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What Does Biology Mean To Me

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What does biology mean to me?

I found it surprisingly difficult to articulate my affinity for biology and what it means to me. Simply defining biology and its importance to the understanding of life and the universe would not reflect why I am here today, studying the topic. In the words of Doc in Back to the Future, I thought to myself, “we have to go back!”.

Rewind to circa 2005, I was still living in England and I was attending primary school in a small town on the outskirts of Oxford. I was a relatively timid child and, as a result, often found it daunting to ask questions/seek help in lessons. As a result, I was often behind compared to my peers. My school noticed this and assumed I had various learning difficulties. They actually placed me in separate classes aimed towards those whom needed additional help. Against this background, it came as a surprise to me when science lessons were more heavily introduced to the curriculum, and I found that it was something I not only understood, but also enjoyed. A large part of this was …show more content…

I enjoyed learning about other concepts in science, but it was in Biology that I found myself actively reading and learning more than required for the syllabus. I noticed this more so when undertaking my year 11 research project, which was on the growth of cress under different frequencies of light. This was my first taste of research, and I loved it. I revelled in the idea that I had a question and was able to design an experiment to answer it (to some extent). The design involved a small garden, with rows of cress seeds separated from each other based on the type of coloured film covering them. My results indicated that the cress grown under red light were the tallest and greenest. I was fortunate enough to present some of my findings at the Australasian society for human biology at the beginning of year 12, had my abstract published and received the student prize for my

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