Hailey
The first half of the school day went according to plan. I was able to focus on lectures during class, and, between classes, I went to the library and studied.
I’d always been a good student because I actually enjoyed being in school. Learning was exciting for me. I loved reading about history and literature, and I loved being in a lab doing experiments.
If I could learn something new, I was invested. I was excited.
My favorite subjects, though, were always science.
I’d wanted to be a doctor since I was a kid. I’d scuffed my knee playing tag on the playground, and my mother had taken me home to get cleaned up. When she’d wiped away the blood and put hydrogen peroxide on the wound to disinfect it, I’d been fascinated by the white bubbles fizzing out of my woun
