It is April 1994; I am still in primary school. We are preparing for Children`s Day. Our school will compete for a prize in traditional dances. I have been included in my school`s traditional dance troupe, and the teachers are…
Tag: Education
The world needs culture education – Term Paper
If you are to travel the world, going to different continents and countries one would make a discovery that a primary culture stands out. The prominence of a culture is associated with specific actions and behaviors from people that differentiate themselves…
The toughest academic challenge I have ever faced – Term Paper
A friend told me once that one does not just set out to sea and expect to arrive with ease without having to face a storm and great turbulence in order to have an adequate story to share and to…
An academic dilemma: scouring for sources – Term Paper
At the close of my first year in college, I was tasked with writing a cross-cultural comparison for a final project. With the choice of any topic that touched upon the nuances of differing cultural backgrounds, I decided to use…
Education for social change and transformation – Term Paper
Flashback: Chest slowly expanding and contracting, kurta hanging of of my sweating body, I hovered over a table in the 100 weather in the rural drylands of central India in mid-June, arranging several black and white isosceles triangles into countless…
Overcoming an academic challenge – Term Paper
In my sophomore year of high school I transferred from the Academy of Mount St. Ursula to Democracy Prep Charter High School. My grades weren`t all that great so I transferred into a school that was said to be more…
My techniques to making myself study – Term Paper
Another tedious academic day has just come to an end. The study materials are scattered in the table and in the center, there is a bulky book that needs to be digested. I begin with an interesting chapter and it…
The trickle-down effect of education – Term Paper
Being born and raised in completely different countries than the United States has given me a unique perspective on how the world works. My family moved to the US in 2012 for the same reason I am today writing this…
Education across endless dreams – Term Paper
What is your dream? the interviewer had asked during my graduate entrance examination. Words automatically formed in my mouth as I spoke, already waiting for the question to be asked. In contrast, my heart kept asking, Is it? For the…
Education and society – Term Paper
Did you know, my mother had begun as she sliced onions with practiced ease in preparation to make stew. Your grandfather was an education reformist. With one final chop, the older woman looked at me across the kitchen island, brown…