Assignment 18- Jasir Rahman- Buckets

1. A prerequisite to my college bucket list is that which I do in high school.  My parents say I need to distinguish myself from other applicants in order to have a shot at most schools.  The book How to Be a High School Superstar corroborates such sentiments.  However, the book's approach is to engage in exploration in those areas in which one is interested in order to garner interestingness and thus admissions success, as AOs become invested in your journey of intellectual vitality.  I have been attempting to create a functional website for a business venture that I am interested in pursuing.  To get this venture up and running before admissions season in a few months is imperative, but I feel as though I am much too late.  I am scared.  I pray that my hard work pays off and I am able to get this up and running and have something, whether it is the website or not, that can impress colleges.

2.  Assuming I get into schools and attend college, I hope that I have the opportunity to take courses in my father's native tongue or perhaps Arabic, both of which hold a significant cultural value that I feel has been lost on me due to the duality of my existence.

3.  I would prefer personal growth over all other materialistic pursuits that one may list off as something to attain in a bucket list.  I should stop worrying all the time.  Keep my mouth shut.  Don't be so arrogant.  Fix other personal flaws that I hide in my subconscious out of the dread of self-confrontation and reform.  I want to be a better person.  That is all.