I have been learning that science education does not stop after graduating from a high school or an university. I have been experiencing that lesson first hand after my undergraduate and some of my graduate program experiences. However, I learned that having faith in God is the key ingredient in a successful scientific research , and possibly a career.
I have been experiencing science lessons and interests from home to school. When I was little, I have been enjoying dinosaurs because they remind me of the "Godzilla"-like creatures that have been presented in movies and books. Since then, I have been reading dinosaur books and enjoying their fossil remains in museums and books. Later, while I was in public school, I have experience several components of science such as biology,chemistry, and physical science. Finally, in my university years, I learned more details about some of these kinds of sciences.
Although I had many "C"s in my major, I did not stop studying science. I used the local public library system and home research to understand the natural world and how it works. I did some research on a particular subject, after I experimented with some plants and microorganisms, and turn it in to The Citizen Scientist, www.sas.org/tcs.
From all the lessons, I learned that having faith in God is the important key to scientific understatnding about a research subject. He is the one that gives us understanding about how things work in the world/Earth and directions towards experimentation.
Therefore, learning about science does not stop after graduating from school, but it is a continuing process. Also, I learned that science+God's Wisdom is a successful combination.
For those who are interested in scientific research and studies, there is the The Citizen Scientist website, www.sas.org/tcs that is useful for amatuer scientists. The site is under the care of Forrest M. Mims III, editor, and Shawn Carlson, director. It has projects, research, and news from various scientists posted on the site.
