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A friend’s daughter is applying to universities in the US this year and asked us yesterday for our daughter’s personal statement for reference. After a look again at the final part of my daughter’s personal statement (pasted below), I have to say that certain personality traits do run in the family.
“…Then something happens; my classmates, who just a few seconds ago were absorbed in flipping through their notes, begin to bash my opinion mercilessly. We talk loudly and passionately. It feels like the whole world is against me in that single room – and I love it. Then class ends, and we walk out of the room. I laugh off any grumblings from my friends, and we go to lunch to bicker about it a bit more while we stuff our faces.
These discussions usually make my day. There’s just something entertaining in voicing your opinion, especially when you’re a minority, and even more so when you find your classmates becoming convinced by your arguments. To me, this is what school should be like every day, a place where I can talk freely without restraint, because this is what feeds my curiosity and keeps me interested. These are the types of experiences that I indulge in shamelessly while my friends tease me for being stubbornly thick-skinned. Every good discussion needs an opposing voice, and I enjoy being that voice. I do it not to be an antagonistic wretch. I just like to be the one who sheds some color and makes an insignificant point, one that is significant enough to sway the ideas of others.” |
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