Saffron Fletcher

I'm not always up for casual living; in fact, I'm quite the impractical person. This comes from a long line of never knowing the rules until I have broken them. I partially think it may be because I am a first-generation person of everything in my family. But being first-gen and an immigrant means making the most absurd mistakes in the world and somehow stumbling across the most absurd opportunity I didn't think existed.

This comes from a very long line of living an unpredictable life. I moved constantly as a kid, and my biggest move was three years ago when I got on an six-hour flight to come here. Beyond the timezone being completely different, the way of life here is completely polar too. So, that opened me up for a lot of potential mistakes.

Hence, I am proud to say that I am a great beta-tester for all the mundane things! Example: My local DMV now knows to tell people applying for permits that the permit-test has TWO parts; not just one (whoopsies). I was 15 at the time and had just moved away from my hometown to live in a completely new state. I'm pretty sure two-part permit-tests is very state-specific. Another example of being a great beta-tester, that I am actually proud of, is that one time I did a two-year-long research with a microbiologist at my high school; I learned how to do certain lab protocols right (and wrong). I now know to actually add the E. coli into the tube with the other chemicals so I can extract the DNA (I did it right the first 200 times, but I was extremely exhausted that day to do it well the 201st time).

Even with all the mistakes I made, I still am grateful (and a little confused) for getting to achieve the things I did. I am now a licensed pharmacy technician and certified medical assistant through my high school's program. How you may ask? I have no idea. I took classes, took the exams, and mailed the Georgia Board of Pharmacy three separate times just so they'd approve my license (it was very difficult getting mail to them).

Well, the moral of the story is: you will never know where you will wind up. So yeah, I am an impractical person; not because I do things inefficiently, but because I do things with the understanding that worst case scenario: I accidentally reveal to the DMV that they have a very absurd flaw in their system. But hey! I still got my license!