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The_Novice
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Fellow physics enthusiasts, I'm in my early thirties and pharmacy school is just not panning out. I need more in my short life here on Earth and I envy people like Newton, Einstein and other great physicists for combining mathematics, philosophy to solve real issues.
I can't stop thinking about the cosmos. Furthermore, I'm intrigued about the laws of nature hidden in complicated physics and math that keep us circling the sun. I'm not looking to be a full fledge physicist and earning my PhD and all that. I realize I'd like to follow in my professor's footsteps and share my enthusiasm with students at the community college level. She had her MS and she was unbelievable articulate.
The highest math I took is calc 1. I'm inkling to change major and apply for the physics degree, but first, this summer I'm working feverishly on physics and calc 1 problems to bring me up to speed. I thought about mechanical/aerospace engineering, but I'm not sure if I can deal with the politics of management to get ahead. I've heard many negatives about engineering. So I wonder if I'd better stay in pharmacy where I can earn a good living, stability and quietly enjoy physics, which is hardly what I want to do. I must also point out that I was recently married and forever now, there is always the stress of income and residual loan payments from pharmacy (should I not finish). I really love physics and astronomy though.
The following link about mechanical engineering piqued my interest, but then I realize that jobs at NASA are supper competitive and they are retiring a bunch of spacecraft s. There are too many links I could share about physics.
Any advice is truly appreciated.
http://videolicca.com/videos/qcG47OQBR58/mechanical-engineer--day-in-the-life" [Broken]
I can't stop thinking about the cosmos. Furthermore, I'm intrigued about the laws of nature hidden in complicated physics and math that keep us circling the sun. I'm not looking to be a full fledge physicist and earning my PhD and all that. I realize I'd like to follow in my professor's footsteps and share my enthusiasm with students at the community college level. She had her MS and she was unbelievable articulate.
The highest math I took is calc 1. I'm inkling to change major and apply for the physics degree, but first, this summer I'm working feverishly on physics and calc 1 problems to bring me up to speed. I thought about mechanical/aerospace engineering, but I'm not sure if I can deal with the politics of management to get ahead. I've heard many negatives about engineering. So I wonder if I'd better stay in pharmacy where I can earn a good living, stability and quietly enjoy physics, which is hardly what I want to do. I must also point out that I was recently married and forever now, there is always the stress of income and residual loan payments from pharmacy (should I not finish). I really love physics and astronomy though.
The following link about mechanical engineering piqued my interest, but then I realize that jobs at NASA are supper competitive and they are retiring a bunch of spacecraft s. There are too many links I could share about physics.
Any advice is truly appreciated.
http://videolicca.com/videos/qcG47OQBR58/mechanical-engineer--day-in-the-life" [Broken]
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