A USAMO Dream - AIME II result
by shiningsunnyday, Mar 23, 2017, 3:27 PM
What is a dream?
A dream is a sensation that is conjured up in your mind one night. It's one that is given to you almost as if by accident. Some may dismiss it, and most of the times, it's forgotten the morning after.
Alternatively, it's an obligation, a responsibility - a purpose that is given to you that only you can fulfill. It's not something one should take for granted. It's something for which you would squeeze out every, single, bit of your mind and body in order to fulfill. It gives life purpose, for a man without a goal is like a boat without a destination.
It also requires sacrifice - it involves doing deliberately what others think you can't - what others may dismiss as "in your dreams." It's having the courage to swim against the current, to look like the round ball in the square hole.
And ever since this dream visited me a bit more than 2 years ago, back when I was just an above average math student - ignorant, clueless, I've felt myself on a mission to pursue it, to shape every action in my life around my desire to be the best I can be. Without this dream, I would never be where I am.
God bless AoPS and everyone who believed in me. It still doesn't feel real as I'm saying this, but:
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Dictionary wrote:
dream |drēm|
noun
a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep: I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights.
• [ in sing. ] a state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings: he had been walking around in a dream all day.
• a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal: I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion | the girl of my dreams | [ as modifier ] : they'd found their dream home.
• an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy: maybe he could get a job and earn some money—but he knew this was just a dream.
• a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect: her new man's an absolute dream | it was a dream of a backhand | she's a couturier's dream.
noun
a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep: I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights.
• [ in sing. ] a state of mind in which someone is or seems to be unaware of their immediate surroundings: he had been walking around in a dream all day.
• a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal: I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion | the girl of my dreams | [ as modifier ] : they'd found their dream home.
• an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy: maybe he could get a job and earn some money—but he knew this was just a dream.
• a person or thing perceived as wonderful or perfect: her new man's an absolute dream | it was a dream of a backhand | she's a couturier's dream.
A dream is a sensation that is conjured up in your mind one night. It's one that is given to you almost as if by accident. Some may dismiss it, and most of the times, it's forgotten the morning after.
Alternatively, it's an obligation, a responsibility - a purpose that is given to you that only you can fulfill. It's not something one should take for granted. It's something for which you would squeeze out every, single, bit of your mind and body in order to fulfill. It gives life purpose, for a man without a goal is like a boat without a destination.
It also requires sacrifice - it involves doing deliberately what others think you can't - what others may dismiss as "in your dreams." It's having the courage to swim against the current, to look like the round ball in the square hole.
And ever since this dream visited me a bit more than 2 years ago, back when I was just an above average math student - ignorant, clueless, I've felt myself on a mission to pursue it, to shape every action in my life around my desire to be the best I can be. Without this dream, I would never be where I am.
God bless AoPS and everyone who believed in me. It still doesn't feel real as I'm saying this, but:
![\[129 + 12 \cdot 10 = 249 \Rightarrow \text{USAMO!}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/8/d/08d76c476b962468eb05190466eeeae9da0647d4.png)
This post has been edited 3 times. Last edited by shiningsunnyday, Mar 27, 2017, 12:42 PM
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