My Academic Life and Goals....In a nutshell.

My studies really began in Middle School, especially at twelve, where I found that I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome: A communicative learning disorder which involves a depreciation of social skills coupled with an increased and active intelligence. When I learned of this information, I also found out the truth of my education problems from my mother: the officials monitoring my supposedly equal and glorious education thought that I would never graduate from High School, much less enter College. At that moment, I was incredibly determined to prove them wrong.

My studies became the primary outlet of my enjoyment, because it' nightly completion allowed me to play my video games and improve my imagination and sense of wonder in the process. I felt that as a growing student who had something to prove to the people of my town, I wasn't going to destroy my mother's hopes or my own by procrastinating. I eventually felt that I wouldn't have the time to enjoy my obcession for the electronic interactive media, but I also knew my work came first. It led to a compromise of equality that has remained with me to this day; work before play, even if the work is enjoyable.

It was my junior year at Rye High School when I realized that I could combine my two interests into one in the form of videogame journalism. I was a subscriber to several gaming magazines and owned many console systems. I started freelancing for the school newspaper at this time. I won an award from the New York Times for my exploits, along with the team I created with reviews that I wrote and edited with my comrades.

This class, along with the other writing courses I have taken, are means to a end; to work for a prominent gaming magazine. This class is special, however, since it relates to the area of expertise I am interested in: writing for the media to an express audience. Writing to me is to immerse yourself in the knowledge and styles that literature along with media writing. As such, every class in my major has been successful in improving my writing style, even analyzing the works of different eras. Writing has always been a hobby as well as a means to an end. I love to write, and to learn.