Love the piece on the Naval Academy... such an awesome experience for everyone involved.
An Untold Story from USNA Graduation
And then I saw this video that a friend posted. I personally know a chemist that is blind. She went to Wellesley with me and she is an AMAZING person. She was born in Lebanon and her parents immigrated to America to save her life and give her a future. When her culture said she would amount to nothing, her parents believed in her. Wellesley's mantra is "Women Who Will" (and Do). She truly is one of these women. I was Mona's lab aide in Inorganic Chem Lab. I may have been her eyes, but she was the brain. And let me tell you... that girl has no fear. She may have broken a million and one test tubes, spilled chemicals all over both of us but she wasn't once afraid to do so and always learned something from it. It was her way of experimenting. She also laughed hysterically at herself and her mistakes, something everyone should be able to do. One time in the dining hall she put applesauce all over her salad (she had the salad bar memorized). When she got back to the table we all giggled and asked her why the heck she put applesauce on her lettuce. She cracked up and said something like "I should probably stop eating salad". She went and dumped it and started again not a bit of anger involved.
This video just goes to show you that so many others can be given the opportunity to excel in science even though you might think they aren't capable.
Chemists with Disabilities
Chemists with Disabilities: We all can from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.
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