Dear Janus, Earth Angel:

“I feel like I am working on a puzzle and there are some missing pieces”-

– in this puzzle that is you, Janus, there are pieces you are sure about (pieces that fit perfectly) and pieces you are not sure about (pieces that don’t fit well, or yet, trouble pieces, or questionable pieces).

In my Oct 3 post to you I pointed out to two pieces that I believe fit perfectly: that you need to be financially independent and that you want to  help other transgender people. Do you agree that these two pieces fit perfectly?

Now, let’s look at a questionable piece, one that you question yourself: will you be able to become financially independent and help transgender people by being employed as a genetic engineer?

Your motivation to be a scientist, and specifically a genetic engineer has  been strong for years. You dedicate lots of time to study and you study long and hard. On the other hand, there are a couple  of troubling facts: you failed physics in community college and you dropped (you did drop it, didn’t you?) organic chemistry class in your current university. You received some tutoring in these two classes but failed/ dropped nonetheless.

I suggest that you seek the counsel of a professor or professors, maybe a professional in the area of genetic engineering, so to find out if.. anyone who failed physics in community college or had great trouble with organic chemistry in the first year of a state university- ever graduated as a genetic engineer.

I don’t know the answer to that one, but you may want to look for the answer.

To find all the pieces and have them fit, you have to be willing to courageously question the pieces you invested so much in, pieces that may not belong in your personal puzzle.

If you do take my advice, let me know what you come up with. Of course, you are welcome to post to me regardless, anytime.

anita