Sunday, June 9, 2019
Amber Sammons
This week was amazing, and it started right from the start. On Monday, my mentor told me that if I wanted to, I could help out Rebecca Vieyra, who was the mentor for previous AAPT SPS interns, prepare for a STEM+C Workshop and even attend some of the workshop.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Amber Sammons
After months of waiting, the day had finally arrived. I was in Washington, D.C., meeting my fellow interns, and starting my internship. I was so scared that I would miss my flight or that I would get lost trying to get to the dorm, but everything worked out and I made here safe and sound.
Monday, August 13, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“Not only can teachers be great leaders in the classroom, but they can also be great leaders in policy, research, and innovation.” - Me
Dear Internet,
Friday, August 3, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“Failing forward.” - Matthew Peterie
Dear Internet,
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“We are scientists, and often times, scientists don’t know where they’re going sometimes. It’s important to set that tone in a physics classroom.”
Dear Internet,
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“Physics is a way of thinking.”
Dear Internet,
On a Sunday evening I found myself being told by google maps to walk across a river.
Friday, July 6, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“The outside world told blacks that we weren’t anything...but our schoolteachers said it wasn’t so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves. “ - Marian Wright Edelman
Dear Internet,
Friday, June 29, 2018
Krystina Williamson
“Okay okay okay, so what if, let’s just imagine, that this vase and the orbeez was actually a bowl of cereal and if it was a bowl of cereal and you gave it to me I would be like wait theres’ nothing in here and then I would take a bite and I would be like OH MY GOSH THERE'S SOMETHING IN
Friday, June 22, 2018
Krystina Williamson
"When people come and say, 'I hate math', they're saying, 'I hate my mathematical experience', right?...They're saying, I was devalued in this experience." - Winger & Young, 2018
Dear Internet,
