Personal Information:
-Name: Amanda C. Paske
-Current home town: Halfmoon New York, a town so small we use the postal services of our neighboring town of Waterford.
-Mother: Food service worker (in layman’s terms she is a lunch lady, but she has a degree in nutrition and is a very smart woman. She just loves kids and enjoys having summers off)
-Father: Civil Engineer for EYP
-Sophomore student
-Residing in Hennepin
-Chemistry major currently involved with the honors program until I die writing the thesis book thing
-Used to do Karate in my spare time here, now I work in a research lab with Professor O’Donnell and outing club every now and again when I can escape from my busy school schedule
-In high school I was involved backstage with the drama club, was a stage hand and then stage manager. I also did fencing for about a year before the place closed down.
-Who knows what my parents did as kids. I pretty much go on a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with that.
-Something that makes me unique….um….love cats, sometimes write various things in my spare time.
Community:
That night there was a great travesty, a fire at the Twin Lakes apartments. Homes were lost, personal items destroyed and hope washed away within the ashes. The people were without things that were deemed necessary, but in the midst of trial a new hope emerged in the help of friends, family and others connected in the community of Halfmoon. Connected by a common location and understanding of one another’s needs families came together providing shelter, food and comfort in a time of need for those who were without. They saw no need for returning favors but knew that as a community they would help one another as needs arose and not take advantage of that kindness.
Good Education:
I had learned in classrooms the basics of chemistry, doing calculations and keeping numerous amounts of notes. But it was all simply on paper. When I entered the research lab for the first time, those months of preparation became completely lost to me. Hands on experience and actual practice re-taught me chemistry in a way that was entirely new. Measuring with real glassware and calculating for experiments I would run without knowing the answer helped me to really learn the concepts. Curiosity and an expectation for results taught me to ask more questions and become comfortable with not knowing all of the answers before the experiment itself.
-Name: Amanda C. Paske
-Current home town: Halfmoon New York, a town so small we use the postal services of our neighboring town of Waterford.
-Mother: Food service worker (in layman’s terms she is a lunch lady, but she has a degree in nutrition and is a very smart woman. She just loves kids and enjoys having summers off)
-Father: Civil Engineer for EYP
-Sophomore student
-Residing in Hennepin
-Chemistry major currently involved with the honors program until I die writing the thesis book thing
-Used to do Karate in my spare time here, now I work in a research lab with Professor O’Donnell and outing club every now and again when I can escape from my busy school schedule
-In high school I was involved backstage with the drama club, was a stage hand and then stage manager. I also did fencing for about a year before the place closed down.
-Who knows what my parents did as kids. I pretty much go on a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with that.
-Something that makes me unique….um….love cats, sometimes write various things in my spare time.
Community:
That night there was a great travesty, a fire at the Twin Lakes apartments. Homes were lost, personal items destroyed and hope washed away within the ashes. The people were without things that were deemed necessary, but in the midst of trial a new hope emerged in the help of friends, family and others connected in the community of Halfmoon. Connected by a common location and understanding of one another’s needs families came together providing shelter, food and comfort in a time of need for those who were without. They saw no need for returning favors but knew that as a community they would help one another as needs arose and not take advantage of that kindness.
Good Education:
I had learned in classrooms the basics of chemistry, doing calculations and keeping numerous amounts of notes. But it was all simply on paper. When I entered the research lab for the first time, those months of preparation became completely lost to me. Hands on experience and actual practice re-taught me chemistry in a way that was entirely new. Measuring with real glassware and calculating for experiments I would run without knowing the answer helped me to really learn the concepts. Curiosity and an expectation for results taught me to ask more questions and become comfortable with not knowing all of the answers before the experiment itself.
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