Oscar Wilde said “I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.” I once thought the same silly truth applies to getting to know students whose work you have to grade at the end of term. Does it become more difficult to be “objective” if you have spoken to them personally at some depth? Not really. Grades matter but giving the student the opportunity to be singular, to be put on the spot, matters more and shows their truth. I discovered this at the Georgetown University Business School where I have just finished teaching a short course on “Meditation and Leadership”. I ask the students at the beginning to meditate twice a day for the next six weeks. At first they look at me blankly, then quizzically when I add that most of them will fail at th