It was a normal day in seventh grade. I had the most boring math class in history, but this is what I usually think after every math class I have ever take. After the torture of the ecuations and numbers, it was time of my biology class, which I really liked, not because of the science, which I was not very into in seventh grade , but because of my cool teacher; he is one of the funniest men I have eve met.
He came into the room with his usual colombian coffee in one hand and his books in the other. " I have a surprise for you kids" , he said. The big surprise was about a state contest. Every kid in
the state from 7th to 12th grade was invited. the contest consisted in creating a new object, that had never been invented before, and it had to be oriented to science, the sky was the limit. But that was not all, the winner will get 1000 dollars.
All the kids went crazy; after school, they all went to their houses to work on their projects. I did not know what to do for mine, and I did not have time to work on it either; I had to got to my ballet practice and then my gimnastics practice, then sleep if I was lucky.
By the end of the day I was exhausted. My feet hurted more than any other day and I was desperate for something to release the pain.Out of the nothing I grab some analgesic gel and put in on a disposable clinical hat that I wore as a shoe. My pain was gone, and then I had an idea: What if there was a shoe that could release pain everytime you wore it? I got it!
The next day I grabbed a creosote bush from my backyard, some eucalyptus, mint, and some ethylic alcohol. I asked my school if I could use a lab, and I made a substance out of this plants, then I put hte substance on the disposable shoes that I made with my mom's help. the product was ready, a disposable shoe that is analgesic,decongestant, prevents athlete feet, and that made your feet smell nice!
In this moment was when I realize that I maybe do like science, not because of the books, or the weird formulas that nobody actually likes, but because of what science can do for you, or in my case, for my feet.
Oh , and guess who won the contest?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
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