We’ve been doing a lot of talking about how to get financially stable, for we’ve neglected an important facet of this process: Emotions.
Tag: life lessons
Show and tell of science
“Show me, don’t tell me!”, the English professor cried at us for the 15th time that week. It was frustrating, really. How does one show a dog walking with its owner? If I thought that was hard, then showing the various aspects of my own research would be a challenge. Fast forward to several years …
Field trips: A good way to become interdisciplinary in your own field
If you work in a particular field, you know that it’s all about specialisation. I am a geoarchaeoligist that dabbles in chemistry. Like any good archaeologist, I’ve taken classes in the basics, and I’ve even had the chance to practise a few of the skills in the field. Moreso with being a geologist since I’ve …
A trick for teens: Generating interest among the apathetic
Getting kids interested and engaged in science can be a difficult task. Getting them interested for the duration of a full school year is near impossible. This task is potentially more difficult for middle school teachers than any other educator I have had the pleasure to work with. Here is a tale of how the …
Speaking interdisciplinarily — a parable
Many times when working across fields, there is a lot of miscommunication, misapprehension, and misunderstandings. Sure, there may be an overlap in ideas, but it’s the nitty-gritty details that trip people up. This poor fellow had a classic case of what a lot of interdisciplinary people feel when they are just starting out: lost for …
Two unavoidable benefits of studying abroad
One of the best pieces of advice I got as an undergraduate was from a professor trying to convince me to join his study-abroad trip. Dr. Gordon Young said, “You are going to be in debt for the rest of your life, so you might as well have something to remember it by.” It took …
Mistakes in the lab
Experiences in the lab tells me that a slight mistake can cost you big. For example, while I was in graduate school, my labmates all work on dating rocks with the cosmogenic nuclide of beryllium-10, while I worked on a nutrient cycle in order to understand the fate of beryllium-10 in organic materials. My samples …
The benefit of downtime
There comes a time in your life when you start to ask questions about what you want to do next. Do you want to spend the time and money going to a university when there is no guarantee of a job when you come out? Is getting into the industry and working your way up …