The mission of the NEOHSTEM Alliance, as stated on their website, is to "promote and support K-12 activities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Northeast Ohio." The tradition of forcing students to participate in the STEM Fair has done nothing but contradict this mission; instead of "promot[ing] K-12 activities in STEM," it has bred a hatred towards science, and subsequently, a hatred towards the fantastic outcomes that STEM-related research can offer. As an avid science student who is currently enrolled in an Honors and AP science class as a sophomore, and is a leader of the school Science Olympiad team, I possess a love for science that I do not hold for much else. I have known since my elementary school years that
