What we mean, what we say, and what people make out of it are three different things. We are now focused no finding out the truth about ourselves. The next step will be to decide what we should and what we should not share with admissions officers. Wording what we have decided to reveal about [...]
Archive for July, 2008
23 Jul
no comment
A friend ot mine said, “You write in this blog, ok, but your students don’t comment at all. Have they started these dreaming communities yet?”.
20 Jul
Achievement: Is there anything to be proud of?
I guess, yes. It’s something that you have achieved on your own. I don’t mean it should be something to which nobody else contributed. Of course, not. If we examine our achievements, we’ll see that at least some of their aspects have been brought about by other people, even if they served just as inspiration. [...]
20 Jul
Achievement: Don’t be proud of being a good student
I have already warned against writing about things which could be found elsewhere in your application. Well, actually, it’s ok to elaborate on some of these, but in your case being a good student is not one of these, I guess. If you come from a family which values education and does its best to [...]
20 Jul
Achievement: reread the Holy Scriptures
Before you start writing essays about achievement, reread this text.
20 Jul
step back from yourself
When you write a personal essay, step back and read it through the eyes of a stranger. What would you infer about the portrayed person? Do you like him? Would you like him to be your classmate or friend at college?
20 Jul
Parents as role models. What do people expect from personal essays?
I hope you have 7 min. fun with my beloved George Carlin (R.I.P.) It is useful and relevant. I have just read Janeta’s essay on influence. You probably remember her speech about her parents, who taught her how to read, write and do sums, took her to piano lessons, helped her with schoolwork, introduced her [...]
16 Jul
Role models and influence
It’s fashionable among young people today (the ones who believe they are God Damn Independent) to say they have no idols, that the most important thing is to be yourself. Would you give me a break, please? Recognizing an influence in your life does not detract from your greatness. Perceiving someone as a role model [...]
16 Jul
Extrapolate a day
Anastas shared the following dream: to tour Europe, spending more time at a place than an ordinary tourist would, i.e. he wants to live for some time in each town he visits. He also came up with a list of the countries. So far so good. However, that’s just an outline of a dream. It’s [...]
16 Jul
Dreaming communities
As dreaming turned out to be the murkiest part of our lives, I suggested we build dreaming communities to support one another. I have not thought much of tools and ways, so the only thing I could suggest now is write in your blogs and comment in other people’s. I hope this will help dreams [...]
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