I used to make over $100,000 a year, and I deserved it because I am a talented scientist with insight into both the chemistry of difficult systems, but also good, fast ways of analyzing those systems. I am Dr. Mass Spec, Dr. Problem Solver, and Dr. I can solve your problems.
But that did not [...]
I was raised in a Catholic country, and attended a Catholic primary school in Mexico City. Although my mother was not a practicing Catholic - she was a vague Christian at the time - she sort of went along with the Catholic thing, and did not object to my sister and me learning catechism [...]