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Ethan Knight

Honors 100 Seminar AB


October 9, 2016

Throughout my time in high school, social studies and hard sciences


has always been portrayed as a binary; an either/or choice; choices that are
difficult to integrate and reconcile. However, I never saw this binary; most, if
not academics subjects are interconnected, with their growth dependent on
the advancement of others. When I began researching colleges I should
apply to, I sought to find one with the same philosophy of teaching I
expected from my teachers: one the emphasizes the interconnectedness of
social studies and hard sciences. Throughout this research process my senior
year of high school, I looked at online forums, discussed with my parents and
neighbors, many of whom had children attend the University of Washington,
and consult with my peers who all attend college currently. While the
University of Washington didnt place special emphasis on interdisciplinary
education outside of general education requirements, after talking with a
friend who attends UW, I learned of a program which did: The Honors
program. Her description of the Honors Program fulfilled my desires for an
education, and thus was one of the guiding reasons why I matriculated to the
UW.
In my time at UW, I hope to continue discovering the intricacies of the
topics that I learn. Discoveries did not happen in a vacuum, nor should
learning be as well. The advancements of science, math, and the arts, they
were influenced by the subtle pushes and pulls each one exerted on the
other. For example, the cultural richness of the Renaissance led to a quizzical
philosophy that caused an intellectual boom in the sciences during the
Enlightenment era. My UW experiences should follow the same pathway:
encouraging critical and causality thinking to find pathways I havent
discovered or even considered yet. This quarter, I hope to begin to explore
different culture through my Honors Japanese Modern Film and Culture class.
I hope to challenge myself and prepare myself through taking Honors
Chemistry. I hope the classes that I take current will for a strong base for
classes that I seek to take in the future. But most importantly, I hope that
these classes will eventually link back to each other. While these classes
currently seem unrelated, I hope through my UW Honors experience I will
find an under-arching theme that will allow me to understand and connect
the topic areas I choose to study.
By exploring the causality relationships between seemingly unrelated
subjects, I hope this will strengthen by insights to become more
compassionate, analytical, and observant of patterns. I believe that these
virtues would be extremely useful after my undergraduate experience as I

attempt to apply into medical school and become a cardiothoracic surgeon.


The capacity to empathize as well as think objectively are prerequisites for
becoming a healthcare professional. But more importantly, these virtues are
necessary to be an open-minded and informed global citizen a more
important defining characteristic in an increasingly globalized society.
Ultimately, I see the Honors Program as a pathway as a bridge between two
sides; a force for enlightenment and improvement of myself, the ultimate
goal for higher education.

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