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Kimimila
Hi physics nerds! Honestly, pretty scared that I even joined this forum (so don’t expect a lot of posts from me) because I am adult college student who spent more than 10 years working retail and decided she was DONE and needed to get an education.
That being said, I hate telling people I’m pursuing a degree in physics because they eventually find out how much I struggle with math (but am very good at most other things) and they try to discourage me. My education growing up was so lacking that I didn’t even know what a variable was until two years ago (but I can write a mean essay, argue philosophy and law, and tell you all about history), but I have made it all the way to starting Calculus I this fall! I just want to prove to myself that I can do this, I can work hard and study math, and get a degree in a fascinating science in my 30s.
I live in Texas (not raised here though) with my husband and my retired racing greyhound. Luckily, about a year and a half ago I was rescued from retail work by my gym where I train (when I’m not busy with school); I do all of the office admin stuff for my gym now and also coach occasionally (yeah, I’m a gym rat). I’m an extremely abstract, big-picture, non-literal thinker, so basically the most non-stereotypical science major EVER, but I still love it, so please just have patience with me being a little more dense than your average physics nerd.
That being said, I hate telling people I’m pursuing a degree in physics because they eventually find out how much I struggle with math (but am very good at most other things) and they try to discourage me. My education growing up was so lacking that I didn’t even know what a variable was until two years ago (but I can write a mean essay, argue philosophy and law, and tell you all about history), but I have made it all the way to starting Calculus I this fall! I just want to prove to myself that I can do this, I can work hard and study math, and get a degree in a fascinating science in my 30s.
I live in Texas (not raised here though) with my husband and my retired racing greyhound. Luckily, about a year and a half ago I was rescued from retail work by my gym where I train (when I’m not busy with school); I do all of the office admin stuff for my gym now and also coach occasionally (yeah, I’m a gym rat). I’m an extremely abstract, big-picture, non-literal thinker, so basically the most non-stereotypical science major EVER, but I still love it, so please just have patience with me being a little more dense than your average physics nerd.
