The Hunger Grows

For the past week, my daily schedule has been a repetition of attending class, studying, and sleeping. The class is moving at such a fast pace that it is getting very difficult for my brain to digest in the information taught at the lecture I have not faced such rigor in any of my classes at my traditional high school or the local community college. It is simply a wake up call. 

As I am typing this blog, I ponder about the limitless positive externalities with an education in Economics. From my two years in high school, I developed so much practical intelligence but I am realizing that I am very shy of analytical intelligence. Even though, I was taking Calculus my Sophomore year in High School as a college course, I did not rely on intuition but rather "logic". If my former Calculus teacher was to ask me to solve a Calculus word problem, I would struggle with it because it relies on both intuition and logic. However, if he was to ask me to take an anti-derivative of a function, I would find it easy because this relies on logic and barely intuition. 

Here, I am just a normal and average high school student whereas at Middle College High School, I was the top of the class, analytically and practically. 

The students in my Econ class are very individualistic, in my opinion. Everyone is more for themselves, whereas in my high school we were taught to be community-oriented. 

Though I found the test challenging, majority of the class found it as an "average" high school test. I have had long conversations with my mom over the phone and she always mentions of how my hard-work will show on the long-run. I spend majority of my time studying in the West Commons, after class, where everyone else goes to play Fifa or take a nap. And surprisingly, they are way smarter and more competitive, in nature, than me. It just does not add up.

I have not given up, though. As driven and motivated as I am, I will work 10 times as harder and spend 10 times more hours in the West Commons but I will not give up. I will be smarter than these students. Being average is not optimal for me. If it means doubling my hours in West Commons, so be it. It is this hunger that continually pushes me forward and I will never lose it.

This course has not just taught me about Microeconomics but also how to adapt to a situation and step out of my comfort zone. Maybe one of the reasons that I find this course difficult is because of the difference in my learning style and also this is my first-ever Econ course. A regular class at UChicago would be a quarter long but this course is condensed into 3 weeks, which adds more to that rigor. 3 to 4 lectures every single day but still finding time to socialize, study and sleep. It is difficult but I love it! The rigor is what drives my hunger. Being able to adjust and adapt to an environment is very significant, once I go off to college, and the good news is I am learning it here at UChicago.

The Ivy League Connection sent me here for a reason. They sent me here to better myself and my community. I have the adrenaline and hunger. These two are a deadly combination. I will not give up until I find the optimal route!