Suren Jamiyanaa's Young Scholars Program
Assessment of applicant as compared with her peers:
Outstanding qualities
Energy
Suren has many activities to juggle during the week, including homework, an extracurricular math team, and some sports activities. Recently, she also became the editor of the school newspaper due to her recognition as a talented writer. Despite this schedule, she is always able to find enough time to practice piano in order to participate and thrive in several piano recitals and competitions each year. Each week she takes an hour-long piano lesson with me late in the evening that often lasts for well over that hour and her attention is still very much focused on the considerable details that we cover. To be able to work with a person like this is a rather uncommon treat for me as a teacher. For this reason, Suren is very inspirational to me.
Integrity
It is obvious to me that Suren is very aware of the need to manage her time, and this also includes pursuits other than her work with me. She always tries her best, even when her piano repertoire is challenging, and she is always open with me about any difficulties she is having. In short, she is consistently straightforward with me, and it is always a given that she will do her best to focus on the task at hand. She always makes the most sincere effort to come to understand and juggle the considerable details I share with her each lesson. Hence, the reason we sometimes go overboard in terms of the length of the lessons. She never comes to a piano lesson unprepared, unless in one way or another she actually has trouble with something. She also never makes up excuses. That is not the way she is.
Self-discipline
Suren is always willing to rise to any task and grow from the experience, always without complaint. Some description of the nature of her self-discipline can be found above, but hard work has always been a part of her life, and this is in a large part due to the way in which she was raised. This quality
Outstanding qualities
Energy
Suren has many activities to juggle during the week, including homework, an extracurricular math team, and some sports activities. Recently, she also became the editor of the school newspaper due to her recognition as a talented writer. Despite this schedule, she is always able to find enough time to practice piano in order to participate and thrive in several piano recitals and competitions each year. Each week she takes an hour-long piano lesson with me late in the evening that often lasts for well over that hour and her attention is still very much focused on the considerable details that we cover. To be able to work with a person like this is a rather uncommon treat for me as a teacher. For this reason, Suren is very inspirational to me.
Integrity
It is obvious to me that Suren is very aware of the need to manage her time, and this also includes pursuits other than her work with me. She always tries her best, even when her piano repertoire is challenging, and she is always open with me about any difficulties she is having. In short, she is consistently straightforward with me, and it is always a given that she will do her best to focus on the task at hand. She always makes the most sincere effort to come to understand and juggle the considerable details I share with her each lesson. Hence, the reason we sometimes go overboard in terms of the length of the lessons. She never comes to a piano lesson unprepared, unless in one way or another she actually has trouble with something. She also never makes up excuses. That is not the way she is.
Self-discipline
Suren is always willing to rise to any task and grow from the experience, always without complaint. Some description of the nature of her self-discipline can be found above, but hard work has always been a part of her life, and this is in a large part due to the way in which she was raised. This quality