Super Smash Brothers...sister chromatin cohesion...poker...Four Squares...biochemistry of the gene...computer science...ping pong and microwavable Mac n Cheese...
This about sums up what my first week at the Young Scholars Program consisted of. YSP is 6 week residential summer program at FSU in Tallahassee. Although the weekdays seem to me almost unbearably long, there's a lot of down time after 5pm and many things to do to stay entertained. (for example: Super Smash Bros., poker, and this morning we headed out to Wakulla Springs). Right now I'm taking three classes and working at a lab with Dr. Yu researching topics related DNA and chromosomes in live yeast cells. I find all my classes really interesting so far; especially my math class. The math course I'm taking is called "Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving" and I just find it so much fun. It's not like the high school math I've done; the problems make you think and they're very open to discussion.
Back home, my parents have been on edge everyday since they dropped me off here at FSU; if I forget about my phone for just a day I'll have about 15 missed calls and 9 texts from them. Literally. This is as much as an adjustment to my parents as it is to me. I think YSP is a great introduction and preparation to what it will be like when I move away from home to go to college out-of-state. Overall it's so far, so good. :)
And on a side note, CONGRATULATIONS to the Miami Heat, 2012 NBA Champions!
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