Growing up, it was hard to find people who agreed my philosophy of having an open mind, so I was known as a defiant student. Once I've started to get older, I realized that the easiest way to get through school was to play by their rules, and that's what I did. With my new mindset, I would question things inside the classroom and keep my concern for other things in the back of my head. Overall, I formed my aspiration for science from my inability to partake in …show more content…
My older sister was the athlete of the family, so she would get all the praise for that. On the other hand, the only way I would get a slight bit of praise from my parents were through my grades. Prior to high school, I didn't see school as my path into the future. It was just to make my parents happy and for them to show off to their coworkers. While I was in school, people started saying how much of a genius I was, and I felt like I had to live up to that title because I didn't want them to think I was stupid. With that being said, I made sure my grades were in tip-top shape to please everyone around me and not doing it for