Why PEG
Written May 2003
When I am an adult, I would like to be
a language arts teacher. Writing is what I enjoy most, and I would like to
help others to learn how much fun English is. Helping people is what I see
as one of the most valuable things in life, and combining that with learning
would be like a dream come true. PEG could help me move towards that dream.
Page thirteen of the PEG information booklet lists English as either a major
or a minor and Creative Writing as a minor. I think that taking these would
help me learn so that I can become a language arts teacher.
The school system that I am in right now is holding me down.
I am in lower level classes than I should be, and this is not working out
for me. On page four of the PEG information booklet, it says, “Giannia says
PEG and Mary Baldwin offered her ‘the intellectual freedom’ and depth she
didn’t find in the eight grade, when she became bored and disappointed.”
That is the story of my school life, too. It’s boring. I slide through easily,
earning A’s and B’s without studying. I am disappointed in my classes and
the lack of challenge included in them. If this year is any example of the
school system, a normal high school does not seem like the right path for
me. PEG sounds like it would be challenging, and I would like to be able
to experience that challenge.
I feel that the Mary Baldwin Program for the Exceptionally Gifted
would be an appropriate educational opportunity for me. It would benefit
me more than staying in high school would do. At PEG I would learn at a higher
level than in my local high school, especially when it comes to areas, like
creative writing, that aren’t taught in high school. Isn’t that what school
is supposed to do? To teach students, and for them to learn? PEG could teach
me, and I am willing to learn.