The essays I write in Portuguese are very... technical? I don't know the word for this... But they are argumentative. I need to convince the reader of my point of view.
Writing essays in a foreign language, having a shorter word limit, and in a totally different writing style is quite hard. Yet, I think I'm getting better at doing this.
I wish I could show this to my friends, but I'm way too shy. I think it's good, of course, that's why I'm posting it on my blog, but I don't want them to make fun of me. Also, some of my friends can't speak English. Even though Portuguese is my native language and way richer than English will ever be, it's not just translating. It's capturing the essence and feelings I put into this, but with different words.
Anyways, here it goes:
When asked to talk about myself, the first thing my mind shifts to is knowledge. I've always been told that studying is extremely important, because one day, life may take everything away from me, but my intelligence will remain.
And today, for me, there's nothing I enjoy doing more than learning.
I long for receiving all the information I can put my hands on, to read all the books that were ever written, to speak all existing languages and be understood by humans from all backgrounds, to know everything about every single culture, and to be able to consume and comprehend all the amazing, meaningful things we call art.
We never know enough, there's always a gap needing to be filled.
And growing up, I realised that researching and developing critical sense was more necessary than I previously thought. When you chase wiseness and choose not to blindly believe and follow what others expect you to do, you open your eyes to the real world. You free yourself from the restraints those who hold the power placed on you the moment you were born.
Seeing things how they really are instead of looking at the cover-up made to fool the less enlightened has changed me forever, but the thirst I feel for the drops of knowledge has only increased.
I hope whoever is reading my essay will be gentle to me XD
I know it's not perfect, and I'm not bragging, I just wanted to share this. I know there's room for improvement.
But even if it's not the best text in the whole human existence, I do think it's a good one. When I look at it, I see part of my soul, my feelings... It's just a couple of words together, but it feels so human.
I'm kind of proud of myself. Not everything has to be perfect, anyways.
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