Library Stories · · C.B. Greenberg

Teen Twist and Power Library

What they could not get was how these academic interests crossed paths with career.

Twin boys, rising juniors in high school, spoke about their common interests in science based on academic experiences so far, one interested in chemistry and one in physics. At a time when learning science and mathematics seems to be often undervalued both as a joy and necessity to understanding life, when monied career seems to be the main focal point of education, this moment drew an inner smile. But with a twist. What they could not get was how these academic interests crossed paths with career. No surprise about that, considering where they are in their academic lives. I vowed to help to shed light for them, and maybe, by doing so, to shed some light for others as well. A tried and true, go-to resource is the Office of Commonwealth Library’s own on-line Power Library. Its value …