Personal Narrative: I Am Only Passionately Throus?

Albert Einstein said, “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” When he made this comment, I imagine Einstein was only observing his success as a physicist. It was not meant to be profound or meaningful, but simply an explanation of his abilities. From a very young age I have been viewed as exceptionally intelligent. My classmates have always asked me how I do so well, and I usually provide a statement similar to Einstein’s. Although I was born with a tendency to be “smart”, my natural tendencies have in no way defined my intelligence; my passion, an acquired passion, and my ambition are the things which drive me learn. In my personal studies, I have learned a plethora of things beyond what is normal. For example, I play six instruments, just because I am passionately curious.

When I was in the tenth grade, I wrote an original oratory to compete with on the speech and debate team. The topic was standardized testing originally, but I quickly realized that testing was not the problem; the American public education system is fundamentally flawed. I had falsely assumed that standardized tests were the reason others my age lacked curiosity when it is so much more involved than that.
I also learned about things like the New York Performance Standards Consortium which uses project based assessment instead of the normal standardized test. My overall reaction was shock. I had no idea that our school systems were failing that badly. For a short while I was inspired to become a teacher, but I quickly noticed how the teachers are repeatedly ignored and even chastised for showing interest in improving the current