When I was five years old, someone informed me of the surprising fact that the male seahorse, not the female, gives birth. It was the first fact I remember learning, probably because of how much it shocked me at the time. The next day I went to school, eager to share my new knowledge with everyone I met. Starting with my teacher as she helped me take off my puffy pink vest and moving on to conversations on the swing and furtive whispers during naptime, I quickly made sure that every child and teacher in my preschool classroom was well-informed on this topic. unique reproductive peculiarity of the seahorse. The website of a famous liberal arts college cites a quote from Infinite Jest by alumnus David Foster Wallace: "''I read,' I say, 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I don't. I consume libraries. I consume ROM spines and drives. I do things like get in a cab and say, 'The library, and get in it.'” I wish I could go back to myself when I was five years old with this quote in my hand. I fully agree with Wallace's attitude towards learning. I have always sought knowledge from any available source, from the time I began reading at the age of four, until the later years, when the fleeting allusion of. a teacher to a historical mystery, like Amelia Earhart, Easter Island and Uri Geller, sent me rushing to the library in search of answers, with my size six Nikes doing the job of Wallace's taxi My insatiable need of knowledge led me to work in various environments: for example, I interned in Thailand, where I engaged in in-depth conferences and discussions examining modern international global issues, bioethics and medical bioethics, visited various sites and hospitals, including one that concentrated... in the center of the paper... perfect example of the true beauty inherent in the exchange of knowledge. When I was five years old, I told an arbitrary fact about a sea creature, I became obstinate in my insistence on sharing it with everyone I saw. And at the inevitable disbelief expressed by some classmates upon hearing this truth, I snarled. In the years since, I have learned the value of different points of view and the way in which facts and opinions inevitably merge. I want you to listen to me, but I'm also interested in knowing why you disagree. I want you to change my opinion because, and even if you don't succeed, I want your attempts at persuasion to be as passionate as mine. I want you to take what you have learned from me and pass it on to others; I will do the same with what I learn from you. I hope, one day, to have a long conversation with Mr. Wallace. I think we have a lot to talk about.