This summer I had the opportunity to work in a pathology lab doing research. To be completely honest I did not like doing the work at all...it sounds harsh, but I hated it. I would complain and cry all the time to my parents, especially my dad, who basically forced me into doing it. The research was boring (I wasn't even getting paid!) and I was completely against going into the medical field. However, I went every day and did the work I was supposed to. Eventually I started to enjoy going to work and actually being a part of something important.
We were working on a project that was to be submitted to two different medical conferences; one in Boston and one in Japan. I ended up making a poster in English and then translating it into Japanese for the presentations. It was the coolest thing I've ever done in my life. Turns out that our project got accepted and just this past weekend was presented in Boston. I could not believe that something I had worked on had been presented at a real medical meeting! I am so grateful that my parents pushed me to continue and that they even gave me this opportunity in the first place. It may have seemed a hassle at the time, but it was all worth it.
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