Yay! (part 2)

Yesterday I received my acceptance to the Objectivist Academic Center. Whee!

As I wrote in my application materials, occasionally in writing posts for this blog and especially in writing my article for The Objective Standard, I've come up against difficulty in expressing what I want to say. It's not a defect in my vocabulary: I've always been a word nerd. I was nicknamed "Webster" as a kid in elementary school, and I'm now one of the fastest crossword puzzle solvers in the country. So when I have trouble saying what I mean, the problem is not a lack of words to express myself; the problem is an imperfect understanding on my part of the principle I'm trying to express. To paraphrase Ayn Rand, you don't truly know something if you can't express it in words. So I'm enrolling in the OAC to improve my understanding of Objectivism, the better to apply it to my writing and my life.

Here's to better understanding!