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Umbalisi webali: UKayla (yena/bakhe), oneminyaka engama-29, e-Oklahoma

"Ndaqalisa ukuwuqonda umdla endandinawo kwisayensi njengomfundi oselula kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ikhosi yam yebhayoloji yebanga le-10 yayigubungela ufuzo xa utitshala wam wabona umdla wam waza wamema mna kunye neqaqobana labafundi kwisemina eyayigubungela ikamva lemfuza yezonyango. Njengomfundi kwidolophu yase-Oklahoma, ekuphela kwekhondo lesayensi endandiqhelene nalo kwaye ndazibonela ngawam amehlo yayibugqirha. Ndafaka isicelo sokuba litsha-ntliziyo kwisibhedlele sasekuhlaleni ndaza ndafumana amathuba okuba ndicingele oogqirha. Ndonwabele iintsuku zam esibhedlele, kwaye kungekudala ndazifumana ndifaka isicelo senkqubo ye-internship yendawo ebeka abafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo kumava anzulu onyango ehlotyeni. Ndavuya gqitha ndakuva ukuba ndiye ndakhethwa kudliwano-ndlebe. Ndanxiba isinxibo sam esitsha “sobuchwephesha” ndaza ndangena ngokufihlakeleyo, ndilungele ukuxoxa ngokuthanda amayeza. Kwahamba kakubi; Bendisoyika ngendlela engathethekiyo ndalila kudliwano ndlebe. Xa ugqirha owayenodliwano-ndlebe wandicela ukuba ndithethe ngelinye lamagorha am, ndalila. Ndakhulela kwikhaya elalingaziqheli ukuthetha ngeemvakalelo zethu, yaye ndandingakulungelanga kwaphela ukuthetha ngalo mbandela ngokuvakalayo nomntu endingamaziyo. Andizange ndiyifumane i-internship.

Kwiveki elandelayo, umfundisi-ntsapho wam, owayebhale ileta yoncomelo, wandibizela eofisini yakhe waza wandibuza ukuba lwahamba njani udliwano-ndlebe. Wandibuza enoba ndingathanda kusini na ukusebenza elabhoratri kwikholeji yasekuhlaleni waza wandinika iinkcukacha zoqhagamshelwano zikanjingalwazi owayesandul’ ukuqalisa kutshanje kwiSebe leBiochemistry neMolecular Biology kwiYunivesithi yaseOklahoma State. Ndamtsalela umnxeba ngengomso ndamxelela ukuba ndinomdla wokusebenza naye ehlotyeni. Wandimema ukuba ndize kumhlangabeza e-lab kwiveki elandelayo.

Bendisoyika kakhulu ngale ntlanganiso emva kwamava am angaphambili. Umama uye wandihlola uphuma kwam esikolweni wandikhwelisa eBiochemistry Department wafike wahlala kwi parking lot ndade ndagqiba nge meeting yam. Unjingalwazi, uGqr. Rita Miller, wandinika ukhenketho kwilebhu kwaye wachaza ukuba uphando lwakhe lunokunceda njani ekuqondeni ukwahlukana kweeseli kunye nezifo ezifana nomhlaza. Ndachukunyiswa ngokupheleleyo ngulo mbono. Kwade kwafika utyelelo lwam kwilebhu, ndandingenalo nofifi lokuba izazinzulu zinokwenza igalelo elibonakalayo kwisayensi yezonyango. UGqr. Miller wandithatha wandisa elebhu yakhe ehlotyeni kwaye wandimema ukuba ndibuye kwihlobo elilandelayo. Uye wandinceda ukuba ndiqhubele phambili kwisicelo sekholeji kunye nenkqubo yokufunda. Ekugqibeleni ndangena kwilebhu kaGqr. Miller njengomphandi onesidanga sokuqala ngoxa ndandisenza isidanga sam kwiYunivesithi yase-Oklahoma State. UGqr. Miller wayeyintshatsheli kum kwaye wandinceda ukuba ndifumane iinkqubo zophando kunye nabacebisi ngaphaya kweYunivesithi yase-Oklahoma State. Ootitshala bam ababini besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye noGqr. Miller bonke baqaphela kwaye bakhulisa umdla wam kwisayensi. Baye ngaphaya nangaphezulu ukundibonisa ezandleni zophando kunye namava okutyebisa ngaphandle kweklasi. Ndiyigqibile inkqubo yam yesidanga kwiBiochemistry kwiYunivesithi yaseOklahoma State ndaza ndaqhubekeka ndafumana iPh.D. kwiBiological and Biomedical Sciences kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard."

Kayla

 Unjingalwazi, uGqr. Rita Miller, wandinika ukhenketho kwilebhu kwaye wachaza ukuba uphando lwakhe lunokunceda njani ekuqondeni ukwahlukana kweeseli kunye nezifo ezifana nomhlaza. Ndachukunyiswa ngokupheleleyo ngulo mbono.