The AP Student View Lady Vervaine's mapTaken in (See more photos here)more photos here This was taken in the upstairs room of the Parisian bookshop, Shakespeare And Company – a place with an extraordinary history, where Lady Vervaine felt very much at home.Shakespeare And Company View Lady Vervaine's mapTaken in (See more photos here)more photos here This was taken in the upstairs room of the Parisian bookshop, Shakespeare And Company – a place with an extraordinary history, where Lady Vervaine felt very much at home.Shakespeare And Company

Characteristics Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. the secrets of our own. ~William Hazlitt

1. ability to read accurately with insight and sophistication

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. to read a book.

2. ability to engage in intelligent discussion through active listening and constructive discourse

"A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but before he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with." -Kenneth A. Wells, Guide to Good Leadership Kenneth A. WellsKenneth A. Wells

3. desire to learn more than the obvious or superficial self-motivated and hard working

The difference between a successful person and others The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. -Vince Lombardi Vince LombardiVince Lombardi

4. desire to attain the highest personal level of scholarly achievement

Men who for truth and honor's sake Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep, Who dare while others fly... They build a nation's pillars deep And lift them to the sky. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson from "A Nation's Strength"

5. sense of personal and social responsibility; not a "hitchhiker" or someone who discourages or demoralizes class progress

"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility." -Arnold J. Toynbee Arnold J. ToynbeeArnold J. Toynbee

6. willingness to accept constructive criticism

Complaining about something without taking any action to correct it is irresponsible. If a condition deserves criticism, it deserves an honest attempt to change it. -John Renesch John ReneschJohn Renesch

7. patience to accept a variety of answers or unresolved questions as points of departure for further exploration

The strongest of all warriors are these two Time and Patience. -Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy

8. a good basic command of the English language and writing skills--or a willingness to catch up if there is a deficiency

"Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible." -Miguel de Cervantes, Preface to Don Quixote Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes

9. well-developed organization and time management skills

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. – Schopenhauer

10. the commitment to dedicate many hours of homework each week to AP.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. --Mahatma Gandhi