My Science Story

I was never a science person. In fact, during senior secondary school, I approached science classes with so much caution, very curiously and always ready to run away. Physics, in particular, was my worst enemy. It came so covered in equations and I really couldn't understand the language of velocity and resistance. Like, explain to me how the universe worked just because someone scribbled F = ma(the only formula I ever memorized) on the chalkboard. Like I still don't get it.

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Most of the time, I would sit in class wondering why I had to memorize formulas that looked like secret codes. Like why must I understand gravity in numbers? Do I really need to know how much force it takes for a satellite to orbit the Earth? I literally don't even know how these things work to date.

My teachers said Science explained how the world worked. Honestly, I just wanted to survive school.

But as time went on, something unexpected actually happened. I discovered Wattpad. I think I was 15 then. I was already done with Secondary school.

Wattpad is the beloved home of hopeless romantics and fantasy dreamers. I began reading stories set in distant galaxies, on post-apocalyptic Earths, and in secret labs hidden beneath modern cities. These stories showed me a fascinating side to science. They introduced me to characters who lived in worlds controlled by the same science I feared. I was so fascinated.

And then I began to notice that in between the drama and dialogues, I wasn't studying science but living it and that was through their adventures.
Google became my friend. I surfed the internet just to understand the stories better. I searched for the concepts of Black holes, Artificial Intelligence, DNA mutation and even space-time. I was literally learning without knowing it.

That's when I finally understood that science wasn't about memorizing formulas. It was about its possibilities.

It was a way to ask questions about everything; how trees breathe, how rain forms, how your phone unlocks just by looking at your face.

Science isn't only for those in lab coats or rock scientists but also for storytellers and those who dare to dream.

I may never fall in love with formulas but I have fallen in love with the possibilities science can perform.

So maybe I wasn’t born a science person but I think, in my own strange way, I’ve become one.

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