Sarah Green
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A Salamander's Confession
Mother, I debated for a long time whether this was even worth writing, and I’m fully aware that as you read this your face will transform with your self-righteous laughter, as if it’s the height of hubris for me to appeal to you in any way. You, the mighty mountain of motherhood. The one who sacrificed all her happiness for the health and well-being of her children. The one who put her entire life on hold to ensure we wanted for nothing. And then there’s me, the Lucifer to your Michael. The fallen one. The swamp dweller. The one still crawling around on her belly while you walk on your own two feet.
By Sarah Green4 years ago in Confessions
Receiving Feedback
Like many of us, I had no idea what I wanted to do once I went to college. I had vague ideas of being some kind of academic hat got to sit in their office all day, pouring over texts and papers, but had no idea what information those pages held. Math? Definitely not. Chemistry? Not a chance. I settled for Biology, telling myself I loved animals enough to learn about them every day for the rest of my life. I could see myself in a lab with some new species of snake, trying to come up with a name and a description. I could see myself out in the field, working in conservation to save the endangered blue iguanas. I could see myself doing a lot of things with that degree, but they were idyllic notions, a sanitized Hollywood version of what life as an academic biologist would be.
By Sarah Green5 years ago in Education
