Why did I choose my major?

 

When I was a child, I liked to discover new things in nature, I went out to the garden of my house and entertained myself looking for insects among the flowers, under the stones and in the soil. My mom and grandmother loved plants, so they always filled the house with flowers, and I drew the patterns of the leaves, the petals, and collected their seeds. In my mind I was a scientist making a new discovery every day.

This passion to discover remained with me throughout my school years, so when I applied to university, I had to choose between two options: Nutrition and Dietetics or Pharmacy. Biology and chemistry were my favorite courses, so I chose Pharmacy as it combined both courses. However, shortly after entering university I realized that the major was not what I expected, so I lost motivation and at the end of the first year I made the decision not to continue studying that major.

After a while I entered the Chemistry career at the same university. At first, I was not very convinced, but in this major I have been able to satisfy my desire for knowledge and it has exceeded all the expectations I had initially. When you could still go to university the labs were very entertaining and the professors guided us to get the most out of them. In addition, we all helped each other to understand some of the most difficult subjects.

Now, in times of pandemic, things have changed a lot: there are no longer laboratories, classes are online, and the days have all become the same. However, some good things have also happened: I no longer must make a two-hour travel to get to the university, I am no longer cold and school assignments are done in groups. I hope that when I go back to face-to-face classes I can see my friends and colleagues.