Personal Narrative: Atilla Of The Huns

I was born to Krystal and Kirk Potter on September 27th, 1997 in a Kansas City, Missouri hospital. Two months premature, I weighed in at a massive four pounds and three ounces. My mother and her high caloric diets quickly remedied this.
More specifically, I grew like compound interest and was soon an overweight and self conscious 5th grader. This coupled with a shy personality and change of schools created a trifecta of social introversion.
Tasked with dressing up as a famous figure from history and speaking in front of my class for a project, I thought I’d die. At this point in time I still believed time spent outside your comfort zone could be fatal. Yet, through the obligation of the educational system, I stammered and sweated through a five minute presentation on Atilla of the Huns.
The reason I shared this condensed story is because it is one of the most important moments of intellectual development in my life. It showed me that these departures from my comfort zone were as a matter of fact not fatal. I began to think “Hey, it won’t kill me.” as a way to push myself onwards and upwards.
As I grew older, I began to take more and more risks. Sometimes they were taken so that I could participate with my friends, other times I took risks for the sake of improving myself. They ranged from asking out a girl to the first
While in college, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from many fields and keep my interests diverse. While I am focusing on a Computer Science major, I have also enjoyed classes in History, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Human Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Accounting, Economics, and Slavic Literature at the college level. Outside of the classroom, I am part of a few computer science clubs, an entrepreneurship club, and part of KU’s TEDx team. I also am currently working on an independent study under Dr. Dongkyu Choi in the field of Artificial