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According to a recent report, Tim Carlton worked hard on not only his important chemical internship this summer, but also his patchy beard.
“The work I did with my lab trying to reduce the harmful toxins in farming pesticides was really interesting,” said Carlton, sporting a sparse map of spindly hairs on his chin. “I spent the whole summer wearing a mask when working with the chemicals, and I put 10 hours each day into my project, and I learned so much. It was so rewarding.”
“I haven’t been able to keep in touch with friends from school through the summer, so they have no idea that the enzyme solution I created was successful and is now in trial at the FDA to be manufactured worldwide,” added Carlton, not realizing his glorious, asymmetrical goatee is really what his friends will notice. “I’ve just loved spending the summer doing science, and I can’t wait to share my research with the broader community.”
At press time, another student spent the summer writing code for Google, but also growing a scraggly mustache.
