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It’s true when people say all you need to learn in life is taught in kindergarten. As I have evolved, my favorite colors have also changed and reflect my changes as I have matured. And as I have matured, my loves, my aspirations, and my academic goals have unfolded. My first favorite color was red. I believe this revealed my youthful impetuosity, and yet was a bright color that showed brilliance and determination. At that time, thought of becoming a surgeon like my father, but was afraid of the sight of blood. And so I decided I wanted to become an architect, one that maps buildings and structures and had the freedom to create whatever he wanted. I liked the feeling of limitless creativity. When traveling into high school age, my favorite color, initially, changed to black. Black was a deep color; if an object was painted the darkest of blacks, it was impossible to estimate the dimensions of the object using only sight. And so I become a boy who did not want to be understood only with the eyes. I wanted to be judged carefully and understood. Needless to say, I was disappointed when I came to the realization that one of the problems in the world was that generally people did not hesitate to pass judgment on even the menial of things, let alone worldly issues. And at this age I decided my favorite color would now be blue. I would fill the cracks in society and mold it’s unjustness into a better creation. Inspirational reading included The Age of Innocence, Siddhartha, and others that seemingly laughed at the follies of rigid society. I too laughed, but I did not just laugh as most do, I thought of ways to create a better society. I took into account the ideas of the early thinker Plato, who wrote a book called The Republic that described a ‘perfect society’ that’s main goal would be to maintain justice. I believed the perfect society was a small, democratic nation where involvement in the government was critical, and although democratic would be led by enlightened despotic king that shouldered the responsibility of keeping the nation just. I began to debate with my friends the different causes of the rifts in the human condition, and the dangers of the continuation of things such as advertising, fast food, and abuse of powers by the government. And as the importance of applying to colleges neared, I began to wonder, “what are my academic aspirations now?” I came to the conclusion that I wanted to enter a medical field, a profession that could help people, but could also hold the weight of my appetite to learn. I have decided I wanted to study the brain in college, and in the future become a neuroradiologist. The brain is a complex organ that will take many years to reveal the mysteries of, and therefore I’d like to go to a college that will allow me to lead the frontier and discover more about myself as well as others. In your college, I wish to develop into the light browns of academic maturity that would spur a youthful mind into success in the world.