Glen and others...any science students who read this page? It would be a more interesting page if you posted here also, probably (yeah, I know, be careful what I wish for).

The quote below is for marine biology but applies also to earth science. It is from the spectacular/funny web site of Milt Love, of the Love Lab at UCSB. See link.

Click on "so you want to be a marine biologist" if you want to be amused. Read all of "so you want to be a marine biologist The Revenge" if you actually intend to study science...it starts with elementary school so Glen's 15 year old could read this.

Milt's take on math/physics etc (quote below) is the same as mine: if you take a lot of these technical classes and are good at it life will be much easier in science, but you can still be a scientist in some fields without. But if you are not good at math, you better be good at something....writing for example.

Milt Love met HW and HD and told HD that he would pay for her first tatoo...in front of HW.

Here is the quote from the link:

"In high school, it would be nice if you maxed out on biology and took chemistry and quite a bit of math. Are you bad at math and thus think your career is over before it starts? Not to worry. I never liked math and still, by some grace of Gaia, sit before you as an official marine biologist. Is it harder for me ‘cause I can barely count on my fingers and toes? You bet. Did it stop me from being a marine biologist? No. What about physics? Should you take that in high school? I don’t know. I really, really hated physics in college. I had to take it to get a degree in biology and I waited until the last possible second, my fifth year in college (second senior year) before bowing to the inevitable. And I really despised it then. So, I’m not one to advise about when to take physics.

I would take a writing class because scientists are often poor at writing."

Chris

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