Let’s face it: Science requires much love and attention. One
must keep up with the current trends and continue to follow her work. Just like
a marriage, one should love her every quirk. Tell her that she looks thin even
though she looks fat. If she makes some bad cooking, tell her it was the finest
meal you ever had. Please her, please her, and please her some more.
The problem with science is that as one matures, she becomes
more complicated. It’s you, not her. Science changes, but so does everyone
else. School requires that one learns specific scientific material. One can no
longer study the science that they want. That is, no more reading about
dinosaurs, no more eating dirt, and definitely no more fun with science.
As Judy Garland spoke about love, “For it was not into my
ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my
soul.” When we are young, we get to choose our science. We choose to study
dinosaurs or insects; science is speaking to our hearts and kissing our souls.
When one gets to a school age, one must learn what the teacher and curriculum
dictates. Sometimes this turns students away from science; she is now only
whispering into our ears and kissing our lips. We are not open to loving her
and appreciating her because we feel that we are being pushed to love her.
There is not a definite solution to help fix the school curriculum
and encourage students to love science. It would take many years and many board
rooms to fix that problem. However, if science writers could find a way to
write in a more efficient and understanding manner, the public may learn to love
dinosaurs and appreciate science again in order to grow old with that
knowledge.
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