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My Love Of Science

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My love of being in a laboratory started with my increasing interest in science when I was a child. Being from a single parent home, we did not always have money to purchase toys or do activities; so most of my younger days were spent outside and in the kitchen. During the daytime, I would catch insects, frogs, small fish in the stream behind our home, or help my neighbor on his farm. My neighbor taught me various things about the forest; he showed and named all the trees, edible and poisonous plants, what time we could harvest such edibles, taught me how to clean fish. One of favorite lessons he taught was where the best place to find salamanders. At night I would spend my time in the kitchen doing at home experiments, such as leaving an egg in vinegar, making slime, or a baking soda volcano. However, as I grew up and attended school, I became unsatisfied with my science courses. I wanted thorough explanation of why things are the way they are. Once I enrolled in college, I was excited at the endless possibilities that awaited me to reach my goals. My goal in the simplest form is to work in a laboratory setting away from the general public. I love to volunteer and help people, but I prefer not to interact with them. Starting as soon as I was sixteen, I worked as a cashier at a grocery store until present day; I believe I had enough interaction with the public to satisfy a lifetime. I decided that I wanted to be a medical laboratory scientist, because not only will I help

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