NDGS Mathematics

Cogito ergo sum

“I think, therefore I am.” But who am I? I am nobody in particular. Most probably, I am the person whose name appears on the name tag in the picture: “ Jeffery Liu”.

But what's in a name? that which we call a rose / by any other name would smell as sweet.

Perhaps we are better defined through our thoughts and our actions and our existence.

So what thoughts and actions are happening in the picture? Well, it appears that a lot of thinking is taking place. In fact, the photograph was taken as a part of a scavenger hunt in the North Dakota Governor’s Schools program, where I have come to think about many things.

NDGS is a program open for application to high school sophomores and juniors, of which I am the latter. It offers academic programs in STEM-related disciplines, on the campus of North Dakota State University. If you are really observant, you may see from the name tag that I am a part of the mathematics discipline (it is a bit blurry).

Again, I have come here to think: to think about my education, in learning more about mathematics; to think about my future, in preparing for college life; and to think about who I am, in discovering more about the purpose of my existence. In fact, my favorite moments at NDGS are probably those which I have spent thinking; whether it be in the classroom with fellow scholars, or on my own free time.

I could tell you more about myself, for example, generic things like my favorite color (a lighter shade of blue), or my interests (classical music and classical Latin), but really I should not bore you with such trivial matters.

Now perhaps you know who I am. I have been thinking, so thus I know that I am. But I do not yet know who I am; for I am still trying to find myself.

…we know what we are, but know not / what we may be.