Hello everyone! My
name is Cory Jackson, and I am currently within my final semester here at
Fredonia and anxiously moving forward to medical school in the fall.
When I introduce myself to others, most immediately note my
height and weight as I am 6’3 and roughly 150 pounds. This is often the root of merciless teasing
from those that I care about including my father and my girlfriend (who is all
of 5’2!). Whether it is, “Hey go and hide
behind that stop sign” in hide and go seek, or “you seriously cannot dunk a
basketball? Can’t you reach your hand up
and touch the rim?” my height is a constant source of enjoyment for
others. This characteristic has led to strong relationships between those I care about, as now that they have opened
the floodgates, I am able to tease them as well, always resulting to a fun time
together. Although I have a bunch of fun
with this attribute, it also leads to discomfort. I am unable to sit up straight in the car I
currently drive because I would be in constant contact with the roof of
the car.
As I am determined to proceed through medical school, I
consider my hands to be exceptionally important (I plan to pursue a life in
surgery). But this identification with
my hands began in middle school when I first began to play the guitar. This is also the time when I began to grow my
hair, which was extremely curly, and reached down to my chest. I played the guitar for two years before
joining a band and playing on stage. I
always viewed my playing as a harmonious relationship between my two hands, as
both were responsible for very different aspects of playing the instrument but
when combined could produce something beautiful and strongly emotional. This dedication that I had to playing onstage helped me progress through a time in my life where I was quite shy and anxious in new situations as being on stage did not permit these elements of personality! I believe this experience led to my desire to
become a surgeon. I see a direct
relationship between using my hands to create music and then using them to help
people proceed through their lives.
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