Nov 28th 2011, 17:16 by The Economist online
CAN you write an Economist picture caption? The excellent standard of entries in our previous competitions suggests that many of you can. Here's a new chance for you to see your wit in print.
The photograph above will accompany an article in the Business section in this week's issue. It shows graduates from Harvard Business School (HBS) celebrating in Harvard Yard. HBS is well known for its part in developing, and popularising, the "case method" by which business skills are traditionally taught. Yet critics have long argued that the most valuable business lessons are learned outside the classroom. Now the university has added a range of new, practical elements to its core curriculum which will see students working in developing countries and launching start-ups of their own. The FIELD method (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), as this new strand is known, is meant to ensure that all business school graduates are first-rate in practice—not just on paper.
As before, it's up to you to provide the caption: please leave your suggestions in the comments thread below. The captions should be as short and snappy as possible, and ideally no more than about 30 characters long. The best contribution will appear beneath the picture in this week's print edition, which is published on Friday morning. Entries close at midnight London time on Wednesday evening, so you've got a little more than 48 hours. The winner can truthfully claim to have written (at least a few words) for The Economist. Over to you.
Update: The competition is now closed, and the winner has been announced.
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Now FIELD-tested; in theory...
Here's to making a difference in my starting pay
students having a field day
"Everyone to the Dole office!"
Field testing theoretical job markets
Its all downhill from here
To the barricades! To Wall Street!
The one percent unite!
Today Lagos, tomorrow the world!
Off to the Vietnamese widget factory!
Off to Occupy Wall Street!
Look at me, I'm in the Economist!
Sincerity is the key to success. We can fake it. We've got it made.
Premium Vocational Training
Harvard's 1st FIELD kegger.
Taking Real Life 101
Now my salary's this much
From theoretically good, to practically excellent.
Harvard Business School adapting to World Wide Work 2.0
FIELD trip!
The Elite 7% now hopes to become the top 1%
Harder than Harvard Admission: A Career Job with Benefits.
Rumors of a Job?
Leadershi* Factory?
The Class it Rained Deficits Upon