The Thousands

Suck at science much? Us too. Good ol’ Mrs Harris from Year 12 chem insisted that we’d need science to “get by in the real world” but we’re here to tell you this. Science. Doesn’t. Matter! Seven years on sticking it out in the “real world”, and we’ve never once had to yank out a Litmus test. In fact, there are way cool benefits of sucking at science in the real world. Here is one: When you put fluffy fairy floss in your mouth and it dissolves into sugar on your tongue, you don’t need to know about the reaction. You just need to know it tastes rad.

Another benefit of sucking at science: retaining the ability to believe in magic gardens. Construct cardboard mountain. Slot together cardboard tree. Place in plastic base. Pour over “magic liquid”. Wait a few hours, then frosty white snow peaks and giant pink cherry blossom blooms (5cm wide or even more) right before our very eyes!

Sure, Mrs Harris would probably explain that there’s some reaction happening that causes tiny crystals in the water to react with chemicals ingrained in the cardboard to thus grow the garden. Doesn’t. Matter. Us suck-at-science types? We know it’s MAGIC.