English 3

This semester has been something difficult and very different for everyone. Personally, it has been difficult to study with everything that happens. But a subject that I like to study is the General Chemistry Laboratory. In the classes we seen various types of experiments that are related to the content we saw last semester and part of it, the bad thing is that we will not be able to do these experiments until the quarantine ends. In classes for example we study the preparation of Copper Sulfate, oxidation-reduction reactions and preparation and properties of salts and other things. I like this subject because I find that it is entertaining and very interesting, it is a shame not to be able to study and see everything in person. 

If I could talk about someone I admire it would certainly be Marie Curie. She was born in the year 1867 in Poland and was a pioneering scientist in the field of radioactivity and the first woman to win two Nobel prizes, one in physics in 1903, which was compared to her husband's Pierre Curie and the scientist Henri Becquerel, all three received this award for radiation studies. The second prize was in the area of ​​chemistry in 1911 due to the discovery of two new elements, Radio and Polonium. Her studies and discoveries were very important, although they were very dangerous, since the radiation she was exposed to would harm her long-term health. She finally passed away in 1934. I really like this scientist because she is one of the first to study at school, I remember reading her biography in the chemistry book and I thought she was someone great. She is also one of the people who inspired me the most regarding the career I am currently studying.