The One Where He Gets Confused But Bounces Back by Alexander Yum

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​In a moment of brilliant realization, I have recently come to understand that I am indeed not used to doing anything remotely educational for 4 hours straight on a Saturday afternoon. The first week was strenuous, yet as the weeks progressed, I found myself looking forward to what we would be doing, gradually becoming more accustomed to the workload in and out of class. I’ve made many new friends from different schools (they laugh at my jokes which is nice). I avoid becoming emotionally attached to my flies because putting them in a freezer or a morgue when it “comes time” tends to hurt my moral compass just a little. 

In the beginning of the program, the idea of having autonomy in creating my own independent project and experimenting with it seemed really exciting to me. Now, along with excitement, I feel a sense of confusion. Especially last week, I was feeling slight frustration with my project because I couldn’t even think of a single idea that was both feasible and piqued my interest. After drafting my project with Dr. Gardiner last week, I changed it AGAIN because I just wasn’t very interested in what I was going to do. Now, I’ve found an idea that’s interesting and possible for me to do in the given time frame. 

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​As an athlete, I drink a lot of Gatorade because it supposedly replenishes your body to make you perform better and exhibit more movement and higher levels of activity. Though this may be true, I am curious about the effect that drinking different amounts of the sports drink would have on my performance. Also, I will most likely play sports as an adult, so I was wondering whether there would be different effects based on age. Thus, I will hopefully be testing the effect of the amount of Gatorade consumed on movement/activity and whether or not there’s a different effect based on age. 

​I’m actually excited for this project so let’s hope all goes well!

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