Interesting info on Earlham

Northstarmom
Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:34:59 +0000

I learned about the speech from a dad whose child is a freshman at Earlham. The dad enjoyed the speech, and his daughter, who took a great leap of faith to go far out of state to Earlham, is having a wonderful time there.

What I enjoyed while reading the speech was how it was clear that the admissions dean and staff truly do pay attention to the applications, and treasure the students inn all of their quirkly, wonderful, compassionate, diverse individuality.

My friend’s daughter had not been happy in high school. Despite being very bright with high grades, she had never been excited about her high school program or classmates, which seemed to reflectdeficiencies in the program, which emphasized getting one’s ticket punched, not obtaining meaningful education.

Just days into her Earlham experience, the young woman has made friends and was so excited about the educational atmosphere that she told her parents that a faculty panel done for freshmen was “fascinating.” If a faculty panel was fascinating, I truly look forward to hearing how the student will describe her classroom experiences.