Aman Desai’s posts

A few thoughts on math and computer science

Everyone has an arch nemesis in high school. Mine was the most brutal one of them all, a dominating persona who went by the name “Mathematics”. It was fairly obvious why Math and I had a mutual dislike for each other: I gave it wrong answers and it gave…

An identical influence

The greatest coincidence in my life is the fact that my uncle and I were born in the same town, in the same hospital, in the same room. But that isn’t all I share with him, what is even more astounding is that our personalities and mannerisms are so much alike that my grandfather (his…

Me

A poem I wrote when a teacher asked me to describe myself to the class

Short, energetic, spiky hair

With my lame jokes ALL of you must bear

The speech I wrote for my student council elections (I lost, sadly)

I’m gonna start this the way every student council speech is started.

Good afternoon respected teachers and my dear friends.

This is not me

Every time I meet someone new

After exchanging less than a word or two

The two of us deem ourselves fit enough

To draw a perfect portrait of each other

A thrilling test of endurance

Thoughts and feelings before running 1500 metres