I have recently come to accept the fact that I am not normal. That is, if normality is defined by having “usual” teenage experiences and an “average” outlook on life, by no means do I fit the mold. I am a person driven by passion- someone who avidly practices without ever being told, who daily fills the pages of a journal that no one will ever see, and who spends hours researching for no purpose other than the gain of personal knowledge. Even more importantly, I posse…