[…]not encounter elsewhere. In college, my love for physics was put to the test. The subject didn’t come easily to me, and I often questioned whether I was really suited for it. However, with a healthy dose of persistence and a lot of support from friends and professors, I persevered. Now, I view that struggle as a valuable experience. I’ve been in both positions: the student who breezes through a problem and finishes with time to spare, and the one who gets stuck five minutes in, wondering why it seems so much easier for everyone else. This dual perspective, I […]
[…]8th Grade Life Science at Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland CSD, New York. Hobbies In his free time, Sam loves baking bread. He makes really good bagels, pizza, and sourdough bread. Academic Background Cornell University (Bachelor of Science in Biology Sciences) Clarkson University (M.A.T. […]
[…]Liz has worked as a university teaching assistant and a high school outreach coordinator for Stanford’s Chemistry Department. When a student during an outreach visit posed a great question, Liz invited her to offer an answer and test her hypotheses. “With that prompting, she set out exploring on her own. She learned about the scientific process in addition to learning the answer to her question.” Liz has studied abroad and traveled extensively. She began taking ballet classes at age three and has been dancing ever since. She has studied many forms of dance from swing to Indian dance of Odissi […]
[…]between different types of accounts. I felt like I could trust the advice of my friend to be forthcoming and sound, even though, of course, no one can guarantee future profits when the stock market is involved. What is a 403(b), anyway? My investment manager friend told me to think about retirement income as a three-legged stool. You’ll get Social Security, your pension (a mandatory contribution from your paycheck, put into an account managed by the state), and any retirement account you set up. But you have to set it up. It’s not the sort of thing that is built-in when […]
[…]to the person sitting next to me? By the time I had gone through the full decision matrix of asking a question, the moment had passed. In my computer science classes, I frequently bring visitors into the classroom to provide students with opportunities to see what careers with computer science look like in the “real world.” However, when a visitor asks the room, “Are there any questions?” the silence is even more palpable. Learning to ask questions is a skill. Learning to ask the right question is an advanced skill, which is why I have found Question Formulation Technique (QFT) […]
[…]to them. This led me back to the Stanford School of Education to learn how to become a teacher.” Laura knew she made the right choice when her classes covered “what I originally wanted to learn after leaving Uganda—how to try to help every student in the classroom […]
