Question and Response

The following are my submissions to 's annual $500 college scholarship contest:

1) If you could trade places with someone for 24 hours, who would it be and why? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.)

Let's say, just for a moment, that it is true what physicists are saying about the nature of quantum reality, and that the variable manifestation of this field extends into our macroscopic lives to create, in actuality, multiple dimensions. This layering of reality, combined with the ability to trade places with someone for 24-hours, creates a limitless potential. Imagine being able to pop over to another universe and find cures for cancer or AIDS, secrets to religious mysteries, or maybe even a long lost love. I want to trade places with that person!

2) What is the greatest "life lesson" that you have learned so far in your life? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.)

"Life is a well spring of satisfaction when one makes real one's dreams." We wake up each morning, looking out into the world, envisioning possible steps by which our futures can be made. In the canvas of our minds, our imagination stretches out as a rich mural of color that pleads with our bodies to act. These ideas are the dreams which invigorate our senses, ensnare our hearts, captivate our minds, quicken our steps, and beat the time to our actions. I can think of nothing more fulfilling then to dance by the tune of this music.

3) What is the coolest thing you have ever found? (Answer must be 120 words or less.)

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4) What book, written in the last 200 years, has had the biggest impact on your life? Why do you feel others should read it too? (Answer must be between 80 and 120 words.)

I always liked stories from childhood. I have so many fond memories of being read to as a child, that when I see these books again, those same sensations of bliss overcome me once more. I'll take the book from the shelf of wherever I'm at, and sit down to a few precious moments of joyous remembrance. . . . These books are a warm bed, bowls of cereal, and Saturday morning cartoons. They are the love of parents, teachers, and of each other. For the young and for the old, they create and reawaken happy memories.

Yeah!!!