When I was 16, my mother had a parent-teacher meeting with my favourite teacher, who taught English – we’ll call her Miss Apple. I held Miss Apple in high esteem and valued her opinion of me. I adored literature and creative writing and I found her quirky take on the curriculum challenging and exhilarating. She…
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Public speaking. My Achilles heel. Most of the time, I manage (somewhat) successfully to convince the world I am cool, calm, collected, confident, competent… Well, you get the idea. But occasionally, when presented with the prospect of making a professional presentation or delivering a speech, my crippling fear of public speaking conspires to shatter my…
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“I love learning, and when I get the opportunity to learn I’m stimulated and I’m happy…Curiosity is my prime mover, not an effect of something that happens to me.” Wouldn’t your heart leap if you heard a 12-year-old describe their love of learning in this way? Sure, it might take an exceptionally articulate 12-year-old to…
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I feel strongly about education. On a personal level, I relish the thrill of learning, that invigorating rush I get when I feel my mind expanding, and I desire others, particularly kids, to experience this too. On a global scale, I feel passionate about education’s ability to effect social change, lifting people out of poverty…
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