Ever since my sister and I were little girls we were always two polar opposites. We are the best of friends and get along better than ever but I was always looking for statistical knowledge and theorems and my sister was always adventuring to discover why humans and animals are the way they are. My sister used to pretend she was a dog for a period of time and crawl around on the ground and even drink out of the dog bowl. She also used to take eggs from our fridge and hide them under her bed in our room without telling anyone so that we wouldn't hurt the baby chicks that WOULD hatch someday out of those exact eggs. While my sister loved animals and the outdoors, I loved to build puzzles and read and learn new things in different ways to test my intelligence. I grew a love for math and chemistry, even joined the math team, while she grew a love for animals and sports. Looking back on when we were just kids, I can see almost exactly how we became who we are today. I was the un-athletic sister who wanted to study html and javascript and take tutorials on how to master photoshop, while Taylor, my little sis, was fishing with dad and shooting pucks in the garage. Today, I am studying Operations Management and Supply Chains while she is studying Biology to be a Cardiologist. Isn't it odd how playing with minnows and building puzzles could be such a strong determinant of who we would wanted to become when we grew up? This could even mean that the 'Grand Narrative' of a reptile loving, fish kissing child usually results in the doctors we know and respect today in the medical field or the puzzle building, rubix cube playing kid who loves to read their chemistry books results in the engineers and scientists we see today. What a small coincidence.
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