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My name is Carlos Serisari.

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I am an alumni of the class of 2021.

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I majored in political science and
philosophy and I am now a Fletcher

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student in the first year of my MALD
degree and this is my Tufts story.

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The passion that I feel I developed at
Tufts is a passion for the Socratic method

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and a passion for
learning by talking to

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people instead of
learning by being talked to.

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I took a lot of political theory
classes in my time as an

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undergraduate student with Professor
Evergenis and Professor Sullivan

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And I feel as though their teaching
methods were very centered

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around the idea that they weren't
here to give us the answers.

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They were here to guide us, to
help us find the answers for ourselves.

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My freshman and sophomore years, I was very
involved in the Tufts University debate

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team and in Tufts Civic, both organizations
that gave me a forum to talk about

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political or social issues that were
bothering me or that I wanted to learn more

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about, you know, learning by talking
to others, regardless of their viewpoints.

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I feel like this passion really
burgeoned my junior and senior year

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when I was given the opportunity
to put that theory into practice.

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The most memorable
project I took part in was an

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Institute for Global
Leadership project in which

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we were able to travel
to Johnstown, which is a

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small town in western
Pennsylvania, to integrate

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into the community
and interview community

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members and learn about
what it takes to rebuild a

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post-industrial town
through the voice of the

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people that are actually
undertaking this journey.

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This resulted in us writing about a
200-page book of short stories that really

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crystallizes what I mean when I talk
about the Socratic method of learning.

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It's titled Phoenix of
Steel, and it should be

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available soon, so
keep an eye out for that.