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I live in Berwick

Pennsylvania with

my family, which is where I have lived my entire life. I am currently attending Penn State University at the Harrisburg campus. For my entire life I have been interested in science, But growing up in a baptist church has given me a skepticism for all matters generally accepted by the scientific community. This makes me a very critical thinker, who makes his own decisions based on evidence presented and not on the majority opinion.

When I was young, I used to enjoy going into the local swamps to hunt for frogs, and various other creatures. This was a favorite pastime of mine, and like any other child I loved to play. When I was in elementary school I took up playing the trumpet, which I still do to this day (I have become quite proficient if I dare say so myself). I also learned I had some more unusual talents which would lead to some interesting experiences later on in life, such talents included various face contortions which most kids attempt, but only a few accel at. When I was in middle school (6th grade) I was not well liked by most of the other students, so I asked to be home schooled, my mother had home schooled my sister so I decided I wanted this as well. I continued to attend band at the local school district but did all of my studies at home. This home studying has taught me great self discipline, and I believe has given me a superior education to that of my peers.

I got my first job when I was in seventh grade, I worked for a farmer down the road picking and sorting various vegetables. To me, the work seemed brutal at the time, especially since my coworkers were much older than myself, and made the work look very easy. But the job taught me responsibility, and for the first time I had a source of income, which enabled me to take up hobbies which have become very important to me. Later on I got a job working at a greenhouse down the road, where I did a lot of planting seedlings. The work wasn't incredibly difficult, but It was tedious, and the conditions were horrific. If it wasn't 110 degrees, it was 32, and you were always wet and dirty (not to mention the faulty, broke down wiring, plumbing and building structure!). But this job not only gave me money, it taught me a lot of patience, many technical skills, and gave me a great sense of accomplishment, and looking back I

can

only remember the good times I had there. The people there were very interesting to put it mildly, and I had fun getting wet and dirty, and then bragging about withstanding the cold and heat!

When I was in high school I continued to play my trumpet, and actually started sounding good! I was a quiet person, but my marching ability made me a legend among the other students, and I made friends quickly. I also had an amazing experience in 11th grade, when my "useless talents" were discovered, not my trumpet playing, but my face tricks! I won third runner up in a national Pizza Hut contest (Pizza Hut's cheesy talent search), and got to appear on "Regis and Kelly", and "Fox and Friends" to display my talents with the other winners. It was an incredible experience and I shall never forget it. Later on that year, I got to appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, evidently someone from the show saw me on one of hte other programs, and they called my house on Monday, and by Friday the same week I was on the show, I got paid this time (the easiest $550 I ever made!). So as a student all of the sudden I became very popular. Here is a picture of me, my mom, my sister, and Jay. Not bad for a redneck country boy!

Upon being accepted into Penn state university, I took up studying mechanical engineering (no longer my major), and continue to improve myself with more education. I am constantly fritting about busying myself with my various hobbies, and of course work and schoolwork.

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Scott Bogard. 2007

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