My Photographic Memory

You might have known that I went to college at Hofstra University. But did you know that during my Freshman year, I moved into my dorm room, Room 208 at Vander Poel Hall, on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at around 11:30am? Did you know that my roommate and his family arrived at approximately 1:30pm that same day, and there was a convocation ceremony at the Mack Arena at 3:00pm? Did you know that when I was finished placing all of my materials in my room, I sat on a bench in a small garden eating a chicken cutlet and cheese hero from Joe’s Italian Food Market in West Babylon??

?You might have known that I chose Touro as my law school, but did you know that I formally applied on Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 4:45pm in the afternoon, after sitting on the application paperwork for weeks because I was struggling to get a complete answer for a few of the questions? Or did you know that on the morning of Monday, February 28, 2022, I sent emails to over 30 law schools, including Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Fordham, Catholic University of America, Toledo, and even Michigan State, seeking information about their law programs, even though there was a zero percent chance I would be enrolling in those law schools?

Did you know that the date of my first high school cross country practice was Monday, August 24, 2015 at 8:00am? Did you know I had a dentist appointment on Friday, August 26, 2016, and I had to miss cross country practice as a result? Did you know that my family went to Cape May from Monday, July 22 to Thursday, July 25, 2013? Did you know that I scraped and bled my toe from an ocean current the morning of Tuesday, July 23, 2013, forcing me to walk barefoot across a busy street and through a poolside deck in order to get to my room and receive medical attention?

Yesterday was Monday, October 31. October 31 was previously on a Monday in 2016, 2011, 2005, 1994, 1988, 1983, 1977, 1966, 1960, 1955, 1949, 1938, 1932, 1927, and 1921. October 31 will next be on a Monday in 2033.?

I did not get this information from the internet, or from a scrapbook, or from iPhone photos. I typed out all of this information because it was in my brain. Many people have told me that I have a photographic memory, or at least a very strong one, and I think I can say so myself.?

This encyclopedic knowledge helps me do well in school and can be an asset in the workforce. I won’t get lost when traveling, especially on Long Island, and it takes less time for me to perform tasks, such as maintaining statistics. It also gives me a knack for great attention to detail, whether it be when I read a news article, watch a baseball game on TV, or review a study guide before a test. One caveat to these unique abilities is that many times my reading speed is much faster than the average person, for example when reading terms and conditions on a website.