Rocket Science and Universal Knowledge

One thing I'm learning is that it's ok to not have all the answers or to know everything at once. My new job is teaching me that faster than anything I've known:

I work for smart people--I mean REALLY SMART people--rocket and robot scientists (no joke). About a month ago my primary professor presented a paper to a conference of colleagues. Here is an excerpt from an email he sent to me:

Pamela,

Jolly good show, boss.

I gave my plenary talk today.

I was so scared because everyone here is so smart

Yet,

Everyone came to my talk.

Can you believe it?

WoW!



I answered him:

Dear Prof ___,

I came to work today.

I was so scared because everyone here is so smart

Yet,

Everyone encouraged me and let me stay.

Can you believe it?

WoW!


Yesterday our intern Engineering student from France asked me where a pencil sharpener was...I led him to the copy room and showed him the electric pencil sharpener...He stared at me with his mouth half open as I took a pencil from his willing hand and began to demonstrate...His eyes got really big as he took the pencil back and proceeded to sharpen the remaining pencils in his hand.

"Wow!" He exclaimed, "I've never seen anything like that before..."

It stunned me for a minute that someone who is so smart that he comes to the US from France to help us make robots didn't know what an electric pencil sharpener was...and then it occurred to me...no one...not even rocket scientists can know everything...and even I, a mere assistant has a place in the vast Knowledge of the Universe...

We help each other in Unity.

Alhamdulillah!

ALA!!!

Hakima