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About
the inspiration behind Scientific Inspiration
Introduction
I have always thought of art and science to come hand-in-hand with each other. From the abstract-like depiction of art to evidence-dependent sciences, both categories are used to understand our bizarre and rather entertaining environments.
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My Mission
As a high school student myself, I understand the struggles of other students when it comes to learning seemingly drab subjects. I have taken multiple advanced placement courses and some of the work made me feel burnt out.
Sophomore year, I struggled in AP chem; I read the textbooks and slides and watched the videos, yet I just felt uncomfortable taking the test. I spent a lot of time scrambling for suitable resources, and I eventually found out that I was relying on too many traditional ways of learning. While they could work, they just did not work for me.
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That school year, I got a B in the class. While not being completely horrible, I was discouraged that I couldn't reach the full potential of an "A" despite being passionate about science. As cliché as it sounds, those failures motivated me to prove myself for the AP exam. Knowing that those traditional ways wouldn't work for me, I experimented with visual learning; I organized my notes by drawing pictures and making relationships with each depiction, and found out that understanding and memorizing things much easier.
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I ended up getting a 5 on the exam; in fact, I knew I was going to get that score because of the confidence I built from my learning technique; I learned about working smart, not just hard.
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I found that my personal interest in art paved my way to more academic success. Since then, I've been determined to somehow catalyze (ha! get it?) a bigger pool of students' pathways through their science courses and perhaps even ignite even more interest in the subject.
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Of course, my visual learning method will not work for everyone; we are all special in our own ways. In my blogs, I hope to provide many resources stemming from different viewpoints of the learning spectrum.
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It is not an innovative, revolutionary method, merely a resource for high school students like me to use during their all-nighters and stressed-out moments.
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What to Expect
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I will be consistently posting blogs regarding scientific topics such as biochemistry, biology, chemistry, and anatomy. These blogs will predominately include organized, recreated notes from the science courses I've taken during my high school career through visual, literary, and auditory explanations.
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About the Author
Elaine Wei
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Elaine is a high school senior striving to major in pre-med biochemistry. She is an avid member of the science community having participated in many STEM related activities. She also enjoys and participates in a broad spectrum of art forms as an artist, violinist, and pianist.
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