SIG, Princeton Reflection My feelings about the Summer Institute for the Gifted before I left for the sleep-away school, were: nervousness, worry and fatigue. I felt the opposite while I was there. I had a fascinating and memorable time. A few months before SIG, my mom announced that I was going to Princeton sleep-away Read more…
Lizzy has been reading “The Art of the Personal Essay” edited by Philip Lopate, for some time now. It is a lengthy collection of the best personal essays from the past four hundred years. When she read Edward Hoagland’s “The Courage of Turtles”, Lizzy was inspired to respond to the essay with one Read more…
Phillip Lopate’s “The Art of the Personal Essay” is a collection of assorted personal essays from amazing and celebrated writers, for example, Wendell Berry and Wole Soyinka. Two great essays from Lopate’s book would have to be Wendell Berry’s “An Entrance to the Woods”, which is a stellar essay about his renunciations, and Wole Soyinka’s Read more…
End of the Year Reflection I have learned many things this year, whether from difficulty or success. These are some of the feelings, experiences, and lessons I’ve learned on my first year in middle school. I remember the first day of school. My hands were sweating more than a NBA player Read more…
2011 CTY Reflection Fourteen young students entered bravely into the unknown classroom. With their innocent eyes wide open, they were bewildered by the brick walls and the dim atmosphere in which they were suppose to spend eight hours a day for the next three weeks. The sunlight that was peering through the narrow windows Read more…
