In honour of passing the internal early application deadline, here’s the ultimate guide for how to write a perfect personal statement, (very) loosely based on personal experience. So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy the show.
Quite the change
In Alfred’s time, education and ‘wisdom’ were Christian pursuits, sought through the church, and teaching was part of the profession of a monk. The curriculum was fundamentally religious and designed to promote the transmission of Latin Christianity. Libraries were kept in monasteries, and to access the knowledge kept there one would have had to learn Latin, which was only taught to the clergy. As the pursuit of wisdom was seen as so intrinsically Christian, Alfred would have viewed ‘wise’ leaders as those possessing Christian traits. In fact, Alfred cites the acquisition of ‘wisdom’ as an explicit ‘duty’ of Christianity in his preface to Pastoral Care, supporting the connection between the two.
If you are at all like me, watching tv is a way for you to unwind and relax. And although that means I am always open for trying out a new show recommended by someone, often, you’ll be able to find me rewatching shows and movies that I’ve seen countless times before. And I’m not the only one – almost everyone will revert back to the same programmes they used to love at some point. A recent study by Sykes showed that between 2020 and 2022, 75% of people rewatched their favourite shows and there are many different reasons for this.
Up until just over a month ago, I believed that zoos were unethical. I disagreed with the idea of keeping wild animals in captivity, especially species that are not endangered. I also thought that keeping wild animals in enclosures would prevent them from exhibiting natural behaviours as they would in the wild.
