Who is Stephen Anthony Edwards, and why should he be selected as a student at RIT?
He stands out as a self-motivated, logical thinker, who is fascinated by probability and statistics, and exhibits innovative way of thinking? That facilitates his love for creating games.
These most notable characteristics have been evident almost from birth, but have been shaped and refined through his unique life experiences.
Early in life, he demonstrated a tenacity in pursuing his heart’s desires. Thus, if we redirected his focus to a different activity, he rarely forgot his original goal and returned to it as soon as possible. Thinking and debating have long been appealing to him as, from a young age, he has been seeking to understand life and truth, and …show more content…
Croix (the largest of the US Virgin Islands, located near Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea). We immediately became immersed in an unfamiliar culture, an experience which was both engaging and challenging. Although we had been visiting the island for several years, our prior involvement with the local culture, while interesting, had actually been somewhat limited. An additional complication that we soon became cognizant of was the fact that we were deciphering not only one, but multiple West Indian cultures, which at times appear similar, but have distinct differences, of which we were not always astute enough to discern. Often everyday interactions caused us to grapple with our own cultural biases, many of which we didn’t even realize existed. Over the years, these experiences have opened up a new world for Stephen. With his propensity for seeking purpose, and questioning beliefs and actions linked solely to tradition or convenience, he has thrived in an atmosphere that exposes him to such variations. He has embraced friendships with those who might be very different from him, and appreciates the mutual self-discovery that occurs within those relationships, even if their points of view never line up. He has learned not to judge by appearance or preconceptions, but instead to seek to both understand others and to be a positive influence on …show more content…
Guidance Counselor
*Trip Highlights:
• Riding on planes, trains, ferries, buses, subways to various national and international destinations,
• Trying to learn at least enough of the local languages for basic greetings, nonetheless at times finding communication difficult,
• Visiting numerous museums, zoos, aquariums, and taking multiple guided tours,
• Walking through ancient ruins in Rome, Pompeii, and various locations in Greece (where we learned it is offensive to show your palm to another, so waving must be done by presenting the back of the hand),
• Watching the garbage, police, and ambulance boats, before riding in a gondola and later a water taxi to the airport in Venice
• visiting the black and red beaches, riding a donkey up the side of the caldera, and eating sea urchins in Santorini,
• riding on a ferry into a fjord so narrow the ship couldn’t turn around and crossing north of the Arctic Circle when the sun only partially set around midnight just to rise again an hour later,
• visiting the northernmost point of Europe,
• driving through Lapland (where we learned the number of reindeer owned was the symbol of wealth and it was impolite to
He stands out as a self-motivated, logical thinker, who is fascinated by probability and statistics, and exhibits innovative way of thinking? That facilitates his love for creating games.
These most notable characteristics have been evident almost from birth, but have been shaped and refined through his unique life experiences.
Early in life, he demonstrated a tenacity in pursuing his heart’s desires. Thus, if we redirected his focus to a different activity, he rarely forgot his original goal and returned to it as soon as possible. Thinking and debating have long been appealing to him as, from a young age, he has been seeking to understand life and truth, and …show more content…
Croix (the largest of the US Virgin Islands, located near Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea). We immediately became immersed in an unfamiliar culture, an experience which was both engaging and challenging. Although we had been visiting the island for several years, our prior involvement with the local culture, while interesting, had actually been somewhat limited. An additional complication that we soon became cognizant of was the fact that we were deciphering not only one, but multiple West Indian cultures, which at times appear similar, but have distinct differences, of which we were not always astute enough to discern. Often everyday interactions caused us to grapple with our own cultural biases, many of which we didn’t even realize existed. Over the years, these experiences have opened up a new world for Stephen. With his propensity for seeking purpose, and questioning beliefs and actions linked solely to tradition or convenience, he has thrived in an atmosphere that exposes him to such variations. He has embraced friendships with those who might be very different from him, and appreciates the mutual self-discovery that occurs within those relationships, even if their points of view never line up. He has learned not to judge by appearance or preconceptions, but instead to seek to both understand others and to be a positive influence on …show more content…
Guidance Counselor
*Trip Highlights:
• Riding on planes, trains, ferries, buses, subways to various national and international destinations,
• Trying to learn at least enough of the local languages for basic greetings, nonetheless at times finding communication difficult,
• Visiting numerous museums, zoos, aquariums, and taking multiple guided tours,
• Walking through ancient ruins in Rome, Pompeii, and various locations in Greece (where we learned it is offensive to show your palm to another, so waving must be done by presenting the back of the hand),
• Watching the garbage, police, and ambulance boats, before riding in a gondola and later a water taxi to the airport in Venice
• visiting the black and red beaches, riding a donkey up the side of the caldera, and eating sea urchins in Santorini,
• riding on a ferry into a fjord so narrow the ship couldn’t turn around and crossing north of the Arctic Circle when the sun only partially set around midnight just to rise again an hour later,
• visiting the northernmost point of Europe,
• driving through Lapland (where we learned the number of reindeer owned was the symbol of wealth and it was impolite to