Whiz Kids
Directed by Tom Shepard
Co-Director: Tina DiFeliciantonio
Written and Edited by Jane C. Wagner
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Growing up, I was never what you’d call a science whiz. I was interested in the subject sure, but didn’t have a real aptitude for it. In high school, biology and chemistry class were the twin banes of my existence and I never bothered to try my hand at senior-year physics. The pattern repeated itself in college, where I made sure to find the least intensive science courses possible to fulfill those credit requirements. (In my freshman year, I did take a chance and enrolled in a cosmology course only to drop it after barely being able to answer a single question on the first exam.) Even though science isn’t my field, I’ve always had an admiration for the folks that do find pleasure and passion in it, because those are the people who are really going to be changing the world while the rest of us enjoy the benefits of their accomplishments.
