I often wonder why I am in college. I know that college will prepare me for the career I choose to pursue and make me that best that I can be in that field. But there should be other things that I could be learning aside from calculating probabilities and writing clear and thorough essays. Then I stumble and Ronald Takaki's book, A Different Mirror, falls into my hands. I read through the first chapter, …showed first 75 words of 1973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1973 total…the more likely it is we learn to work with them and create a peaceful and developing world for the next generations. It may also teach us that we are capable of so much more than we think; being ambitious and trying to make those ambitions come true doesn't make a person foolish. It makes them strong, for they know their potential and they are giving their all to receive what they know they deserve.