Archive for July, 2009

26th of July, 2009

Trusting Kids in College?

Posted by admin in All at 6:02 pm | Permanent Link

This is the time again that parents are sending their kids away to college. There is an article in Stanford Farm Report about how some students are not resilient enough for dealing with college life.
“Unlike previous generations, young people often speak with their parents several times a day. And while family closeness is usually a [...]

19th of July, 2009

“Success is a Gift”

Posted by admin in Academics, All, Values and Characters at 5:47 pm | Permanent Link

I just finished reading a very interesting book called “Outliers: The Story of Success”. The author, Malcolm Gladwell, takes a unique look on external or community factors contributing a person’s success. He suggests that successes are a form of accumulated advantages. Successful people are given extraordinary opportunities to practice more [...]