The writing book I read over the summer branded the idea into my mind that when faced with an assigned composition topic, the best way to start is to read up until one knows so much about it that he must have an opinion on the matter. Yet I am faced now with a subject on which I cannot read up, so it is likely that what you are about to read is not entirely accurate.

            The best way to describe Anne Marie is as a curious case whose adolescence is preventing her from fitting her piece into the puzzle that is society. She tolerantly tries to conform to high school masses with the belief that at the moment of graduation, her world will change and anything will be possible; that, as to reach Elysium one must follow the rules during life, to reach the scholarly equivalent one must follow the rules during high school. When asked, her friends might confide that Anne Marie’s mind seemingly consists of 1% reality and 99% dreams for the future. How true is this observation? Very.

            Outside of academics, Anne Marie is attracted to an astonishingly varied array of pastimes. She spends the majority of her vacations quenching her insatiable wanderlust, traveling with her family members to whichever destination currently piques her curiosity. Needless to say, Anne Marie’s future children have many stories to hear. In fact, her dreams for the future frequently involve just this sort of global travel. At home, though—while her head is not in the clouds—her interests include competitive badminton, fashion and costume design, drawing, and reading. Her passion for culture and history was the basis for her extensive ancient-coin collection (which she openly acknowledges to be geeky).

            Since no one can possibly know, beyond science, what goes on in Anne Marie’s mind that makes her who she is, this list is the farthest anyone can go to answer the highly-posed identity question. And since she does not plan to find her inner self through Buddhism or the like, not even Anne Marie knows who she is. Who can say what she would do if offered a test of morality? courage? compassion? Maybe time will tell.