Many students expand their view of the world during their time in college. Such growth often results from encounters between students who have lived different cultural, economic, or academic experiences. With your future growth in mind, describe a potential classmate that you believe you could learn from either within or outside a formal classroom environment.

308-word version: U of Texas--Austin
It seems almost too difficult to narrow my choice to just one potential classmate, but I believe I could learn from someone who grew up in a small Texas town. I was born in Seoul, a huge city that is nearly all Korean. I imagine that someone from a small town in Texas has experienced a totally different way of life...