My name is Ben. However, my given name is Benjamin, which means, "son of my right hand". My mom told me what that meant one time several times but it obviously wasn't cool enough for me to remember. My brother (Cole), my sister (Sophie), and I (once again, Ben), were all named after our great-great-great +/- great uncle and aunt, Mr.Benjamin Cole and Ms.Sophie Cole. I'm in need of a segway to get to my stuff about my academic grades and such, so I'll kill two birds with one stone and post that picture we need that also turns out to be a great conversation bridge in my mind.
Since its so devilishly obvious what that picture means in relation to me, I won't waste your precious time explaining it.
I feel that the whole "personal and academic goals" shtick is so tiredly used that the energy I consume moving my fingers back and forth upon this keyboard will be so foolishly burned in vain. After all, there is only so many responses one can give to it. Perhaps you were struggling in a certain area of academics last year and you aspire to push back against the strains of society, beat those odds, get a passing grade, prove against the haters, etc. Or we can use the generic "What Did You Expect Me to Say" answer and admit how I ever so hope to get B's and A's, or by some miracle only granted by some woodland fairy that you meet in the forest doing some less-than-respectable deeds, STRAIGHT A'S. Honestly, I'll just do as I do when ever I go biking, do my best and hope I don't crash into a parked car.
As for summer vacation, I spent near all of it working at Tates Creek Pool as a lifeguard. It was certainly fun, with the people there being relatable people (albeit most 5 years older than me) and the shenanigans we pulled whilst no one attended the pool on rainy days remain the best part. Things like filling up the water slide with water, making scuba helmets out of gatorade coolers, and playing an odd invention known as "water ball". bonding with these strangers I knew little about at the beginning of the summer was enjoyable and comical.
Being asked what superpower you can have can cause you to explore yourself, and understand what you truly desire. Or you can just know what you favorite superhero is. Regardless, I believe I met with the former revelation. I find that if I had a superpower, it would be to never have to rest, never run out of energy. I'd like to run 10 miles, then maybe go swim another 20 just because I can. I'd like to finish one project and then move onto another because progress excites me. And when you start working on something that excites you, and envelopes all of your time and effort, it's easy to forget to eat or sleep. I guess if there is truly anything you wish to take away from this question of superhuman capacity, It is that I adore progress. I seek progress, and it excites me. perhaps my favorite superhero is the Energizer Bunny, no?
Now. as you probably concluded from my previously aforementioned picture, space absolutely geeks. Me. Out. If I didn't think that leadership in the military was my calling, I'd be all for astronomy. Exploring, progressing, understanding what so many work their entire lives to comprehend. The thought of infinite possibilities is something you do not want to get in a conversation with me on. Lest that be you enjoy 3-hour lectures on how aliens have to exist because two inertial observers are moving farther apart with accelerating velocities at opposite ends of our existence. Which, I mean, is obvious because we can't judge the space-time metric to our own measurement, it has no explicit time dependence! Duh.
But I digress.
I hope this year is filled with opportunities for improvement, for myself and all that read this. I enjoyed writing this piece and hope for the ones in the future to be as enjoyable. Thank you for the time you spent reading this.
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Since its so devilishly obvious what that picture means in relation to me, I won't waste your precious time explaining it.
I feel that the whole "personal and academic goals" shtick is so tiredly used that the energy I consume moving my fingers back and forth upon this keyboard will be so foolishly burned in vain. After all, there is only so many responses one can give to it. Perhaps you were struggling in a certain area of academics last year and you aspire to push back against the strains of society, beat those odds, get a passing grade, prove against the haters, etc. Or we can use the generic "What Did You Expect Me to Say" answer and admit how I ever so hope to get B's and A's, or by some miracle only granted by some woodland fairy that you meet in the forest doing some less-than-respectable deeds, STRAIGHT A'S. Honestly, I'll just do as I do when ever I go biking, do my best and hope I don't crash into a parked car.
As for summer vacation, I spent near all of it working at Tates Creek Pool as a lifeguard. It was certainly fun, with the people there being relatable people (albeit most 5 years older than me) and the shenanigans we pulled whilst no one attended the pool on rainy days remain the best part. Things like filling up the water slide with water, making scuba helmets out of gatorade coolers, and playing an odd invention known as "water ball". bonding with these strangers I knew little about at the beginning of the summer was enjoyable and comical.
Being asked what superpower you can have can cause you to explore yourself, and understand what you truly desire. Or you can just know what you favorite superhero is. Regardless, I believe I met with the former revelation. I find that if I had a superpower, it would be to never have to rest, never run out of energy. I'd like to run 10 miles, then maybe go swim another 20 just because I can. I'd like to finish one project and then move onto another because progress excites me. And when you start working on something that excites you, and envelopes all of your time and effort, it's easy to forget to eat or sleep. I guess if there is truly anything you wish to take away from this question of superhuman capacity, It is that I adore progress. I seek progress, and it excites me. perhaps my favorite superhero is the Energizer Bunny, no?
Now. as you probably concluded from my previously aforementioned picture, space absolutely geeks. Me. Out. If I didn't think that leadership in the military was my calling, I'd be all for astronomy. Exploring, progressing, understanding what so many work their entire lives to comprehend. The thought of infinite possibilities is something you do not want to get in a conversation with me on. Lest that be you enjoy 3-hour lectures on how aliens have to exist because two inertial observers are moving farther apart with accelerating velocities at opposite ends of our existence. Which, I mean, is obvious because we can't judge the space-time metric to our own measurement, it has no explicit time dependence! Duh.
But I digress.
I hope this year is filled with opportunities for improvement, for myself and all that read this. I enjoyed writing this piece and hope for the ones in the future to be as enjoyable. Thank you for the time you spent reading this.
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