Ojok Samuel: One Student’s Success Story
Ojok Samuel was one of the first 100 students to join the Legacy Scholarship Program in 2005. Today, he is a shining example of how education programs can make an impact and of the successes motivated students can achieve. After completing his A Levels with the help of a scholarship from Invisible Children, Samuel attended […]
TED Talk Tuesdays // The key to success?
Big-shot-consultant-turned-teacher Angela Lee Duckworth studied the elusive question of what makes people successful. Disclaimer: it wasn’t IQ, talent, or money. Her answer? Grit. As a teacher of seventh graders, Duckworth noticed that it was her hard-working, determined students that had the highest test scores, even if they had lower IQs compared to some of their […]
What we’re reading // Shake the World
Has anyone ever told you that if you choose a job you love, you will never have to work a day in your life? But then you get a job, and while you love it, it still definitely feels like work? Then get ready to go purchase the book I’m about to discuss because it […]