Burnt Kloverfield

And then he left and became a middle school science teacher. And that turned out to be his real calling. He was bright and creative and a little bit brilliant and a genuinely good scientist, and he gave that world up to teach kids and he loved it. Even after everything, after the Petrova Taskforce and Project Hail Mary and Tau Ceti and ultimately ending up on Erid, his calling is to teach kids.

As someone who has dipped in and out of the science communication/science education world myself, it's so important to me that Grace loves teaching, and especially that he loves teaching kids. People really devalue science communication work, and there's often this unspoken assumption that the people doing it just aren't "smart enough" to become real scientists, so they do scicomm instead. And everything about Grace flies in the face of that -- he's perfectly capable of doing the science, but it's not what he loves the most! What he loves and values and finds important is teaching, and I adore that. It's so refreshing to see, and such a genuine love letter to educators, and to everyone who chooses to prioritize communication and education regardless of how specialized they may or may not be in their field.

My sister took more photos of my dress. I am very happy with how this turned out :)))))

let's be pebbles and misbehave on our field trip to mr. grace's habitat :D

A 3 paneled comic of Grace trying to step over a bunch of tiny Eridians that are in xenonite suits so they can explore Grace's enclosure. Grace: "WOAH! Hey, watch it! I don't want to have to tell your parents that i accidentally smushed you."A panel of just two little eridians, one short and stout, the other tall and skinny.Eridian Student: "No! Would not "smush"! You too light. Impossible." Second Eridian Student: "We strong."Another panel from the view of outside the enclosure, where we see Rocky and Adrian watching Grace dodge the baby eridians.Grace: "Yeah, let's not test that out..."

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