At this point I am supposed to write a persuasive statement that will convince a group of

people, that my talents, experiences, and choices in life make me special. I wish I could tell you

that I am such a person; however one of my personal beliefs prevents this. I believe that any

person, given the appropriate circumstances, would be just as capable as any other. I believe that

the illusion of capability comes from two main factors. The first factor (especially in academia)

is a person’s perception upon an event or idea. There is a limit upon understanding an idea

within a perception. If a person has not been exposed to the taught perception, they will not

understand. The second factor, is the worlds perception of the individual. The world places limits

upon a person based upon its perception of the person. It is because of my personal belief, that I

cannot say that I am better than John Doe. All I can say is, what my perception of the world is,

and describe the worlds perception of me.

A person’s main interest is usually derived from their dominate perception. The reason;

our perception is how we interpret the world, and our interest come from what we most easily

understand. My interest is understanding the unknown. I have an inner desire to solve problems

and ideas that are unsolved. This interest comes from two dominant perceptions. The first

perception is a strong logic or reason based understanding. Which means I think in terms of

cause and event. The second perception is a strong humanitarian understanding. Which causes

me to think in terms of purpose. Theses two perspectives often conflict with each other, and it is

the void between cause and purpose that derives my interest of the unknown.

In my studies of trying to understand this void, I came across a field that has the potential

of connecting cause and purpose. I feel if one has an understanding of the nature and mechanics

of creation, one will have a closer understanding of this void. This is why my specialized interest

focuses on creativity, or the ability to create new ideas or things. (363)

 When asked, what is your intended major, I become a student who is torn. My interest

causes me to decline specialize, and a major is a specialization. Since, creativity fills my void,

and I have to specialize, then I should specialize in a field that contains this idea. I wish there

was a major that focuses on creativity. Maybe the nature of this kind of major, is for the student

to create it them self. If so, this my major. If not, then I wish to either research creativity within

a cognitive science major or apply it within a media major.

My interest in creativity began my senior year in high school. I constructed a research

project titled, “investigating creative waves.” I attempted to compare brain waves to a creativity

test. I do wish to continue this, but my current resources have been limited. To compensate,

during my stay at Moorpark, I have kept a conscious perception upon creativity, and when

permitted, shifted my work into this field. I have also perused a creative interest in the television

program, to have an experience in creation. What I have gained from my developed creative

perception, is the ability to understand, as opposed to memorize. (203)

As how will my presence alter the perception of the school? One event that I have noticed

about my peers, is that they become more creative. Which can be good or bad in an academic

sense. This reaction comes from an ideology that I bring; true intelligence comes from a being’s

capability of splicing old ideas to create new, not merely repeating old ideas.

Now for an extremely brief autobiography by Juston Points. I was the first born of four to

a lower class family in Moore, Oklahoma. At the age of four my mother divorced my father due

to a drug problem. When I entered second grade, I guess my mother got tired of working three

jobs, and never being home. So she went on welfare, but she used the time given to her by the

program to go to school. In four years she graduated with a bachelors in education. Then she got

a job as a music teacher. This improved my family’s socioeconomic standard to upper-lower

class. My high school years where spent at Westmoore High School. During my senior year, my

mother met her high school sweetheart, via the internet, and they got married. Since he lived in

California, I moved with my family here. I am currently working 20 - 30 hours a week and doing

19 units, in my fifth semester at Moorpark College. (229)

An academic record is a limit created by society. It is used by most academic systems to

decided upon admission. In my case, it probably creates a negative perception. However, it only

appears that way, because I am creative student, not a perfectionist. I say this because, I feel that

the measurement of grades are bias to perfectionist. I understand that precision is good, but so is

creativity. Unfortunately, what I have noticed in my studies, is that precision relies on limits and

creativity defies limits, making them inverse functions. Which means that a grade based on

precision, punishes the creative. The best solution is to create a balance between creativity and

precision. This is the ideology of my curriculum . I developed a creative interest in the television

program, and a precision base interest in psychology, that later grew into cognitive science. This

is why I have so many units, please forgive me for my deviation. But remember, deviation is

essential for change.

And now, the meaning of life. Limits prevent change. If everything was limited, then

nothing can change, making life meaningless. The fewer limits, the more that can change,

making life more meaningful. Therefore, the meaning of life, is to change.(203)