Scientific Me

Exploring the outdoors even at a young age!

When I was younger, I was always forced to go to my brother's baseball games. It wasn't the game that I was watching though. Instead, I would sit and play with the rocks

and leaves around me until my mom would tell me to stop. I wanted to know everything there was to know about the environment and the world around me.

As I grew up, my curiosity remained, but over the school

years, my love for science began to fade. As I progressed through school science became more difficult and I began to struggle. I no longer was curious, and instead just wanted to do well in the class. I gravitated away from science, and once I got to high school wanted nothing to do with it anymore. I did not want to wear a white lab coat and be locked indoors researching all day since that is what I believed scientists did. My views were not far off from many others, as Jennifer DeMichele discusses having the same views in her Scientific Me biography.

Luckily for me, this class allows me to revisit my past love for exploring and questioning, and to debunk the beliefs that I once had about scientists. I am hoping that this class will revive the interest that I once had for the environment around me.

I think that science is all about exploration. It is about exploring the environment around you and digging deeper into questions that you may have about the world. Although I have not always had the best experience in science my past with science my curiosity and desire for learning have continued to push me to learn more.