Inspirational Story

Having finished my biology test, I quietly left the room and walked down the hall, looking for a nice spot to sit and read Walden until the next class started. As I was walking by a chemistry classroom, I saw a strange-looking movie being played on the projector. It was a cartoon, with not very detailed animation--the people had round heads and simple features and everything, not like a fancy Disney movie like the jungle book or something. I was rather curious as to what the movie was, but I assumed it was probably FernGully or something, which I've never seen.

So I sat down relatively close to the room with the movie and began trying to read Walden. As I began to become bored of Thoreau's descriptions of how the water level in the pond rises for about 15 years and then recedes and all that, I started to listen to the dialogue of the movie.

"But Pierre, you can't give up your experiments!" said a female voice. Hmm, I thought. What if the movie was about Pierre and Marie Curie? I continued listening, and I heard a man say something about, "Marie, you must not abandon science!"

I figured I must have been right. After all, it makes sense, seeing as this was a chemistry class. As I continued to read Thoreau, every once in a while I overheard a line from the movie:

..."She discovered a new element!"...

... "The theory of radioactivity! A leap of genius!" ...

..."But no woman has ever recieved a doctorate degree before!" ...

And then of course, the dramatic ending:

"The dream of the true scientist is to help mankind. No matter how hard and how many obstacles, he--or she--must never give up."
*Dramatic music begins*

Has anyone ever seen or heard of this movie?

-Rebecca