My Experience at Assets 2024 Conference as High School Student

Since childhood, I've been endlessly curious about the world around me. I remember setting up mini-labs in my backyard, collecting samples from the garden, and examining them under a microscope for hours. This fascination with discovery led me to explore books, but not the typical novels or stories that most kids read'I was drawn to science textbooks. Reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking changed my world. Hawking's explanations of physics and the mysteries of the universe felt like an invitation, and from that point on, I knew I wanted to pursue science. I tried out math and science competitions in school, thinking they would bring the fulfillment I was looking for, but the structured and fabricated nature of these competitions left me feeling something was missing.