Mark Twain once described a man who died and met Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates.Knowing that Saint Peter was very wise, the man asked a question that he had wondered about throughout his life. He said, "Saint Peter, I have been interested in military history for many years. Who was the greatest general of all time?" Saint Peter quickly responded,"Oh that is a simple question. It is that man right over there."
"You must be mistaken," responded the man, now very perplexed. "I knew that man on earth,and he was just a common laborer." "That is right my friend," assured Saint Peter. "He would have been the greatest general of all time, if he had been a general." This story gives out a truth that is, unfortunately, all too common. Failure, disillusionment,frustration-and the like-are closely tied with having to do what you don't love. The moment your work is aligned to your natural abilities, your life starts working !!! At the core of this ideology is the following definition of education by Leo Buscaglia that we at Education First live by: 'The essence of education is to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it and then to show you how to give it away.' For students-or anyone, for that matter-identifying their uniqueness is not an easy task. And this is where we step in !!!