In an effort to come up with something to write up about I decided to first think about what I know. I am a senior in high school so surely I have gained some very useful knowledge. I know how to find derivatives of multiple functions, I can tell you about the fall of the ancient Roman Empire, and I can describe how glucose is created through photosynthesis. I can describe the shape of almost any chemical compound, I can find the limit of a function as it reaches a certain point, and I can tell you about the view anti-federalists had during the creation of our government And yet if I was asked my opinion on these I’d say they are important because I need to know the information for school. If I was asked about what I want to do when I grow up I’d say I don’t know. I’m not exactly sure what interets me. I don’t know what I’m passionate about. There are no text books, note packets, or websites that can tell me who I am. From the first day of school to now I have been learning and will continue learning information that has been deemed important and necessary. With all the time I’ve spent on learning, about what I know about calculus, history, chemistry, government, biology, and every other class, I haven’t begun to think about myself. What do I like? What is my personal opinion on certain topics? Sure I have written personal essays before but more often than not what it comes down to is what I know most about. Do I write about why national debt is good or why it is bad? In the end I only answer by evaluating which opinion has more information that can be clearly regurgitated. In high school my opinion is merely whether I believe in one point of view or the other, not in if I believe in my own, more personal, approach to a topic. I know that not everyone may agree but I’m sure there are others that feel the same way.