1. Pretend that you are talking to a blind man and have to describe for him what "red" is. You should use narrative and descriptive writing techniques, and try to appeal to his other senses!

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2. How does competition function in our society? To what extent is it healthy/unhealthy? Offer some real world examples taken from your life, community, culture, state, nation, or world.

3. How have you taken something that you have learned in the classroom and integrated it into your nonacademic life?

4. If you could go back in time and be someone in history, who would you choose to be? Why?

5. If you had the responsibility to decide where $1 million should be spent to improve conditions somewhere in the world, what project(s) would you choose? Why?

If I had the responsibility to spend 1 million dollars to improve the conditions of a location I would chose Tijuana. I am not just talking about improving the houses and the streets but also the economy and the crime rates. I would like to help decrease the crime rates and make Tijuana a better place. I also want to improve the economy because today a dollar has the same value as 13 pesos. If can spend 1 million dollars to help make Tijuana a better place I would. With that money I can also help end the drug wars and make Tijuana better entirely starting from the inside and finishing on the outside.

6. How have you tried to effect change in relation to an issue of personal, local, or national significance?

I have tried to effect change in my personal issue of grades by trying to do my work. I still have problems but I think I am beginning to get it. I sometimes get lazy and do not do my homework but I will start doing it because I know it is important to do better on my tests. I am trying to effect a change because I know I need to get good grades to go to a good university and succeed in a career. If I do not get god grades then the universities would reject my application and I would not be able to study a career or at least it will impede me from finishing as fast as I was hoping. However if I manage to get good grades and pass my IB tests, then I will be able to begin my university course as a sophomore which means that I will also be able to graduate I year earlier than what it is normally required which means that I graduate in about 3 years instead of 4. These are the reasons why I have decide to begin studying and to improve my grades in order to change my opportunities of getting into a good college.

7. If you could introduce one new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, what would it be?

If I could introduce a new idea to a primitive culture I would introduce the idea of anti-technology. Even though many people think technology is advancement I think technology is a regression. Since every time we are getting closer to technology, then we are getting away from all the other ways of living. Right now if technology happens to disappear we would end up as primitive as the culture mentioned before. Technology, which has been claimed to help us, will eventually end up hurting us more than anyone thinks. We are too dependent on technology, which is why it is important to show the primitive culture that technology is bad. Technology has taken away most of our skills and has replaced many of humans because technology makes a better work in terms of perfection. The primitive culture has the right to know that technology is dangerous and that they have to be careful in the future not to become dependent on technology.

8. If you were to describe yourself using a quotation, what would that quotation be? After you have chosen a quote, then write a bit about how it relates to you and reveals what kind of person you are.

If I could use a quotation to describe myself I would us the one by Socrates which says “all I know is that I know nothing” I identify myself with this quote because I am really skeptical. I know people have claimed that they know a great number of things however I just say that I really don’t know. I am not sure 100 percent of anything. I just believe in everything I think I know; however, I know that I really do not know, but I think that what I know could be true but could also be false. That is why I go back to the quote “all I know is that I know nothing” because I accept that since I am a human there is no way that I can actually know.

9. Given the authority to establish a holiday, what would you choose to commemorate? Why? What would the celebration look like?

If I had the authority to establish a holiday I would establish the birthday of Elvis Presley as a holiday. I would establish Presley’s birthday as a holiday because with his music he changed the life of many people. The perception of what rock was before Presley totally changed. Presley had the spark that could sheer up a whole multitude at the same time that it made it sad, mad or crazy. He could move a crowd so good that it was hard for anything to stop him. His music was just a pile of mixed emotions that felt your heart with adrenaline and you just couldn’t stop it. It made you love and hate life at the same time, you felt blue, red and green; every color was going through your body and you just couldn’t explain how it was happening. You were confused because you knew you were standing up but you felt like you were flying. Your brain said it was just music but your heart yelled with intensity that it was heaven. You knew, when you heard his music, that you had to celebrate that person every year on his birthday.

10. What is the best advice you've ever received? Explain.

The best advice that I have ever received is to try my best and never give up. It is the best advice that I have ever received because every time that I fail at something I just keep trying my best. It is also the best because it got me thinking about all the mistakes that I have made throughout my life and how I can avoid making those mistakes again. This specific advice has taught me not to give up and it has shown me that you can never get the best results unless you put in the best efforts. Since I heard those words I try my best, it does not matter what I am doing or how hard it is I try to accomplish what I am doing and I try to get the best results. I also learned that it is important to always be positive and try to stay calm, every fail just makes you stronger than before.