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Questions asked by Grad School

Hello Lovelies! So, as I have mentioned a time or two, I'm working on applying to a graduate school program in Boston. As part of the application, I'm asked to write a "Statement of Purpose."  The prompt for this statement is given as "Describe your intellectual goals in seeking this degree. highlight your academic or professional engagement with children's/young adult literature and discuss the questions about children's/young adult literature that have interested you and will influence your study." Intellectual goals?? INTELLECTUAL GOALS?? GUYS MY ENTIRE LIFE IS AN INTELLECTUAL GOAL. I just....what?? I mean, do I have intellectual goals? My life is all about learning and sharing that learning with others. That's really all I want to do. I'm not sure how to relay that into an "intellectual goal" for (basically) an essay. And that's only the first part of the question! The even harder part is to describe what ques...