Last Stanford essay!!
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i think this is what it should be about, let me know what you think!
thanks in advance =]
oh and PS i dont have spell check on my computer so correct my misspelling please!
Stanford students are widely known to possess a sense of intellectual vitality. Tell us about an idea or an experience you have had that you find intellectually engaging.
The quote "With great power comes great responsibility" by Stan Lee rang through my head as my AP US History teacher called me and 4 other students to be that weeks moderator for our socratic seminar. Being the moderator is usually the dread of students as you almost have to write shorthand to get everything you need to write down written. This week on the otherhand was different, instead of being responsible for the summary of the seminar I became responsible for a entire nation and with that, the fate of the world in my hands and a experience that was one of the most intellectually engaging moments of my life.
As the moderator I became a member of the League of Nations after World War 1 and helped determine what was to happen to Europe. The class was divided into 4 different sides, the Realist, the Wilson Idealists, the Isolationists, and the European Imperialists each trying to convince the 5 League of nations members to follow there own political philosophy, and if they did, there reward would be a free homework pass. Biasness, lies, contempt, and rivalries emerged from each nation, each being selfish and wanted only what was better for themselves rather than the world. As the seminar unraveled in that short hour, I learned more about how leaders have to unravel peoples own personal agendas and make critical decisions off that information than any textbook or TV show could ever show. The inner mechanisms of politics and my ignorance to how the world works revealed themselves, making me realize the amount of work leaders put in to deal with domestic as well as international problems. Certainly this seminar was supposed to teach me something about the League of nations or something like that, but in fact turned out to be a much more rewarding experience.
it only has 12 characters left so i cant add much
i think this is what it should be about, let me know what you think!
thanks in advance =]
oh and PS i dont have spell check on my computer so correct my misspelling please!
Stanford students are widely known to possess a sense of intellectual vitality. Tell us about an idea or an experience you have had that you find intellectually engaging.
The quote "With great power comes great responsibility" by Stan Lee rang through my head as my AP US History teacher called me and 4 other students to be that weeks moderator for our socratic seminar. Being the moderator is usually the dread of students as you almost have to write shorthand to get everything you need to write down written. This week on the otherhand was different, instead of being responsible for the summary of the seminar I became responsible for a entire nation and with that, the fate of the world in my hands and a experience that was one of the most intellectually engaging moments of my life.
As the moderator I became a member of the League of Nations after World War 1 and helped determine what was to happen to Europe. The class was divided into 4 different sides, the Realist, the Wilson Idealists, the Isolationists, and the European Imperialists each trying to convince the 5 League of nations members to follow there own political philosophy, and if they did, there reward would be a free homework pass. Biasness, lies, contempt, and rivalries emerged from each nation, each being selfish and wanted only what was better for themselves rather than the world. As the seminar unraveled in that short hour, I learned more about how leaders have to unravel peoples own personal agendas and make critical decisions off that information than any textbook or TV show could ever show. The inner mechanisms of politics and my ignorance to how the world works revealed themselves, making me realize the amount of work leaders put in to deal with domestic as well as international problems. Certainly this seminar was supposed to teach me something about the League of nations or something like that, but in fact turned out to be a much more rewarding experience.
