I recently started working on Stanford's prompt of What matters to you, and why? This is a rough draft..just kind of threw some ideas out there. Any feedback would be great! Thanks.
Through trials and hardships, I have come to realize that what matters in life is knowledge. Not only is knowledge power, it is what makes our world go round, and it unconsciously frees us from our ignorance. The power we gain from our knowledge is best achieved through long periods of exercise. It is built. As a society, exercising our knowledge has only allowed us to accomplish the things that previous generations only dreamt about, we have been able to reach the moon, build airplanes, and descend into the sea and sky. Knowledge has proven to be my best friend in so many ways, whether it was gained through experiences, readings, or eye capturing events. The mistakes that I have made or witnessed others make has only given me more knowledge, making me wiser and ensuring that I do not make those same mistakes. Our whole world revolves around the knowledge that has been passed down through hundreds of generations. What would have happened if an apple had not hit Newton in the head, or if the great philosophers of the Enlightenment Era never wrote down their ideas? Knowing that knowledge is power only motivates me to gain the most I can. I want to have endless opportunities in this life and create my own legacy through my knowledge. The knowledge I gain now will be passed down through generations and I only hope that it will inspire future people the same way it did to me.
Honestly, there's probably a bunch of other essays that sound like this. You mentioned mistakes that help you learn this lesson, so focus on those and describe the experience in detail. Please please read mine!
