(a) An expert on your field OR (b) A career-related website

(a) Beautiful minds ...

“All of us, at some point in life, get brilliant ideas...only a few of us have the courage to take the next step.”

Manoj Arora

I  want to believe that all of us have the potential to become the individuals that we want to be; that we all have been born equal in this wild world; that races are equally important; that the preciousness of life is enriched by the presence of man... 

"I 'm going to be a ... when I grow up", we used to say when we were kids.

In fact, we are non-graduated scientists, philosophers, and artists. Our ability as scientists is clearly visible when we decide what to do first and what goes on next. We apply deep thought as kid scientists to envision what materials we can use to build, for example, a castle within our bedroom. We gather information from magazines, friends, parents and then materials to fulfill our project: chairs, blankets, pillows and any other suitable stuff to make of our castle a comfortable place... a kid's castle, using the ingenuity of grown-up men.

Brains at work

Like professional philosophers, we enquire about life... where I come from, when we will travel to the moon, how life on other planets is, how I ... an endless number of questions to satisfy our need for knowledge; and then, we feel ready to state all our hypotheses: "when I grow up I'll become an astronaut, travel to Mars and ... "

Kids' ability as artists is widely accepted, particularly by parents, relatives, primary school teachers..., perhaps not by their peers (other kids) who are inclined to think they are better artists and do have a gift at drawing, dancing, painting...; however, we feel confident with the severe, truthful and indulgent response of our closest elders.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci  (1452-1519) was apparently one of those kids who grew up and developed his capabilities to the highest level: a great artist, scientist, engineer, inventor...His hallmark is found in invaluable paintings, such as Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Virgin and Child; in numerous drawings with unprecedented information on human anatomy;  in outstanding sketches and drawings of devices and machines that would later be invented, such as the helicopter and parachute and so on... His works have transcended in time and reflect the artistic and scientific nature of his brilliant mind.

Stephen Hawkings 

If Leonardo is the expression of a restless person, I cannot but feel a profound admiration for the work done by one of the most famous theoretical physicists and cosmologists of our time: Stephen Hawking who was born in 1942, in Oxford, England and passed away in 2018. He suffered from a motor neuron disease, known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that paralysed him because of muscle deterioration. However, his brilliant mind floats in the universe of knowledge, permitting him to understand, discuss, and explain complex issues to his peers and even write easy-to-understand books, such as "A Brief History of Time", to laymen like me. 

Brilliant minds have always been at my reach when I look for information to prepare, for example, exercises in scientific English; they are everywhere, moving here and there, present in paintings, books, videos, talking to you, listening to you... and also seeing you from the other side of the mirror ... as you are also an important building block of this world of knowledge and ingenuity...

Now it's your turn:

Choose (a) OR(b)

(a) Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

• Who she/he is. (short biography)
• What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
• Why you like her/him.
• Include his/her image

OR

(b) Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You have to:

• provide the link
• describe the website (sections, features, etc)
• say how often you visit the site
• explain why you like the site.

Minimum number of words: 170  

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