There are many times in my life where I am incredibly thankful that I grew up as the daughter of a Science teacher. This is one of those moments.

So when I was in elementary school, my Mom, Kristen Alger, began teaching as a middle school science and math teacher at my school. She taught my older sisters and I alongside our classmates biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. As such, when school let out, I would walk across the school to her classroom and work on my schoolwork in the bac...