NEW JERSEY SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2008

June 22 – July 25

INDIA, PAKISTAN and BANGLADESH: One History. Three Countries. Shared Future.

A number of comments from some of the 2008 Scholars follow:

NJSP is a totally unique experience with unique people. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I’m so glad I seized it.

The time I spent at NJSP was the greatest educational experience I have ever had. I have learned more in five weeks at NJSP than I have in five months at school.

I developed important reading and life skills and feel so much more prepared for college after NJSP.

The program inspired us to learn past the surface level . . .

To learn for the sake of learning has enlightened me and proven to me that nothing in this world is more sacred than knowledge.

When I came to NJSP, I thought I was pretty open-minded and unbiased, but I’ve learned that’s not wholly true. NJSP has made me a lot more accepting and I want to share that.

Debates in all the seminars were amazing. It was during these discussions that I did my real learning.

The structure of the seminars was the most beneficial aspect for me because it inspired debates that really encouraged us to look at an issue from multiple perspectives.

This experience will truly be one I will remember as a defining period in my life.

I think NJSP, above all, taught me to be open-minded about unfamiliar customs and traditions.

This experience truly showed what learning should be – learning for the true grasp of knowledge.