TOPIC: What kind of student do you think Phillips is in the text “How I Designed an A-Bomb in My Junior Year at Princeton”? Give facts from the text to support your judgment.
Phillips describes himself as a “below-average” student by saying that he does very poorly in the first semester of his junior year at Princeton University. Because of this he gets a note from the dean, informing him that if he fails one more course, he would have to leave the university.But this does not mean that Phillips is really a slow learner. On the contrary, he can be very smart if a course interests him. He succeeds in designing an atomic bomb, which shows that he is not only intelligent and diligent, but also persistent and quick-witted.In the process of designing the bomb, he comes across a lot of difficulties, but he does not give up. Instead he works day and night to overcome them one by one. Less than 24 hours before the design is due, he cleverly obtains the last bit of information he needs and finally fulfills his ambition.
