"Ukuzindla kwami ​​nge-STEM kubuyela emuva kusukela ekubongeni kwami ​​kwe-STEM ngonyaka omkhulu kuya ekwedelweni kwami ​​​​nokungabi nasithakazelo emuva ku-pre K. Ngikhumbula ngidlala emidlalweni yakuqala ye-McIntosh futhi ngithayipha imidlalo ukuze ngifunde ubuchwepheshe kodwa angizange ngibe nentshisekelo embonweni we-STEM. Ngempela ungacabangi ukuthi ngifunde isisindo sesifinyezo kuze kube yilapho ngifunda esikoleni esiphakathi futhi ngaleso sikhathi ngasizwa. ANGINGASITHANDI i-STEM ngoba ngangizizwa ngikhishwa inyumbazana futhi ngingafaneleki kodwa ngasese ngangithatheka futhi ngizama konke okusemandleni ami.

Kamuva ngabona ukuthi nginobunzima bokufunda ngosizo lukathisha wami wezibalo uMnu. H esikoleni esiphakeme. Wayengumuntu wesilisa owengeziwe kodwa wayemnandi futhi sasizwana. Ngikhumbula efaka isigqoko sikathayela ekhanda ukuze afundise indlela ye-FOIL. Ekilasini lakhe, ngahlangana nomunye wabangane bami abakhulu kuze kube namuhla. UMnu. H wayenodadewethu omdala ngaphambili futhi wabona ukuthi sasihluke kangakanani. Bengingcono ezibalweni kodwa kubi kakhulu ekilasini futhi ubengowokuqala othenge ukuxilonga kubazali bami futhi wasebenza nami ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini nangemuva kwekilasi. Kwaba umzuzu oshintsha impilo ngesikhathi njengoba ngase ngiqale ukubuyela ku-STEM ngokusekelwa uthisha wami we-IB Biology enganginobungani obukhulu naye. Ngikhumbula ukuthi wayene-dyslexia futhi wayeyithanda ngempela isayensi yezitshalo. UMnu. W wayengenza ihlaya futhi aphinde abhale izinto noma axoxe ngomzabalazo wakhe we-dyslexia ku-STEM. UMnu. W wabuye waba umeluleki wami weqembu lapho ngifuna ukwakha iqembu lesithakazelo sangaphambi kwe-med okwaholela ekutheni ngihlangane nodokotela ababelane ngezindaba zabo ezidonsa kanzima ku-STEM noma zibe nezici eziningi.

Lezi zikhathi zingisizile ukuthi ngithulule futhi ngivule ezami izindaba ezingamanga mayelana nokuthi iyini i-STEM, ibukeka kanjani, nokuthi angingenanga kanjani. Lapho ngikhula, ngalahlekelwa amahloni, ukwesaba kanye nomuzwa wecala engangiwuthwele phakathi neminyaka ukuze ngiveze indlela i-STEM ejabulisa ngayo kimi. Ngithanda ibhayoloji, i-astrophysics, amakhodi okufunda kanye nenqubo yokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe. Zonke lezi zinto zazibonakala zikude kakhulu nami futhi akekho owake wangikhuthaza ukuthi ngijoyine amaqembu ayesephenduke iklabhu yabafana futhi ayengeyona indawo ephephile yentombazane emnyama enesikhumba esimnyama enesitayela esingajwayelekile sokufunda nokukhuluma. Esikhundleni salokho, ngafunda ukuzakhela izindawo zami futhi ngisebenze ngokuhambisana nokuthuthukiswa okufanayo nalabo ababevele bengikhuthaza futhi bengisekela."