The Fire That Burns Within :: Personal Narrative, Autobiographical Essay

The Fire That Burns Within   ...we but take that lift to pass and continue beyond. Walt Whitman, Now I Will You to Be a Bold Swimmer, Song of Myself.   I never re all toldy horizon about how ones childhood continues to shape ones future. When I was young it never cut through my mind to say, I wanna be a medical doctor of endocrinology when I grow up or I wanna be a biomedical researcher at A&M University. It was, of course, always I wanna be a bangman or Im gonna be an astronaut. Somewhere along the line I became interested in information, and now I insufficiency to become a doctor. From looking back on my past all I can figure out is that my interest in scientific discipline grew the more I learned. I see it as this burning fire that started out as a spark when I went to my first science fair in second grade and saw all those experiments pen out and displayed on tri-folded poster board cut-outs. Now I savor to feed that flaming fire of curiosity by l earning as much as possible about everything, yet I besides need to stay focused and concentrate on this future in medicine. In short, I need to become an noble-minded student.   In my opinion, the angel student is one who always asks questions, consistently yearning to know what is unappreciated to him or her. The ideal student is smart and always wondering and thought process about something. This ideal student doesnt necessarily need to be all in all organized, yet that student shouldnt be sloppy either. For instance, I can be really smart, always ask questions, always be stand foring, but I could be so disorganized I couldnt even find my homework. An ideal student is a curious student, constantly pondering and frequently try to communicate these thoughts to others. A scholar is driven by a core as strong as his curiosity, that compels him to tell the world the things he has learned, says Edmund S. Morgan, of Yale University, in his paper What Faculty Expe ct of Students.   I do not think I am Morgans ideal student. I only meet a few of the requirements. I do, however, think quite a bit.