The Universe in Essays

Written: March 29th, 2015. Abstract: Were the earliest Christians liars and deceivers? Did they dupe the whole world into believing something they knew was false? In any case, can this suggestion be disproven? Herein I address the so-called conspiracy hypothesis: roughly, the idea that early Christians made everything up (out of thin air, presumably) about Jesus, his life, death, and resurrection. I argue that not only is there no evidence for this claim, but there are many and varied reasons to reject it.

Written: March 2015 Prompt: Please select 2-3 International Baccalaureate Learning Profile Traits that you think are the most important for students to exhibit. Discuss why you believe those traits are most important and create a plan for how we can better foster the development of those particular traits as a school. Too many people go through life day after day, their only concern making it to the next day. They survive; they do not live. It is the pride of International Baccalaureate schools that they aim to produce students who do not merely survive, but truly live. They do this through the IB learner profile, a series of characteristics that represent the ideal life-long learner. By cultivating these traits, one moves beyond the daily grind of survival into real meaning. One need only list those attributes to be convinced: inquirer, knowledgeable, communicator, open-minded, caring, and so forth. While the above is not a controversial thesis, it is a matter of debate whic...