Prior to traveling to China, I wrote about China from cultural, economic and political perspectives. The GBL 200: China’s Economy Today course brought together students from several disciplines, and when writing assignments we integrated our own unique sources of knowledge. Though GBL 200 focused on economic themes, economics is made from analysis of several subjects, […]
Applying theory to the U.S.-China trade war
In the second semester of my second year, I was in my penultimate course for my International Relations major, POL 326: Approaches to International Relations. We had studied realism, liberalism, green theory, feminist theory and how research about IR is carried out. Our final project was a research paper applying a theory to a case […]
Questioning the American education system
One of Agnes Scott’s signature curriculum components is SUMMIT, preparing students to be a change agent in a global society. As first year students, leadership development consists of the Legacy experience, and enrolling in an LDR 101 course. Mine highlighted leadership through writing. This post is based on SUMMIT’s tenets and my course which honed […]
The power of a liberal arts education
This essay is my proudest achievement of first year. In my Leadership 101 course, I learned the power of communicators to leave a meaningful legacy. I was in the midst of considering my second semester, in the first phase of reflecting on an intense growth experience. I was considering my future college life, galvanized by […]
Moving from the Netherlands to Georgia
In 2015, I moved to the Netherlands. I had decided to take a second junior year in high school so I would know the place I graduated from before heading to college, and after my senior year, I ended up taking a gap year too. That time was the best investment in myself and preparation […]
