I’ve felt guilty ever since I dropped my engineering major. I’ve been involved in the STEM world since middle school. I still can’t speak about science without romanticizing it. What was promised to me was the world from the fossils underground to the furthest galaxies and coming to understand it if I could look hard enough. Scientists and technologists embrace their roles as a mighty, ever-expanding search for knowledge. I wanted to be at the frontier of something important.
Cash prizes were awarded to the top ten proposal projects in the Caring for our Watersheds writing competition. Ideas ranged from E-waste disposal to hydroponic gardening lessons.