Day after day, my schedule was filled with clubs. What really made them an astounding experience were the officers leading them as they often displayed knowledgeability and dedication, traits I admire. The club I was most involved with was Sparrow Club, a club that “adopts” an ill child in order to raise funds for their medical bills. The club itself was tiny compared to the other clubs; usually five or six members would come to weekly meetings. The co-presidents who...

I admit, I was a strange five year old. While most kids questioned why the sky is blue, I questioned if I really existed. One of my earliest memories is me asking my mother if I was really a person with thinking abilities or if I was just a doll in the toy box. That sort of abstract thinking had always captivated me. However, when I first encountered basic chemistry, something that was not abstract, I was still captivated by...