Hello Classmates! My name is Aidan Graham, a Junior PL SC major from Brooklyn, NY.
I am taking this class because I have always been interested in the role that Science plays in the world around us, but am totally awful at actually doing science. Last Spring, I took an astronomy class because thats exactly the kind of thing I am interested in… Or so I thought. I liked the idea of learning abstract ideas about the Cosmos, but instead, I ended memorizing the chemical composition of stars (73% Hydrogen and 25% Helium) and looking like this:
This class, however, seems perfect for me. I want to understand more about the way science affects our society, but have no interest in the hard science itself.
I meant to post the link to my high school’s website. It is http://www.pasd.us/website/school_main.php?schoolid=2766
I could not agree more about the whole science class in high school thing. I went to Palmyra Area High School and that chemistry class was super boring. This class and the conceptual application is the kind science that really peaks my interest.
i completely agree Aidan, when i took chemistry in high school the only thing it taught me was how to get comfortable enough in a chair to sleep. This type of real world science and its application to the world is much more interesting.
Chem is high school never failed to put me to sleep.
http://s632.photobucket.com/user/erin-r-shepard/media/things%20that%20make%20me%20smile/peoplesleepinginclass.jpg.html