Archive for the ‘Character’ Category

Grenades and Graduation: Defining Success for Yourself

April 22, 2010Daniel No Comments »

Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked to many seniors at Duke about what they are doing post-graduation. Most of them have either secured jobs or places in grad school, but there are a good number who don’t have any concrete plans. The latter group seems pretty worried. “I feel really behind,” “I just really [...]

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What Makes Great People Great

February 12, 2010Daniel No Comments »

Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to a group of international students at Duke about academic integrity. I gave the talk on behalf of the Honor Council, which is an organization that promotes the Duke honor code.
The academic culture in the US is pretty different from many other countries– it’s very different from Singapore, [...]

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