The discussion we had in our last class of the term, in which we talked about how science articles are perceived and how science is taught in high school, it really made me think about the education that I received prior to coming to UBC. Like a lot of people in class reiterated, I felt like I knew everything there was to know about science when I was in high school. I mastered the material that was presented to me in school and there was never a notion that I needed to know more than that. I never felt like I only knew a small portion of what there is to know in the world. Maybe the education board sets it up this way so that students don’t feel too overwhelmed with their studies when they are so young. But I really think it would be more beneficial if starting in grade 10, that students are taught that there is so much unknown in science and that this unknown should really be embraced. Students should learn from a earlier point to look at information critically, rather than the memorize and regurgitate information sort of education I remember from high school. I think this would go a long way to address the pure shock that some university students like me go though when starting university for the first time. It was a shift in thinking and it took me a long time to change my habits. I think it’s something that the Vancouver School Board really needs to look at in order to provide a more complete education for students. I think it would be much more captivating for students as well. Maybe we would have more researchers if we change our ideas about how to teach science from an early age.