Posted in choices, tagged College on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll be publishing the list of questions we are discussing these days with junior students. They’ll help you prepare for choosing colleges.
What do you like or dislike about your educational experience so far? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
What are your values? (e.g. independence, loyalty, contributing to the community, etc.)
What are your needs? ( a [...]
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Posted in choices, college applicants, tagged College on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Your classmates’ kids?
College takes 3-4 years of your life. It’s practically your life if you live on campus.
Would you like to read about the Best 366 Colleges – ranked by their current students? The 2008 guide is out, and if you’re tight on cash, you can see the rankings on the Princeton Review website. [...]
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Posted in choices, tagged Success on July 30, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I copied this from Paul Graham’s website. I hope you visit it.
To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” But it’s not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated.
The very [...]
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Posted in choices, tagged growth, Learning on June 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
An acorn shoots and grows into a mighty oak – that’s the logo of the US department of education. I was amazed: 1) I have always perceived an acorn as something magical 2) the logo stands for growing up into what you were meant to be – you see, it’s not an acorn growing up [...]
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I envy Dimitar who’s going to Santa Fe to become a student at my favourite college Saint John’s.
For many people it’s really hard to choose a career. They explore all their passions only to find out that so far they have given up too many of them because they’ve grown bored. These people are afraid [...]
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