From PIRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Sarah Austin-Geness. In this episode, life-long

learning and the pursuit of the unfamiliar. Everything novel and new. We start in Central

Park with an unlikely catalyst for change. Pondesgun, also known as Algo Blunes.

Notion Khan shared the story with us as part of a Moth education showcase when she

was a high school student in New York City. Here's Notion live at the Moth.

Raise your hand if you ever hated your high school science class.

Especially chemistry. When I was in 10th grade, I also hated my chemistry class. Sitting

in the classroom I used to think, why do I have to learn all these complex chemistry

words like oxidation, reduction, spectos, something, something? I don't see those words

in our environment. There is no connection. I don't use them. They're pointless. When

I turned into 11th grade, I had to take their subject test for chemistry. I was so frustrated

because I never had a good relationship with chemistry. But I still had to take it. Sitting

in the testing center for three hours, I was so pissed. I don't even remember what the

test was about as I just bubbled random answers. My sister came to the testing center to pick

me up. When she saw me, she decided to take me to the Central Park to give me some therapy

to forget the test. When I went to the park, she handed me a camera to take pictures. I

was running around in the park holding a camera. I lay full of green water. I was like, wow,

green water. I did not know there was green water before. When I saw that water, I want

to touch it. Then my sister shouted, hey stupid, do not see the sign beside the lake that

says, dangerous. I'll go blooms. Please don't contact with the water. I was like, wow,

this glowing, beautiful water could be that dangerous. It even can give me skin disease.

It was unbelievable. And a few days later, I was accepted to an internship. The internship

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