Challenge 4: Own Question

19. Write you own essay question and answer it. (Kalamazoo College/93)

How much do I know?

Every day, I go to school. Every day, I want to learn something new. Every day, I hope that I will be swept off my feet by some incredible discovery. I have a hunger for knowledge. I have been learning and discovering from the day I was born. I have learned to walk, talk, run, play, skip, hop, read, write, observe, and express. These things did not just come to me; they took time. Over the course of seventeen years, I have learned to speak and understand four different languages: Nepali, English, French, and Hindi. I have learned about the Industrial Revolution, cellular respiration, the Periodic Table, gravity and acceleration, perfect roots, literary devices, the vanishing point, and notes and rhythms. But the things I know are just a tiny fraction of what is still out there. I go to bed every night, looking forward to tomorrow because I know that I will get to learn about something new, something I didn’t know before, and something that I will store in my memory. That is why I am curious, I ask questions, and I wonder. Why? Why is something the way it is? I ask these questions because I want to know more. I want to be blown away by knowledge. There are many, many things that I need to figure out, to make sure I understand so that I can feel satisfied. The things I don’t know will not lessen in number with age. With the speed at which our world is developing, new things to learn are going to emerge like the leaves on a naked tree after every winter. The things I can learn and discover will not decrease. And these things are waiting to be discover by me, as I hope to extend the frontiers of my limited knowledge a little more. Every day, I get a little closer to the end, but I want to make sure I can absorb as much knowledge as possible, so that when I reach the end, I will be satisfied, and I will know that I have done everything in my power to make the most of what this world has offered. Because what I don’t know is unlimited.