Comments on: The Truth Behind “My Time” http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/14/the-truth-behind-my-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-behind-my-time HDCC 208B / Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity / Fall 2012 Mon, 11 May 2015 07:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Alexis http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/14/the-truth-behind-my-time/#comment-68 Alexis Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:31:27 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/?p=1001#comment-68 While I must agree with Tyreese that this is more than just an essay, I will have to counter her counter. Yes, this essay describes in detail one of the most memorable moments of my life. It would be apt for autobiographical documentation of my "coming of age" years. However, what the reader does not know is that I did not get accepted into the Ivy League school to which I sent the essay. Thus, the essay has a very different meaning. The conclusion of the essay has a tone of hopefulness and passion. I show my ambition to do great things and chase after my dreams. Ironically, the dream I was chasing, attending that particular university, was not fulfilled. Therefore, this is not a heartfelt story of a girl passionately moving through life, rather a story of failure and consequence. The essay shows the optimism of a seventeen-year-old high school senior juxtaposed with realism in a world where one cannot always achieve every goal one sets. While this is not to say I do not love where I ended up and incidentally maintain no hard feelings about being rejected, the truth is: had I known the essay would not have been enough to get me into the school, I would have written about something completely different. While I must agree with Tyreese that this is more than just an essay, I will have to counter her counter. Yes, this essay describes in detail one of the most memorable moments of my life. It would be apt for autobiographical documentation of my “coming of age” years. However, what the reader does not know is that I did not get accepted into the Ivy League school to which I sent the essay.

Thus, the essay has a very different meaning. The conclusion of the essay has a tone of hopefulness and passion. I show my ambition to do great things and chase after my dreams. Ironically, the dream I was chasing, attending that particular university, was not fulfilled. Therefore, this is not a heartfelt story of a girl passionately moving through life, rather a story of failure and consequence. The essay shows the optimism of a seventeen-year-old high school senior juxtaposed with realism in a world where one cannot always achieve every goal one sets. While this is not to say I do not love where I ended up and incidentally maintain no hard feelings about being rejected, the truth is: had I known the essay would not have been enough to get me into the school, I would have written about something completely different.

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