GE 10 — BB
BSMT II

WHAT IS A SILLIMANIAN FOR YOU?

A Sillimanian for me is somebody who is able to embody the image of what I think is a holistic person. I see him to be smart in more than one aspect of life. I see him as open-minded. I see him as patient. I see him as understanding. I see him as curious. I see him as caring. I see him as environmentally and societally conscious. And I see him as all of this in the face of a faithful walk with God. I haven’t been in Silliman long, but still long enough to make an opinion about it, and thus far, I truly see Silliman as a diverse, open, brilliant, Godly institution, and I expect nothing less of its constituents.

WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THE MENTAL ASPECT OF MAN?

Truly, I’ve always understood the human mind to be a complex thing. Too complex, even, that I never let myself go beyond self-set limitations to truly learn its role in making a person. But for today, I went beyond them, and the way I’ve come to understand it is that the mental aspect(s) of man is somehow this mapped-out matrix that defines the labyrinthine tapestry that makes out our cognitive, emotional, conscious and unconscious landscape. It allows us to understand why people are the way they are, why they make the decisions that they do, why they choose the paths that they choose, etc. The way I view it, the mental aspect of man enables us to have this solid perception of a person’s individuality, yet allows us, as well, to connect one person with another.