“Writing and perseverance go hand in hand,” said Mary Smull Arguelles ’72, a published author of essays, short stories, and poems. “You have to have confidence in your ideas and your ability, and find your own unique voice. Writing is communicating. You need to use fresh language and find a way to express your words and thoughts like no one else has. You want to make the reader say, ‘Oh yeah…’”
“The faster that you fail, the faster you can move on to the next option, and the faster you can find success,” says Matt Moran ’92, the Chief Product Officer for Legends of Learning, a startup game-based learning platform that creates curriculum aligned math and science games for elementary and middle school students. But learning to view failures as an important part of success has been a journey for Matt, one that began when he came to Moravian Academy his junior year.
On December 9th, the Literature of Solitude and Loneliness class visited the Northampton County Courthouse, Prison, and Juvenile Detention Center so that they could observe individuals living in isolation and incarceration.
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