“Ooohhhhhh your name is Tatum? You mean like, Channing Tatum?” I smile whenever people make that comparison. I find it amusing, although to be truthful it’s very likely that the only thing that I share with the guy is the name. Even though we have the same name, that doesn’t quite indicate the same personality. Our individual names may have a meaning all on their own, but we, the people who claim them, can warp that definition to match our own unique selves. They are just labels we recieved by chance, and what makes the name “Tatum Young-Jin Cho” mine may not be in a fitting book definition, but that doesn’t make it any less of my own.
According to babynames.com, the name Tatum means cheerful, or full of spirit. While that definition …show more content…
Even though I know now that that isn’t necessarily true, I still feel rather attached to the name “Cho”. “Cho” has various meanings in different languages. According to Baby-names.familyeducation.com, in Korean, “Cho” means “beautiful”, and in Japanese it means “butterfly”; however, I do not visualize myself much as a beautiful butterfly. My favorite meaning behind the word that I discovered was that, according to wikipedia.com, “Cho” could be seen as the equivalent to “CHO”, an acronym for a Chinese Hamster Ovary cell. CHO cells are known for their usefulness in the scientific community as a mammalian model, from which biological, medical, pharmaceutical research is performed upon. Much like these cells, I feel compelled that my life has to amount up to something, and that my goal is to be a model from which others may learn from. I strive towards being something that may be viewed upon to help others develop, and I feel as though if by the time I die I do not make a lasting impact on or inspiring contribution to the earth, then I have lived my life as a failure. In that respect, the name “Cho” fits me in a peculiar way of
According to babynames.com, the name Tatum means cheerful, or full of spirit. While that definition …show more content…
Even though I know now that that isn’t necessarily true, I still feel rather attached to the name “Cho”. “Cho” has various meanings in different languages. According to Baby-names.familyeducation.com, in Korean, “Cho” means “beautiful”, and in Japanese it means “butterfly”; however, I do not visualize myself much as a beautiful butterfly. My favorite meaning behind the word that I discovered was that, according to wikipedia.com, “Cho” could be seen as the equivalent to “CHO”, an acronym for a Chinese Hamster Ovary cell. CHO cells are known for their usefulness in the scientific community as a mammalian model, from which biological, medical, pharmaceutical research is performed upon. Much like these cells, I feel compelled that my life has to amount up to something, and that my goal is to be a model from which others may learn from. I strive towards being something that may be viewed upon to help others develop, and I feel as though if by the time I die I do not make a lasting impact on or inspiring contribution to the earth, then I have lived my life as a failure. In that respect, the name “Cho” fits me in a peculiar way of