Mission Statement Of Oak Brook College

Do you think your past academic performance is indicative of your ability to complete the necessary legal research and writing to successfully complete this course? Explain.

During my high school years, I have completed a Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens course, Constitution Alive! A Citizen's Guide to the Constitution, and an Explore a Career as a Paralegal course. In each course, I have expounded my knowledge on the law while doing extensive legal research and writing. Through the Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens course, I have learned to preform legal research and read numerous court cases. Studying Constitution Alive! A Citizen's Guide to the Constitution has taught me the original intent of the Constitution by

Joseph Story once said, “The Constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes for which those powers were conferred.” Oak Brook College interprets the law as it ought to be interpreted through both a Biblical worldview and through the original intent of the founding fathers. This is the only way by which the law must be studied, the very formula to secure the freedoms held by this Republic. For these reasons, the mission statement of Oak Brook College assured me that to study law at Oak Brook is to study the law as was intended by the founding

There are builders who placed men of virtue in my path so that the building blocks of my worldview can me properly established - my parents. To begin with my Mom, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.” Since birth, my Mom has stayed at home to train and raise me in the ways of the Lord. Reading the Bible to me daily, she instilled the truth of the God’s word into my heart so that I can come to the realization that Jesus is Lord. Without my Mom neither my Christianity or patriotism would be established. As my Mom stayed home to raise me, my Dad, as a fireman, provided for the house. Recalling his first hand experiences of tragedies encountered at work, he tells stories of modern day miracles and Biblical application for today. My Dad has taken my family to conferences from those of Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis to David Barton of Wallbuilers so that our worldview can be firm. Teaching things such as how to fly the American flag and how to fold it up right, he also instilled in my heart patriotism and American pride. He taught the things, he believes, every American must know. Because of my Mom and Dad, I was able to learn to walk in the way of Christ and to have pride to be an American. Without either, I would have not been raised in the raise of the Lord or be filled with American