How

Science class was always my favorite. (Well, after band. But band was different, more like a club or even a big family)

I was the kid in 7th grade who actually got excited when it was time to dissect a frog.

I was the one in high school who used what I’d learned about genetics to determine which rabbits to breed together to try and get the babies who would win best in show at the county fair.

And in college, when most people with my major (agriscience) chose the teaching or communications route, I chose the animal science specialization.

(Nope, I don’t use my degree. Thanks for asking. But it was what drew me to the specific college I went to, which is where I met my husband. But I digress.)

In most learning opportunities, I’ve never been content to simply memorize facts. I have to know WHY an answer is what it is and HOW something works the way it does.

My senior year of high school, I had such a hard time choosing which science class to take. I only had room in my schedule for one, and I had to choose between Anatomy/Physiology and Physics. Did I want to learn how the body worked or how forces in the world worked?

(Turns out I made a good choice, deciding I’d rather dissect a cat that year — I ended up marrying a math and physics teacher. 🙂 )

Thanks to the internet, I now have endless amounts of research at my fingertips. How do you cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker? Google it. How do you fix a washing machine agitator that doesn’t spin? Look on YouTube. How can I play that song on my ukulele? There’s a website for that too.

We’re able to satisfy our curiosity so easily these days.

Are you a how-does-this-thing-work person or an I’m-just-content-that-it-does-work person??

 

31Days of Five Minute Free Writes is a participation in Write31Days, which takes place every October. See the rest of my craft-practicing posts linked up here.