Chemistry

As I’ve stated before, I’m a chemist and I’m working in my doctorate. Sounds fancy huh? It’s not, it just means that I pretend to work long hours and get paid next to nothing in order to make the next big scientific discovery. The odds of me discovering something big is slim to nothing. I have better chances hitting the lottery. I like to describe my “experience” as a grad student as a mixture between slavery and indentured servitude. My boss, a Welsh man, has undoubtedly NEVER met, talked to or been around a black woman and my coworkers mostly white and asian men find black women scary and a big mystery. To say the least, I have become the poster child for black women all over the world….lucky me… I spend most of my days drinking coffee, pretending to do research and reading the “latest” scientific literature. Boring huh? Yes, This has been my life for the last 3 years. Smh I will hopefully be given my freedom papers in 2013 then I can become a pompous asshole and force everyone to call me doctor. The fact that my “job” is boring is not why I hate it, I hate it because of the arrogant assholes I work with. The problem with scientists is that they ALWAYS think they are correct and are constantly trying to prove how much smarter they are compared to someone else. It’s like ive died and gone to geek heaven. Now don’t get me wrong I am a certified geek, I just happen to be cute and have people skills :). But the vast majority of my peers are awkward and have no idea what is happening in the world outside of the lab we work in. I am convinced we need a reality show called “The Secret Lives of Chemists” bc these ppl are a mess. Professors dating students, grad students sleeping with undergrads, and professors sabotaging other professors careers. All of this in the name of science, which they consider God. Now don’t get me wrong, I love chemistry, I love science, but I refuse to make it my life. Some of my coworkers and profs have left their wives and children all bc they love chemistry that much. I’m sorry but chemicals can’t do what a man can and I’ll leave it at that. I know one day I will look back on all of this and laugh so I try to see the bigger picture. Grad school is temporary but the degree and knowledge I gain from it no one will ever be able to take away from me.