And here's my life story. If you don't feel like reading it, the last paragraph contains what I'm currently like.
The year was 1986; though existing for 4.5 billion years, the earth was somehow incomplete. Somewhere in Princeton, a mother-to-be was rushed to a hospital where she required an emergency cesarean section. The doctor, regarded as a world hero, saved what would soon come to fill existence’s void – I was born.
After I was born, my family moved from Princeton, New Jersey to the suburbs in Pennsylvania. I learned to speak at a very young age (10 months, I think), and have been very interested in the English language ever since. I used to sit in my high chair and ask my mom how to properly pronounce words, and I would repeat them until I had them perfect. Once I was in Elementary school, this turned into a passion for writing.
Elementary school was both a great and horrible time in my life. I was really interested in computers ever since 1st grade or so, and in 4th grade I learned HTML. Teachers in the school would come to me to fix computer problems when the computer teacher was out of town; this was the beginning of my misery. Sometime in 3rd grade I was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, which led to a decent amount of ridicule from my peers. Fortunately it was non-verbal, so thankfully I was never shouting anything out. Instead, I would periodically twitch my eyes and forcefully shake my head downward. Luckily the symptoms gradually became less dramatic, and now are mostly gone. Occasionally I’ll twitch my eyes, but it isn’t really a problem anymore. In 5th grade, I got huge glasses that covered most of my face. I don’t know why nobody told me they looked stupid when I bought them, but I soon found that out.
In Jr. High school, I was pretty much a social outcast. I was a computer nerd, had huge glasses, and was extremely shy around those I wasn’t friends with. I did well in school until a friend introduced me to Asheron’s Call. I quickly became addicted to it, as it was somewhere I could escape school and, in a way, be social. Due to my small size and nerdy image, I was often picked on and humiliated in classes. Because of this, I spent more and more time on Asheron’s Call, and became more and more depressed. In 9th grade (the last year of Jr. High where I went to school) things started getting better. I got my braces off and got contact lenses. Interestingly enough, this gave me the self-confidence to quit Asheron’s Call and be social. I also had a growth spurt, bringing me to height at least closer to average.
I loved High school. I started working out, made tons of friends, and had plenty of dates. My first girlfriend, whom I got in 10th grade, was part of the popular crowd in a different school and pressured me into some things I don’t feel I was ready for at 16. After 8 months, we broke up. I would date, but didn’t have another girlfriend until the summer before my senior year. Now, over two and a half years later, we’re still together.
My girlfriend and I both go to Penn State Main campus, where I’m majoring in Biology. I hope to one day be a Dentist, even though I spent most of my life wanting to be a lawyer. I love to debate people, as most of you probably already know. I especially love debating over civil-rights issues, religion, and evolution. Some of my best writing comes from when I’m in a heated written debate, or when just writing an argument. For whatever reason, it invigorates me. I often use my favorite form of writing, satire, to humorously get points across. I also love to play devil’s advocate, and argue points I disagree with so that I can further understand things.
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"Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"
-Theodosius Dobzhansky
"Darwin's achievement, like Einstein's, is universal and timeless."
-Richard Dawkins