Found an introduction of my self written in early January of 2012

Thinking is an arduous task. Philosophy helps one in dealing with this tiresome yet essential and fun task. As a student of KMLA with interest in a variety of fields such as linguistics, anthropology, and logistics, which are all areas requiring intense thinking activity, interest in philosophy was only natural. Throughout my journey as a scholar in such fields, studying and exercising philosophical concepts will be in high demand as well. Therefore, I decided to participate in the International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) to test the extent of my knowledge in philosophy and experience what it is like to compete with other people of my age using philosophical skills.

But, IPO is not just about philosophy. Rather, it is also a Colosseum where eager students compete with their writing skills. If so, my Korean composition teacher’s comment that my essays are crude and rough, yet powerful and breath-taking in their own way should encourage me. Generally, I try to focus more on the content and logics of what I write, rather than how elaborately it might be shaped. Hence, I am not a stranger to criticisms regarding bumps that might make some people hesitate to read on. Still, I have hopes that such problems are primarily for my Korean essays. During the last four months, I have engaged in writing journals and reviews on my blog for my English composition class, where I was commented that my writing style is very compacted yet active, helping readers to move quickly and get to point.

Ever since I learned my letters and made reading a hobby, I almost never found myself without a topic from a book to think about. Books like A Tale of Two Cities or Lord of the Flies were my favorites because they gave me something to ponder on. Such books often describe phases in one’s life when suddenly, one stops taking the world around him or her as granted.  Reading and discussing on topics regarding such books helped mold my views and opinions on the world.

           

           As for philosophy, it is not a foreign topic and I had the fortune of getting in contact with it several times. At such times, I tried to compare my thoughts with the thoughts of scholars that lived ahead of me and find ways in which such scholar’s thoughts might help structure mine better. I hope participating in this year’s IPO will benefit me in the field of philosophy since oftentimes it is hard to find friends to discuss on such serious topics and therefore my thoughts might be a bit radical and centered toward my experiences.