The most definitive aspect of me as an intellectual explorer is that I am extremely optimistic and imaginative. In others, I’ve seen how a negative outlook in education can make people deny the potential for amazing things to happen, or worse yet; deny their own potential to accomplish extraordinary feats. So, I strive see the amazing possibilities in everything, and tackle every situation with an attitude of “I can and will” rather than “I cannot”. Even when struggling with difficult concepts, I remain positive and aim to find inventive methods to help me better understand. Becoming hands on with physical representations or tools is my most preferred method, because it’s the manner in which I taught myself to learn.
As a young child, I would get into all kinds of messy situations just for the sake of discovering more about the world. I tore apart the kitchen to find the ingredients for making alum crystals and baking soda and vinegar volcanos. Outside, I’d pretend to play paleontologist in the dirt, …show more content…
Putting the reasons behind the reactions filled me with wonder, and seeing the full complexity of these experiments in action was even more spectacular than anything I could have created with my kit. I was so enamored with learning more that I enthusiastically completed my experiments in record time. Seeing that I was not only an eager student, but a capable one, prompted the teacher to ask if I would like to do more complex experiments and present them before the class. I gladly accepted and began devoting my spare time to reading over the extra materials I was given. Whenever time would allow it, I would work on my presentations for the class during class, and I stayed after school many days to make sure everything was just right. The offer my teacher extended to me solidified my love of chemistry, and I knew from there on that I wanted to go into a field of research that revolved around
As a young child, I would get into all kinds of messy situations just for the sake of discovering more about the world. I tore apart the kitchen to find the ingredients for making alum crystals and baking soda and vinegar volcanos. Outside, I’d pretend to play paleontologist in the dirt, …show more content…
Putting the reasons behind the reactions filled me with wonder, and seeing the full complexity of these experiments in action was even more spectacular than anything I could have created with my kit. I was so enamored with learning more that I enthusiastically completed my experiments in record time. Seeing that I was not only an eager student, but a capable one, prompted the teacher to ask if I would like to do more complex experiments and present them before the class. I gladly accepted and began devoting my spare time to reading over the extra materials I was given. Whenever time would allow it, I would work on my presentations for the class during class, and I stayed after school many days to make sure everything was just right. The offer my teacher extended to me solidified my love of chemistry, and I knew from there on that I wanted to go into a field of research that revolved around