My Introduction - Why am I starting a blog?
From a young age, I’ve excelled at school. I’ve gone from advanced schools, to advanced programs, then continued to move, state to state, country to country. When I was living in Belgium, I had an amazing teacher who would do STEAM related activities every Friday. I remember standing in my Harry Potter costume, playing with lightbulbs as we learned how batteries worked and the flow of energy. Ever since I’ve wanted to know the “why” or “how” of everything. How does a dishwasher work? Why do I need to learn this? The questions were neverending. When I moved to Virginia I found an immediate problem. At my new school, learning was based on a curriculum. It was like that in Belgium too, but the teachers focused on our curiosity, not just laying the facts out and expecting us to memorise it for no apparent reason. In Virginia, it's not about loving the subject and learning for the sake of curiosity. It's learning so you don’t fail in life. I remember in math we were given ...