Chelen Johnson
This experience convinced me even further that I can push myself to learn even more each and every day. I started out feeling very overwhelmed and unprepared last year. I forced myself to work through my unease and wound up much more comfortable. I learned that astronomers are much more down-to-earth than I envisioned a lot of them to be and so many of them are very willing to go out of their way to explain things when we have questions.
This year [at the AAS] was so much different than last year [because of] having a poster to share with others!
My skills and knowledge as a science teacher have grown exponentially in the last year.
