How Can I Rediscover My Passion for Maths and Science After Dropping Out?

[College drop out]

I've been wanting to learn more maths and science for a while now since I was decent at them in HS but I started to run into deeper personal problems later in my HS career and peaked my first year at a community college and I ended up dropping out. But I've cleaned up my lifestyle a bit recently and just started trying to read up on physics,maths,computer science etc. I am really just doing this stuff for fun since I have no more friends due to cleaning up my lifestyle and have a lot of time on my hands so I'm not in school or anything. Looking forward to learning a lot and gaining some skills.

 

[Tom.G]

Welcome to PF, hope you enjoy the community.
Oh! and congrats on cleaning things up, it can be tough at times.

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to the PF. Are you considering returning to Community College?

 

[College drop out]

Ya I have no idea what I want to do though. a lot of people are recommending trades to me but I don't really have an interest in any that I know of.

 

[Tom.G]

Ya I have no idea what I want to do though. a lot of people are recommending trades to me but I don't really have an interest in any that I know of.

About 40 years ago I hired a fellow in his 20's to do Thermal Analysis and Energy Usage of buildings. He was just finishing a night school course on the subject and the instructor suggested that we talk to the fellow. He worked out quite well... even though his previous job was with a company that went around to restaurants and such to clean and disinfect the restrooms. So you really do have a wide range of choices. Was there anything you were interested in when in high school (other than getting out of classes)?

 

[fresh_42]

I've been wanting to learn more maths and science for a while now since I was decent at them in HS but I started to run into deeper personal problems later in my HS career and peaked my first year at a community college and I ended up dropping out. But I've cleaned up my lifestyle a bit recently and just started trying to read up on physics,maths,computer science etc. I am really just doing this stuff for fun since I have no more friends due to cleaning up my lifestyle and have a lot of time on my hands so I'm not in school or anything. Looking forward to learning a lot and gaining some skills.

Here's a list of links I like to mention in cases which concern self-study. I think they're worth a read and it also has a link to a website with recommendable free books:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/self-teaching-gcse-and-a-level-maths.933639/#post-5896947

 

[College drop out]

About 40 years ago I hired a fellow in his 20's to do Thermal Analysis and Energy Usage of buildings. He was just finishing a night school course on the subject and the instructor suggested that we talk to the fellow. He worked out quite well... even though his previous job was with a company that went around to restaurants and such to clean and disinfect the restrooms. So you really do have a wide range of choices. Was there anything you were interested in when in high school (other than getting out of classes)?

I liked biology and chemistry a lot and also the algebras I grew to love do to an amazing teacher.

 

[Tom.G]

I liked biology and chemistry a lot and also the algebras I grew to love do to an amazing teacher.

That's a good variety! The first two, Biology and Chemistry, are rather large industries/fields with lots of room, and even overlapping needs if you want to combine them. The algebra would be needed in either of them.

Mathematics seems to have somewhat limited prospects by itself. Hard to find folks that will pay for Mathematics research. (but there may be some Mathematicians here that would disagree.)