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Hi all. I've been lurking for a while, reading all I can on getting a Physics BS. I posted another thread in the Academic and Career Guidance on my hopeful 3-year plan. Unfortunately it seems like I don't have the time (4 more years) or money to get an applied physics degree. I just started a physics major and I'm now finishing up analytic trigonometry so I can take Calculus I and Physics I.
At my University all math before calculus is taken on a computer/online. I don't understand Trigonometry! I know you need it for calculus and is a prerequisite for calculus and thus the physics course. It's identities really that I don't understand at all. I can regurgitate the basic formula and move it around to get other identities, but when it comes to verifying and solving equations, I have no idea what I'm doing or what to do. I have to have the rest of my class finished by next friday. A major problem for me is social situations and being around anyone I don't know. I start sweating profusely from my head and forehead. Once I notice it, I get self conscious then that makes me sweat more. So its quite the circular problem. I tried going into the computer lab to work on it there and maybe get help, but there was a puddle on my desk after 5 mins and I was still dripping...
I really really want to go into space and be involved with exploration and building ships. But it seems like if I can't get this done in the next week, all my plans will burst and I won't be able to take any classes. :( I can't even imagine what calculus will be like let alone 300 and 400 level math and physics classes...
I think I can drop the class before the 4th of Aug. But if I do that, then I would need to drop out of school. If I drop out of school I don't have insurance or a place to live. I currently work for my parents at their Funeral Home. And I could always have a job there. But I never want to do that for my career, hence the degree. It seems like the only jobs I would be interested in would be aerospace careers. But that won't happen now.
Seems I've gotten myself into quite the situation. I don't want to be a funeral director and I don't want a typical job. The answer seems clear to me now, like it always did when I was growing up.
I'm going to kill myself tomorrow in the Rocky Mountains. Hopefully no one will find my body. Bye Physics Forums.
-whypickthee
At my University all math before calculus is taken on a computer/online. I don't understand Trigonometry! I know you need it for calculus and is a prerequisite for calculus and thus the physics course. It's identities really that I don't understand at all. I can regurgitate the basic formula and move it around to get other identities, but when it comes to verifying and solving equations, I have no idea what I'm doing or what to do. I have to have the rest of my class finished by next friday. A major problem for me is social situations and being around anyone I don't know. I start sweating profusely from my head and forehead. Once I notice it, I get self conscious then that makes me sweat more. So its quite the circular problem. I tried going into the computer lab to work on it there and maybe get help, but there was a puddle on my desk after 5 mins and I was still dripping...
I really really want to go into space and be involved with exploration and building ships. But it seems like if I can't get this done in the next week, all my plans will burst and I won't be able to take any classes. :( I can't even imagine what calculus will be like let alone 300 and 400 level math and physics classes...
I think I can drop the class before the 4th of Aug. But if I do that, then I would need to drop out of school. If I drop out of school I don't have insurance or a place to live. I currently work for my parents at their Funeral Home. And I could always have a job there. But I never want to do that for my career, hence the degree. It seems like the only jobs I would be interested in would be aerospace careers. But that won't happen now.
Seems I've gotten myself into quite the situation. I don't want to be a funeral director and I don't want a typical job. The answer seems clear to me now, like it always did when I was growing up.
I'm going to kill myself tomorrow in the Rocky Mountains. Hopefully no one will find my body. Bye Physics Forums.
-whypickthee