What sparked my love for physics and my journey to becoming a scientist?

[Valeria Misakova]

Hello! My name is Valeria Misakova, but you can call me Val, and I’m currently still in high school but I’ll be taking physics my sophomore year just to get a boost on the AP exam.

My interest for physics began a while after 6th grade when I realized that law wasn’t what I wanted to do. So 7th grade for me was more about me wanting to be a scientist of any kind and studying physics at UT Austin but then I had a breakthrough of my own and realized that there’s hardly a physics community in my town.

My entire life I’ve always been underrated and I’ve always been an underdog since I hardly receive any recognition, specially in my middle school years. However, I saw one of Feynman’s quotes and it talked about how you should never live up to peoples expectations so I started isolating myself and doing things on my own.

The summer before 9th grade I learned Trig on my own and took a whole course over astrophysics. I definitely love physics and that’s an ultimatum for me and my future because I really do enjoy it. I hope that through this forum I can interact with bright minds and learn more things.

 

[PeroK]

Welcome to PF. I hope we can further your interest in the great subject of physics.

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to the PF, Val. It sounds like you are a bright and motivated person -- keep it up!

 

[sysprog]

Hey, nice young gal, I hope and trust that your interest hasn't waned -- Physics is a tough discipline, laden with drudgery and tedium, but it can yield treasures of insight to the patient and persistent, as well as to the ineffably brilliant.