> In undergrad I took a bunch of biology and chemistry classes. It wasn't until I took Biochemistry (a senior level class) that everything came together. In hi

> In undergrad I took a bunch of biology and chemistry classes. It wasn't until I took Biochemistry (a senior level class) that everything came together. In high school I really hated biology and chemistry. It was just a bunch of abstract stuff. What made me (re)discover biology was taking up gardening. To me gardening is like applied biology. After a while you really start to get a sense of how it all works and just how unbelievably complex life systems are: photosynthesis, the carbon cycle, the different water cycles, how soil life affects the plants that grow in it, and how incredibly resourceful plants are in interacting with their environment (not to mention insects and other creatures higher up the food chain...)