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Why do we just accept things as we perceive them to be? Socrates argued “the unexamined life is not worth living." Everyday people use smart phones, tablets and laptops to access search engines hoping that these will provide the answers to the questions they ask. I cannot help thinking that we have lost the art of questioning and exploration. Search engines can provide answers to mundane questions but they only provide easy answers. Studying Philosophy and Politics will help me to pursue the answers to the big questions in this life.
Wittgenstein’s ‘Philosophical Investigations’ completely opened up, twisted upside-down and reshaped my perception of language and its relationship to understanding, much, I suppose, like his own philosophical stance. Apart from his logical approach to the analysis of language, remark 464 encapsulates why I am attracted to him as a thinker; any man that can write “milk me some sugar” in a major philosophical work is certainly the man for me! Wittgenstein’s work has ignited my interests in the mind, language and logic; topics that I hope to study in gr...

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I grew up in a household where education was seen as a form of self-improvement and empowerment. Being raised in rural Central California by two Filipino immigrants who had nothing more than a high school education, my family did not have an educated or intellectual history I could look up to. That is, until my mother decided to get a college education at the age of 45. I must have been in middle school at the time, before which the word “college” was never really spoken or talked about and I could honestly say I only had a vague idea of what it even was. Rather than having the traditional sit down talk with my parents about higher education, my mom clearly spoke to me through example. I distinctly remember times where I would be her study buddy, and while doing so, I found myself leisurely enjoying the pages of her science textbooks. Instead of asking her questions related to her upcoming text, I inquisitively asked juvenile questions like, “How do the genes make us?” Today I know that this is a very big and complex question that we are still trying to answer. Yet at that moment, I wanted an answer, but mother did not have the solution, nor did the textbook. That was the birth of my pursuit of scientific career.
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For some students a report card is an accurate reflection of their abilities, aspirations, and future work habits. Many friends of mine have flawless, or near flawless, report cards. Straight A's and weighted GPA's well over 4.0 grace their every progress report, and I am certain they will continue this streak of academic excellence well into the future. For others, C's, D's and fail's are a normal occurrence, and much like the straight A students, I have no doubt that they will continue down this path. But for some students, like myself, a report card is not an accurate picture of academic ability. I am not afraid to admit - to friends, family, or schools I intend to apply to - that my grades aren't good. I haven't had a GPA anywhere near 4.0 in at least 3 years, and at times this fact makes me proud. While I usually earn B's or C's in my classes, there are a few bright spots on my academic record. I am in the 98th percentile of the SAT test, and in the 99th on the ACT. I achieved a 5 on the AP Computer Science test, and despite a C in my AP Physics class, I managed a 4 on the final exam. On top of that, in my two years on El Camino Real High School's Academic Decathlon team I have been the highest scoring C Student in all of the Los Angeles Unified School District twice in a row, placed third in the state of California, and look forward to a promising season this year.
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