Monday, November 24, 2008

I love the smell of napalm in the morning...

My world. My life. My life is my world. My world is my life. How do I describe the world that I come from in less than 600 words? Well I live with my mom, in the old “Lemon Capital of the World”, turned modern suburbia, turned city as more and more people moved to escape the smog that enveloped much of greater Los Angeles county and that was creeping into Orange County. My mom works 6, sometimes 7 days a week, to pay for mortgage, food, and such comforts as DSL internet, hot water, and electricity.

I drive to school Monday through Friday. And although I am a little lazy, I haven’t succumbed to the delightful temptation known as “senioritis”. I am by no means a bookworm, I’m sure my grades reflect that. A’s and B’s dot my transcript, but my English teacher always stressed one thing in his class, “Grades don’t reflect how much you’ve learned, you reflect what you’ve learned.” Now am I justifying my B’s? Of course not. I’m just saying, grades might not be highest on my list of priorities, but that doesn’t mean school isn’t. Okay I get that people might say that once you’ve learned something, all you have to do is apply it. Well in my opinion, homework, is mostly busy work, I rush through it, with the promise of sheep and sleep at the end. I don’t learn from homework and I lack motivation to do it. I might do well on tests, and not do homework, and where does that leave me at? B grades in classes that I do understand and enjoy. Where am I going with this? Well, in the most basic sense, don’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t judge me solely through my grades.

I have my own definition of what does matter and what doesn’t. I suppose you could say I have principles in some twisted sense of the word. Of course I realize that my perspective only fits for me, and that’s why I don’t force it on anyone. Homework? Pointless, for me. Wikipedia? Delightful, for me. The invention of the StumbleUpon plug in for Firefox? Pure, 100%, genius. Actually, if you think about it, the fact that Wikipedia is one of my most favorite pastimes (other than the extracurriculars that I’ve already listed in my application) just shows my principles at work. I mean come on, I’m reading and learning countless facts and figures all for the sake of pure, unequaled enjoyment. Now wouldn’t that be the ideal world if everyone did that? I’d say so.

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