“In 250 words or less tell us who you are” I would love to paint you a picture but I cant because that a thousand words-and four times the word limit. I have Blond hair and blue eyes that I can tell you in four or more languages and I am more than can meet the eyes. Freshmen tower over me but I am also fluent in the language of defense. I have been defined in numbers- but in that I am not alone. SAT, ACT, Student Number, Ib number, telephone- fill in the blanks to prove you’re alive. From day one we fight to make an identity for ourselves – defined by our success, just one mistake and we are given another number- Prisoner #7049217. I’ve been given a number to prove I belong- I am one of the almost 8 billion humans alive. Arranged in numbers 1-27 by a number from 0.00 to 4.00 to prove my worth. I am more than the 9/10 or the ✓= or the 76% on the top of my paper. I am not a completion grade I will be handed at the end of my life. 250 words cannot unlock and paint a picture of who I am. 9-10-11-12 four years of high school uncovered who I was. ‘15-‘16-‘17-‘18 will uncover who I am to you. In 250 words define yourself in a world that from day one has tried to define you. In 2.5 words I will define who I am.  I’m myself.