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When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.

I had gone to school to study marine biology.

I would be the worst biologist in the world!

I was a horrible student. I really hated school.

I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.

I was terrible at school.

I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to biology.