<p>here is my essay. i don't think it's as good as the other one but please do read and give me your inputs!</p>
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<li>Please discuss your current intellectual interests. Discuss any formative experiences that may have shaped these interests. How do you hope to further these interests through the EPGY Online High School? You may attach additional pages if needed.</li>
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<p>A few of my intellectual interests include psychology and debate. How people think, how they interact with each other, and how they respond to series of events is vastly fascinating. As for debate, since I was very small I have always enjoyed voicing my opinion and debating, and an instructor who had scored 99th percentile on the LSAT aided me in the study of logic, which I believe to be very important in debating. </p>
<p>Although I have not taken any specialized courses on this study, I am very much interested in psychology. Psychology, I believe, is one of the studies which the least has been exposed to us at this time. No one can claim to understand the workings of a human mind fully and completely, and because theres so much to learn more about it one can explore all possibilities and theorize the most extraordinary freely and without set limits. </p>
<p>One day in class my classmates and I were discussing the reasons why sunglasses may have been one of the most remarkable inventions of the modern history. Despite the obvious reasons such as the fashion expansion, I argued that sunglasses have been invented originally for a psychological reason and that therefore the best thing this invention has done is improve our knowledge about our minds. How almost everything humans do relates to psychology is profoundly captivating to me. One thing one can be sure of when it comes to this field of study is that the human mind is incredibly complex, and that therefore it is veiled beneath multiple layers of ambiguity.</p>
<p>Since I was very small I always loved voicing my opinions and debating for what I believe. However, these arguments were based only on my thoughts; they were neither organized nor supported by strong examples. As I grew up I realized the importance of logical and critical thinking, and I began to apply them to my debates. People heard me out more often and began to respect me as a person rather than an inane child who simply argues for the sake of arguing.</p>
<p>I hope to further these interests through all that EPGY Online High School can offer. From what I have learned the school is planning on arranging a debate team which I am interested in being a part of. The school curriculums emphasis on writing, discussion, and argumentation appeals to me a great deal as well. Furthermore, one of the core courses titled Education, Technology, and Modern Society combines the study of not only causes and natures of scientific and technological developments but also how these developments formed the society we live in and our history. I believe that this course will not only help me in my study of psychology but also critical thinking and philosophy.</p>
<p>Most public schools focus only on bombarding the students with information and therefore do not fully respect the students personal interests. EPGY Online High School, on the other hand, will be able to both offer the knowledge I need and provide enough time for expanding my intellectual interests. The school offers much of what I need; all I should to do now is fulfill what it cannot offer with what I can offer to the school.</p>