July 27, 2012

  • quick-write no. 2

    Less than two weeks left.

    Less than two weeks left of my summer at one of the most enriching laboratory experiences I've ever had.  It's really hard to decide between the academic prowess of this summer, or the summer of last - last summer was indeed, overall super balls-to-the-walls progressive, as it was while I was enduring the heartwrenching recovery of depression and heartbreak. Surely, overall, last summer was the most generous in overall progress.  However, here, I experience the environment of a research organization receiving nearly a billion dollars of funding from the National Institutes of Health, while my home university receives less than $800,000.  Both research institutes have amazing faculty and research, but this experience has been the scientific research equivalent of a child in a candy shop.

    It is very evident that there are two types of people in my internship in these final two weeks: those that are feeling like they're ready to go home, and people feel like they're going to be leaving with the job unfinished.

    I'm sure we all know which one I am.