. >> girard cohen has been teamed with alexander, a harvard sophomore. >> it's one of these things, yous in your head probably, just to be sure, because we all make mistakes and try do it in our head, just write it out. it will take five extra seconds, but it's totally worth it. if you're taking a test, each answer matters for the final score. people have a wall about what how they think of prisoners and what this whole community is like and it's just not true. if you work with someone consistently for a while, you really get to know them. that's one of the interesting parts of being here. you're very confident. >> i sure am. i know this stuff. >> all right. i'm going to make you prove to me that you know this stuff on paper. >> smart. goes to harvard. he's extra smart. >> so what is that? >> people can let their defenses down in the classroom. they can admit i can't read, i can't do math. whereas, in the units, that's a lot to do. you have to protect those kinds of things. you don't want to make yourself vulnerable. in the classroom you can be vulnerable. >> to maintain a classroom env

and what i'd like to do now is actually have another curious kid who was a sophomore at harvard in 1967, do the intro to this. >> '56-'57 was when it all started. my sophomore slump. as i say -- [inaudible] school wasn't an option. so i -- [inaudible] , you know, and i noticed that the school newspaper was running an ad in the classified section. and there was -- [inaudible] that had the header, "wanted fine arts 13," and then the text of the ad. it was something like -- [inaudible] >> st. louis, missouri. it ran every day for a couple weeks -- >> so i'm going to pick up now from where jake locke, the guy who was just narrating that, has just gotten a letter. locke showed the the letter to everyone he saw that day, but nobody could read it. later that evening as locke sat at the kitchen table in his dorm room and stared at the letter trying to puzzle it out, one of his roommates came home. shocked that locke might actually be doing something that looked like homework, his roommate asked what he was working on. his roommate took one look at it and said it looks like russians. locke said,

and what i would like to do now is actually have another curious kid who is a sophomore at harvard in 1967 to the entrance to this. >> sort of one and all started. [indiscernible] you know, i noticed that they're running an ad in the classified section. and it had better, financing the team. fifteen book. in the plate. something in st. louis, missouri . it was completely gripping. held every day for a couple of weeks. >> i'm going to pick up know from where the guy who was just carrying that has just done a letter. he showed the letter to everyone that day, but nobody can read it. later that evening he sat in the kitchen table in his dorm room and stood at the letter. one of his roommates came home. shock that he might actually be doing something that looks like hallmark is are made as what he was working on the repass the letter across the table and told about it. from a took one look at it and said it looks like russian. he said, that's what i thought, but the characters don't seem right. yeah, they're not. in fact, his arm its luster of love for a moment, in fact, their mere writin