Can't say "bubbles" without smiling

We started the morning off with a lecture by Dr. David Cull, a vascular surgeon. Dr. Cull explained to us that he didn't have the highest MCAT score and also didn't do very well in High School. However, look at him now. He's a doctor! He route to become a surgeon was not the easiest. Dr. Cull said that he didn't exactly try in college either. When he applied into Med School his first time, he did not get in. However, that did not stop him from trying again. Dr. Cull got into Med School his second time and eventually made his way to become a vascular surgeon.

His story was very inspirational to hear. Although he had a tough time to get where he is, he continued to work hard to pursue his dream career. As high schoolers, we love to hear stories such as his. We want to know that even if we make a few mistakes along the way, we can still be successful. Today, that is what Dr. David Cull told us.

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After lunch, we had another speaker come in. we listened to Dr. Benjamin Griffeth, a energetic psychiatrist. He spent just a few minutes introducing himself and then used the remaining 45 minutes to let us ask questions. I absolutely loved Dr. Griffeth's energy and his willingness to answer any questions and provide his most honest and valuable opinions. His introduction was definitely different from anything that we have heard. His humor really captivated the entire room and got all of our attentions. He talked to us about his career and how awesome it is. He really talked use into it. He talked to us about his path to medicine, the various patients he sees, the best and worst parts of his jobs, his and even his views on other specialties in medicine. We got to a point where we said a profession different from his, and he would tell us his honest opinion like "they don't get paid enough" or "why would you want to do that when you can be a psychiatrist?" I really enjoyed Dr. Griffeth's presentation. I also really loved how talkative he was, he always asked us questions and always wanted us to ask questions.

After listening to Dr. Griffeth, we did some last minute touch ups to our presentations. Our group actually had to make a quick trip to Walmart to buy our poster board along with a few decorations. We cut out our information and backed it with some colorful paper-stock, and then glued that to the science fair board.

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We cleaned up our mess after finishing up working on our project. After that Harrison and Christine wanted to make sure that we all had our orders in for Mellow Mushroom tomorrow. I am sad that tomorrow will be our last Hump day Hangout. They were always so fun and its hard to believe that we have just one more of them left. Well, we made a reservation for about 50 so that should be fun!