Why I am Not The Perfect Kid

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This is a personal essay that explores the concept of the perfect kid. The paper attempts to define perfection by looking at what does and what does not qualify as perfect. It looks at what factors may contribute to creating the perfect person and puts forth several possible definitions of human perfection.

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"I suppose I blushed because in my head I am not the perfect kid. Besides, what is perfection and why do I feel I have not achieved it? Do I even want to achieve it? When I think of perfection I always think of the story of John Humphrey Noyes who died in 1886. Noyes was an outspoken religious and communal leader who in the 1860's helped found Oneida Community in central New York. Noyes had some crazy ideas and wrote some outrageous doctrines regarding alternative forms of marriage, but more important to this discussion is that he felt that he had reached perfection. "Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Noyes was educated at Dartmouth and the Andover Seminary. While at Yale Divinity School, he announced that he had achieved human perfection and was promptly expelled." (Author not available, Noyes, John Humphrey (1811-1886)) Will I be expelled if I reach the realm of human perfection and become the perfect kid?"

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