College Application
Jet legged....
We had a night flight back from Dulles Airport in Washington DC and now back home in London.
After a week of driving and visiting around the east coast we are satisfied and fulfilled with plenty of energy and good memories about academia, strong curriculums, endless possibilities, freedom and opportunities for the girls.
University week with our senior.
And in between touring and listening and making notes we spend time with family : the girls's cousins, my brother and a good friend. Who I met in the mid nineties during our first posting in Beijing, China. Holistic is the one word we will remember. We heard it being pronounced every single day over the last week. Education and the holistic perspective; those seniors who like to get in and consider applying to a twenty-first century learning environment, need to understand the deeper meaning of ''being holistic'.
Who are we and what do we like to achieve?
What's the student ambition and what does the student plan to achieve?
What is it the student will bring, add to the school?
Why is that the ultimate school for the student? How do these two fit: university and student?
Applying is like the complex matrix of many components and ingredients.
Être et avoir ....
I am intrigued by the way the liberal art program of universities intends to be a fabulous way to integrate and combine; a pallet of colours. It reads as a compilation of one's own and the university interests, academic choices often on a crosspatch o disciplines. The interdisciplinary aspect of the often rigorous program seems one possible way to create critical thinking and to embrace curiosity.
