As a freshman, I struck a deal with myself: I would focus on Bible Quizzing and on the Academic Team until I graduated high school, and once I began college, I would focus solely on mathematics. This concentration would allow me to compete at a much higher level in both activities while only sacrificing a few years of studying mathematics. Fortunately, it has worked almost perfectly; I have Bible quizzed multiple times at the National level, have placed third and fourth at State while on the Academic Team, and have a strong chance to be on the first-place teams at Nationals and State this year. However, I was not capable of fully of keeping this deal; I cheated. I did so by digesting the occasional mathematics paper, by reading about and toiling
