Intellectual Explorer Persuasive Essay

Being extremely optimistic and imaginative are the most definitive aspects of my approach as an intellectual explorer. In others, I’ve seen how a negative outlook in education can make people deny the potential for incredible events to happen, or worse yet; deny their own potential to accomplish extraordinary feats. So, I strive to visualize the wondrous possibilities in everything, and tackle every situation with an attitude of “I can and will” rather than “I cannot”. Even when struggling with difficult concepts, I remain positive and find inventive methods to aid in reaching a higher understanding. Creating and becoming hands on with physical representations or tools is my most preferred method, because this is the manner in which I taught

I tore apart the kitchen to find the ingredients for making alum crystals and baking soda and vinegar volcanos. Outside, I’d pretend to play paleontologist in the dirt, and be a botanist with the begonias. This was all much to the dismay of my dear parents, who were never too thrilled to find vinegar on the floor, or the mud I tracked in after an unsuccessful dig. Consequently, my parents devised a plan to curb my habit of getting dirty, but to encourage me to retain my love of educational exploration. For Christmas, I received a chemistry kit and a microscope from my parents. I promptly dashed their expectations for cleanliness when I began collecting plants, roots and all, to produce samples out of. My joy with the chemistry kit was as overflowing as a couple of the experiments I conducted, and my exasperated parents figured they could not have a child that was both intelligent and tidy. Although I later learned how to stay organized, my enthrallment with science never waned. My early tools aided in establish my life-long appreciation for the sciences, with a particular fondness for

Reading has always been a favored past time of mine, but my tastes in literature rarely strayed from non-fiction. After being exposed to the southern gothic genre in my AP English course, I developed a deeper appreciation for classical prose. In the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O’Conner, the similarities between the examples of antiquated southern culture and the traditions present in my community were palpable, which struck a chord with me. The depressing light cast over fictional southern towns also inspired an improved gratitude of my home town, as unfavorable aspects seemed lesser in comparison. When I ventured into the genre on my own, I came to also appreciate the works of Eudora Welty. Welty’s novel “The Optimist’s Daughter” is one of my favorites, as many of its themes resonate with me on a personal