Global Reflection

Global Reflection

At Agnes Scott College, first-years are given the privilege to go out of the campus for their Global class and expand on what they learned in class. While reading the letter that I wrote to myself at the beginning of the semester, I set goals to experience full global learning and have a better understanding…

Lack of Support from Suu Kyi

Lack of Support from Suu Kyi

Leadership is about being true to yourself while guiding yourself and others to a positive outcome or influence regardless of the consequences. Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of General Aung San, who helped liberate Burma from the British in 1945, embodies that definition. She spoke against General U Ne Win’s military dictatorship and was under…

My Five Strengths

  Being able to connect and build meaningful relationships is important to me. The five themes of talent based on the StrengthsQuest test themes in order were: restorative, relator, developer, empathy, and includer. Of the five strengths identified in my report, I would like for others to see that I have a relatable personality in me….

Connecting with the Community

Connecting with the Community

In  “Only Connect…’ The Goals of a Liberal Education”, Williams Cronon breaks down his essay into three parts: the definition of liberal education, qualities of liberal education,  and how liberal education connects with communities. Cronon begins his essay with the question, “What does it mean to be a liberally educated person?” (1). Then, he starts…