![]() If there was an obvious career path involving mythology, it would be flooded. Why? Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief series. The kids learned it in humanities, but they already knew everything there was to know and then some. ![]() Fathers who swallowed their children whole. ![]() But they never showed the same interest in chicken wings or medical school as they did about another topic they were studying. They had polite questions and inciteful comments. They would definitely want to hear about my journey to becoming a doctor, then. Did I see sudden passion? Fascination? Jumping-over-the-desk enthusiasm? No. I opened and closed the wing, placed it in their hands, showed them the thin strips of tissue coordinating all the action. As a doctor, writer, and mother classroom volunteer, I was certain this demonstration of the exciting connection between muscles and tendons and bones would lead to awe and wonder and a gush of queries about the wide world of science and scientific careers. ![]() How to stimulate an interest in STEM and health-related fields? My middle schooler’s science class was waiting to be dazzled by the chicken wing dissection. ![]()
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