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PICTURE DISCUSSION:

This picture illustrates a group of four students, who are filled with exuberance, as they did their experiment most probably filled with curiosity and excitement. Set against the backdrop of the school's laboratory and from the objects on the table,like the bottle of distilled water and the various specimen, the students seem to be having an enjoyable time in the afternoon, each of them clad in a laboratory coat and wearing a pair of gloves on their hands. They are dressed in such an attire so as to act as a precaution from allowing any contamination in their specimen while they are experimenting in the laboratory, as well as to prevent themselves from having contact with the bacteria that could be present.

Appearing to be filled with a sense of euphoria, the bespectacled girl standing on the far right of the picture, with her hair tugged behind her ear, her eyes crinked mirthfully as she watches her fellow classmate carry out the experiment. She bends slightly forward, her eyes fixed on the specimen, carefully observing if they have done correctly. One of her hand holds an object that she could have used to do the experiment before passing it on for her classmate to continue, her face of delightment that cannot be hidden as the picture was taken.

Standing next to the bespectacled girl is her classmate that wears a solemn look on her face as she cautiously carries out her part of the experiment, not wanting to make a mistake in it. Her hands with gloves on handles the cover of the specimen carefully between her thumb and middle finger. Judging from the look on her face, she does not seem to be filled with much jubilation as her bespectacled classmate, instead she evokes a sense of seriousness within her.

On the far left of the picture is a male student with his eyes that are burned with curiosity as he observe in great detail how the experiment is being carried out, from how he leans forward to look at the specimen, while having both his hands crossed in front of him. A sombre look paints on his face alike the girl who is carrying out the experiment in the picture.

The female student with a huge smile plastered across her face and shows of utmost exhilaration, stands next to the male student of the group. Her hair is swept to the side of her face and tugged behind her ears to prevent her vision of the experiment from being block. This student has her right hand reached out the front so that she could help the girl with the specimen when necessary or maybe it would be her turn soon, and she bends her body too like her classmates of the group.

In the background, it shows the other groups of students who are most probably carrying out the same experiment too. The grim look cast on their faces shows how serious they are about the experiment. Thoroughly immersed on what they are doing in the laboratory, this group of four students in the foreground exhibit their interest of the subject.


CONVERSATION:

1) One of my favourite subject in school is Mathematics as i find that this subject is the easiest the grasp once you know about the formula and how it works out. Calculation can sometimes be fun for me as i enjoy how different numbers when placed together gives a whole set of different solutions. Apart from Mathematics, I enjoy the subject of biology too. Biology allows me to learn more about the nature that is occurring around me. It lets me take a step closer and see what is happening, like getting to know of the human body in greater detail that was not known in the past but now through the advanced technology. Biology lets me learn about how plants live, how bacteria reproduce and many more facinating things. All this that I am learning in school right now were once known as miracles to me when I was young and had little knowledge. Now that I get to know of it, I am truly amazed. Not only is Biology facinating to me, Geography is too and the other subjects as well. Study in my perspective should continue on to University where we then gain more knowledge of the subject that we like and have taken as the main course and ace in it. Going to University should be a choice for everyone, for some may choose not to ge for various reasons. However, i do feel that going there would be a wiser decision as University allows you to have a brighter and better future.

2) Science is an important subject as it is not just the word Science alone but is linking to the entire world. Many professions in the world today all have science as a part of it. Doctors that opearate have to be good in science as the human body that they are operating on is with regards to Biology, a science subject. The profession of being an Engineer, the machines that are being handled and operated is link to the concept of Physics, a subject of science too. Hence. science is indeed an important subject, not just due to job but is linking the whole world together too, and to encourage young children to have an interest in science, one way is to allow them to interact with science. We can teach them that the sky which they always see in their daily life, is blue due science, thus getting them to feel the true amazement of what science can actually do. Allowing the young children to get to learn of science through such a manner can evoke the interest within them. However i disagree with the statement that boys make better scientists than girls. Indeed, in the past all of the famous scientists that we know of are male and their experiments allowed us to enjoy better life now. But, the past is the past, female have also taken up the profession of being a scientist and they have excelled too. Marie Curie is an example, a well-known name amongst society and one of the most famous women scientists. She was famous for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium along with her husband. She even won the Nobel Prize for this accomplishment and was the first woman ever to be awarded this distinction. Futhermore, she also developed a method to isolate radium in order to better study its properties and through this, it paved the way to the discovery of cancer therapy. Thus it can be seen that girls too can make a better scientist, not just boys.