Essays on Education

“People never change” is a statement I fundamentally disagree with. While people do tend to hold tightly to their beliefs and perceptions, we are capable of growing and developing greatly throughout our lives. Personally, I have changed a great deal over time. The naïve and…

“The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living” -an insight into the art of Critical Thinking In our day and age, critical thinking is not something we generally practice. Most individuals are satisfied with their humble existence, and do not care to explore the reality of…

Scholarship: More Than Just Academics? From the beginning, humans have relied on their extraordinary capabilities for storing knowledge to build upon previous innovations and breakthroughs. This quality was one that proved instrumental in distinguishing Homo sapiens sapiens from its predecessors, such as Homo neanderthalis, and…

Growing up in Alabama created in me a natural love for the game of football. Unlike many others, however, I was blessed with the talent to earn a scholarship to play football for Wake Forest University – an opportunity which would allow me not only…

In most cases when someone accomplishes something they expect to be rewarded for their accomplishment. It’s natural for people to want to be rewarded for what they do, like when that child that brings home good grades he/she expects to be rewarded from their parents…