Lesson 1 Audio 1Obama Thats what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something that youre good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. Thats the opportunity an education can provide.Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write that English paper - that English class paper thats assigned to you. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor - maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine - but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice - but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that youll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? Youre going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. Youve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.Lesson 1 Audio 2Intro to Yale college and graduate school Yale College, the undergraduate school, is the heart of the University. Its been setting the standard for educating American leaders for over three centuries. One of Yales most distinctive assets is its residential college system, 12 colleges are diverse, yet intimate communities of 400 students, providing all of the benefits of a small college along with the resources of a great research university. Each college has its own dining hall, library, gymnasium, and multi-purpose rooms, which students use for everything from theatrical productions and concerts to publishing newspapers. The colleges also offer seminars, host speakers, organize social events, sponsor sporting teams and provide tutoring. The residential college system ensures students at Yale have a support structure that fosters relationships that will last a lifetime. Yales Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the first school to award PhD in the united States, offers programs leading to PhD and Masters degrees, and is known for its academic excellence, extraordinary resources, and world-class faculty. Today more than one third of its students come from abroad. Every PhD student in the school pays no tuition and receives the generous annual stipend for living expenses. Lesson 1 Video Student report join a clubStarting a university career can be an intimidating event for some people. Making new connections isnt always easy. One of the best ways to meet people is to join a club. At CJLO, the universitys radio station, people volunteer as radio DJs, news readers or technicians.(Brian Joseph) “When I first started, it was a smaller group, it was very tight in, and just over a year, Ive just see expand, and more people join. More people come with friends and friends and network, and just this huge family, and its just a really great thing to see.”Cassandra Keating moved to Montreal from Saskatoon to study journalism. “So its still a process. Im still getting used to the city and being back in school.” vThere are many types of clubs that Concordia students can join. Many of them are registered with the Concordia Student Union. (Heather Lucas) “The best way to get involved is by checking out the mezzanine, usually a lot clubs and associations are tabling, so they have a presentation of all their events, all the things that are happening. Its a good way to get plugged. Its very casual. You just come up to them and you say what are your events, what are you about, what do you do at Concordia?”Some groups like HILLEL also know how to throw a party. (David Adelman) “First of all, I make really fun parties. So we make parties, I get to have fun. I ring my friends and after a while a lot of my friends are having so much fun, they actually join HILLEL, too.”And a new club has recently been formed, the Shotokan Karate club. Its a kind of karate that combines basics, patterns of moves and sparring. (Melarie Taylor) “The students are self-motivated. If theyve signed up for the class and they decided to stay, then they like the high-energy demand, and they like the vibes of the class and people training.”(Jean-Philippe) “Karate has to be friendly. Thats our motto. We are friendly with people, we dont look for we dont want any tension between people. So, that leads to, naturally, to friendship.”Now while we only got to touch on a few clubs here at Concordia, there is a whole wealth of information on the