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Leon Norfleet
AP Language & Composition Period 1
April 3, 2020
Professor Brickley
Freshman Personal Insight Questions
2. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving,
original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you
express your creative side.
I express my creative side by trying to come up with unique and different solutions in order to
solve problems. To me, creativity means the ability to create or do something in a way
that has not been done before. By doing so, I believe that you are able to surpass your
limits and learn where your own strengths truly lie. I believe that I have the creative
ability to see when there is a unique way to do something that has never been attempted
and may improve something. An example of this occurred in my AP Computer Science
class. We were learning about arrays at the time and the way the lessons work is that we
complete them one at a time on a program language learning website. But, in order to try
to learn more I often reprogram the entire lesson code in order to have a deeper
understanding of how it works and to also discover different ways to efficiently recreate
the program.
3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and
demonstrated that talent over time?
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I would say that my greatest skill is being able to teach myself. To elaborate, I am able to adapt
and learn different things usually without much trouble because I try to truly understand
the subject by picking it apart and learning how it works. I believe that I was able to find
this skill because when I was younger I was always curious as to how things worked, and
wanted to try it. This skill allows me to take advantage of opportunities to learn more and
get more experience in the things I'm interested in. For example, by being able to
understand programming languages and how they work by taking it apart and teaching
myself how to use this knowledge, I am able to take difficult computer science classes in
order to learn more about programming.
6. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this
interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
The academic subject that has always inspired me is science. It explains how and why the world
works. Science inspired me because through experiments and research you can use
information and diligence to make sense of something you would otherwise not be able
to. When I was younger, I would always try to do science experiments and read books
about scientific information in order to know more. I furthered my interest by trying to
gain more and more information through research and reading. When I was in middle
school, I participated in scientific competitions and decathlons to challenge myself and
my knowledge of science.
7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?
One thing I have done to make my school a better place is join the Key Club. It is a community
service club that prioritizes cleaning up and helping community parks, as well as running and
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supporting fundraising events to help support its school. I joined the club because I felt I could
do more and be more active as well as try to influence change for the better for the school in
some way. My actions benefited others in many ways, such as when I cleaned parks and donated
to organizations that helped people in worse situations. These acts were done together with a
group, and through cooperation with them I feel as though we really enacted change in our
community.