Why I Love Yale!

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<p>As a parent with a junior at Yale, and a senior at another ivy league school, Jeffrey Brenzel’s recent speech is one of the reasons why I love Yale! Truly, this kind of self reflection as an institution does not happen at other peer schools. It’s a must read for every student applying both to Yale and other selective colleges: [Brenzel</a> tells students to value self-validation | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/09/20/brenzel-tells-students-to-value-self-validation/]Brenzel”>Brenzel tells students to value self-validation - Yale Daily News)</p>

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“What we have become is a system that teaches students to do the trick that gets the biscuit,” said Brenzel, who serves as master of Timothy Dwight College.</p>

<p>Education has become a way to arm a student with a resume, Brenzel said, adding that he advises people to take chances by stepping out of a fixed path and making themselves vulnerable to failures.</p>

<p>“We have met the enemy, and he is us,” he said.</p>

<p>Acknowledging that “your education is not your credential” is the first step to freeing oneself from such external pressures, Brenzel said.</p>

<p>Brenzel said he recognized that those who are personally successful are people who understand that their credentials do not define them.</p>

<p>A person can distinguish between internal and external validations through years of experience, Brenzel said, but separating the two starts with acknowledging their differences.

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