Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development
Being raised in a single parent home, along with moving to multiple locations across the nation, it would be expected that it would take a giant vat of radioactive waste to disintegrate the bond that holds my family together. In my life, my family is the key to triggering my intellectual development. In particular, my brother is most responsible for initiating my intellectual development.
My brother, Timothy, only eleven months younger than I am, is in the same grade as me. Naturally, since we are so close in age, we are highly competitive with one another. Ever since we were little we compared grades, test scores, and even reading speed. We constantly pushed each other and challenged each other's knowledge.
Our competitive nature continued as we grew. We dominated dinner table discussion with debates, using "all-knowing" Mom to end the disputes until the debates became so knowledgably demanding that only Google truly had all the answers. I distinctly remember deliberations over topics ranging broadly from whether or not milk was hydrating to the limit of the function 4x over 2x as x approaches infinity.
The pure joy of knowledge is the true motivation behind our constant intellectual contests. On long car rides, or when we were just bored Timothy and I would play "The Category Game" which we made up just for fun. The rules were simple: decide on category, and then go back and forth naming items in the category until someone could not come up with any more items. The categories were generally broad such as countries in the world, reptiles, or even movies with Will Smith, and would therefore last awhile with only each other to hold us accountable and always a resource nearby just in case.
The competition between Timothy and I, and also, our natural desire to learn compels us to expand our intellectual development. The pure joy of knowing is what truly motivates me -to have a deeper understanding of this enormous universe, on this strange life supporting planet, we all call home.
I would truly appreciate your opinions! I appreciate taking time to read it! let me know if you have something you would want me to read, maybe i can help?
Being raised in a single parent home, along with moving to multiple locations across the nation, it would be expected that it would take a giant vat of radioactive waste to disintegrate the bond that holds my family together. In my life, my family is the key to triggering my intellectual development. In particular, my brother is most responsible for initiating my intellectual development.
My brother, Timothy, only eleven months younger than I am, is in the same grade as me. Naturally, since we are so close in age, we are highly competitive with one another. Ever since we were little we compared grades, test scores, and even reading speed. We constantly pushed each other and challenged each other's knowledge.
Our competitive nature continued as we grew. We dominated dinner table discussion with debates, using "all-knowing" Mom to end the disputes until the debates became so knowledgably demanding that only Google truly had all the answers. I distinctly remember deliberations over topics ranging broadly from whether or not milk was hydrating to the limit of the function 4x over 2x as x approaches infinity.
The pure joy of knowledge is the true motivation behind our constant intellectual contests. On long car rides, or when we were just bored Timothy and I would play "The Category Game" which we made up just for fun. The rules were simple: decide on category, and then go back and forth naming items in the category until someone could not come up with any more items. The categories were generally broad such as countries in the world, reptiles, or even movies with Will Smith, and would therefore last awhile with only each other to hold us accountable and always a resource nearby just in case.
The competition between Timothy and I, and also, our natural desire to learn compels us to expand our intellectual development. The pure joy of knowing is what truly motivates me -to have a deeper understanding of this enormous universe, on this strange life supporting planet, we all call home.
I would truly appreciate your opinions! I appreciate taking time to read it! let me know if you have something you would want me to read, maybe i can help?
