I’d love to do a Masters in Bioinformatics in the UK. The
story of how the decision came about is quite interesting to me as it was quite
the adventure.
In the beginning of
this year I was seriously considering becoming a teacher. I believed that as a
teacher for TeachForIndia, I’d learn more from the experience with kids than
they’d learn from me – mostly ‘cause that has always been the case with me and
kids previously. But as this idea was brewing in my head I realised that I
wanted to chase a few more of my dreams before I could stand before a classroom
filled with impressionable little children and say “You can do anything if you just
believe in God and in you.”
I’m grateful to recount that during a competition in
college-there came a point where I had to present a paper on Biodiversity and
lost ecosystems (like the Cooum river in Chennai) and I realised that in order
for the solution to the problem to be implemented on a larger scale – I needed
to begin with myself. Mr. Arun from the Environmentalists Foundation of India
gave his speech about how speaking about great change means nothing if we don’t
take the first step to change. This was when I’d decided to study Computational
Biology or Bioinformatics, as it would be a cool tool to use in research in the
area of restoration ecology. Plus it would combine my love for Math &
Biology.
However, I’d had my doubts about my choice and was scattered
a lot of the times. I wish I could say that I was pretty focused all of the
time, but the truth is I was still wondering if I should do something else. But
the more ‘other things’ I tried to do, like going for a job interview for a
bank job, the more I realised that the other thing is not what I wanted to do.
This is why I’d love to do a Masters in Bioinformatics in
the UK. This is my next step. I haven't experienced it yet but I'm sure, whatever it is it will be awesome. Like the moment I'm living in right now.
This post was inspired by a Knowledge is Great contest.
This post was inspired by a Knowledge is Great contest.
Of course I'll be sharing any new experience in this blog.
- Jeffy
