Wash. U. - WUSTL: WashU: Work Hard, Play Hard
If you're coming to WashU, you'd better be ready to work hard and play hard. During the week (and the weekends when finals roll around) you'll be working from when you get up to when you go to sleep. On the weekends, you'll be partying (or recovering from partying) from well, when you get up 'til when you go to sleep. Being smart isn't enough to cut it here. If you got all As in high school, be prepared to see your GPA drop. Especially if you're pre-med. WashU is an a...

High School Teacher: Teaching as Mentoring and Earning Trust
First, how to get there: Challenge yourself to learn and to understand what you learn in detail; learning is like a snowball. Second, by entering the profession, one assumes an immense responsibility, to reliably convey reliable knowledge. Third, know your students, their goals and aspirations, and be truthful with them about what they should expect given how much they work and given how much they could learn. Fourth, a great part of teaching is teaching how to learn, that is, how to become i...