My Science Story

I have always been very interested in science because there is such an array of topics, and there is an ongoing process of improvement as more information becomes available on any given subject.  I like that science is not set in stone, like English for example, and you can question pretty much anything you are studying because a lot of what is being studied is unknown and rather abstract.  I had a biology teacher in my sophomore year of high school that got me really interested in nature and how the world works, and I have often found myself trying to find answers to questions about biology when hiking in the woods or being outside.  I find myself rattling off facts that I learned in his class because they really do interest me.  For example, I think I have told my dad how to tell the difference between male and female moss about a thousand times by now! Last time, he gave me that look like "you really don't remember telling me that before?" which I thought was really funny because it shows that I really was interested in what we were learning in Mr. Beaumont's class, even though he was probably the most difficult and certainly the most intimidating teacher I have ever had.  Biology is definitely my favorite subject within the field of science (not just because Michelle loves biology too), but I also like astronomy and finding answers to questions that are relevant to my own life.  I can honestly say that Mr. Beaumont changed my religious views for a while because he was so adamant when teaching us about evolution.  I will never forget the first class we had on evolution because one of our classmates brought in a book titled, "Facts About Evolution," which was completely blank inside from cover to cover.  I have never seen anybody get so mad in my entire life (Mr. Beaumont), and that student was kicked out of our class that very day even though it was half way through the semester.  For this reason, I think he put in an extra effort to teach us everything he knew and to convince our class about evolution, which worked out in our favor in the long run because we were exposed to more information than we would have been under normal circumstances.  I have been interested in science ever since, and was eager to learn a lot about rivers and the way they flow from the college level science course I took at Wheelock College in Boston because it was so interesting to me and I knew that I would learn a lot if I put the time into the class. That's my science story!