 showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles  who were miffed last week when the NFL mistakenly released an ad that featured  Brady  and Case Keenum with the Super Bowl trophy between  them   signifying a New England-Minnesota matchup.
Instead  it'll be Nick Foles and the Eagles  who routed the Vikings 38-7 in the NFC championship game  trying to dethrone  Brady  and the Patriots.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity LeBron James ? While Klay Thompson closed the game with the final seven points to give Golden State the victory  the head-to-head battle between Durant and LeBron James  the best players in the sport  will be analyzed and dissected most.
Twice in the final two minutes   James  tried to drive past Durant. Both times   James  lost the ball out of bounds  resulting in Cleveland turnovers that essentially iced the game for Golden State.
Replays left the impression that both plays could have been called fouls  though  James  only took issue with the second one â when Durant blocked a shot off Jamesâs hands and out of bounds  giving the ball back to the Warriors after a replay review with 24.5 seconds left. Durantâs play prevented Cleveland from getting a shot at tying the score.
âI lost it on the left wing â  James  said. â He  got me a little bit  but I lost that one. But obviously the overturned one   he  fouled me twice. But whatever. What are you going to do about it?â
Durant  not surprisingly  saw it a bit differently â particularly the debate about whether he fouled  James  that was ongoing on social media in the moments after the plays.

SOLUTION:
Neutral