Want to hear the totally true, totally ridiculous story of the time I set the science lab on fire? It's why I'm not a scientist!
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Okay this is also a tiny Mikki story so hop in the way back machine to the point before terms like STEM or STEAM. Okay? Okay.
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We had the dreaded science fair every year. And Mrs Archibald was determined to get more girls into science. We even had astronaut visits.
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Now, Kozminski is the poorest Blackest school (staff & students), but the teachers were super invested in our success. So we had a lab
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My prior science fair projects had been stuff like comparing plant growth in different soils, air pressure, you know...nothing dangerous.
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But Mrs. Archibald has gotten us microscopes & beakers & Bunsen burners so none of those projects are enough. Not for 7th & 8th graders.
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I fumble around for a while, trying to find something impressive. Other kids are doing protozoas, some are studying animals..then there's me
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I don't want to go wading around in a pond scooping up water samples, I don't want to catch bugs or frogs or whatever else creeps & crawls.
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Then I get the bright idea to make ink from different material. Plants because I am not boiling beetles or crickets. Smart right?pic.twitter.com/1DpKkinUnZ
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There's an alternate version of this story that ends with you running a business selling essential oils
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