Here is a little known fact...
I am, for all intents and purposes, a closet science nerd.
For some of you who knew me in high school, this may come as a surprise considering I didn't do well in science in high school. However, let me remind you I didn't actually do well in any subject other than English in high school mainly because I didn't actually go to high school more than I absolutely had to in order to participate on the Speech team.
Once I got to college, I decided to major in math. But then two things occurred:
1) I realized one math geek plus one math geek-by-marriage is really all the math geekery one family should possess.
2) My calculus professor got mad at me because I questioned his "answer" to a problem he and I both knew was wrong. Rather than admit his mistake, he berated me in class. And I said fuck it.
I should have switched to science - specifically physics or genetics - then but I was sort of free floating. Less interested in college than I was interested in boys - specifically a southern California punk rock boy.
So I fell into Sociology.
And I don't actually regret it...much.
Except for when I see things about the hadron collider or a study on the genetic linkage map of coral... and I get kinda turned on.
And that feels kinda...wrong.
But if loving it is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
So I'm out.
I'm a freak.
A freaky science geek.
4 comments:
I'm secretly obsessed with fractals....
shhhhhhhhhh
don't tell.
but I failed math...giggle
Woot! You go girl! I'm right there with you lovin' the science.... I took things like Organic Chemistry as an elective. Man, I loved loved LOVED that class. It just clicked. I switched from Anthropology to Chemisty that very semester. A few years later, when I was only a semester away from my BS in Chemistry I realized that all I would be able to do with a BS in Chemistry was wash test tubes. I didn't really feel like getting a PhD tho (I had already been in college way too long at this point). I briefly flirted with Chemical Engineering, but it just wasn't as fun somehow. So then I switched to Computer Science (I had always avoided it cuz it was a long time favorite hobby and I didn't want to ruin my favorite hobby by doing it for work). Anyway, it's never too late to get back into science!!
Oh yeah, and if you haven't checked it out, I would recommend sciencedaily.com. It's one of my vices.
In the 8th grade, my science teacher used to say "It's not fun! It's physics!" And then he'd cackle. I totally got that.
@Patty: Fractals are awesome.
@kk: I have another blog post to respond to your comment LOL. But I already do read sciencedaily.com...along with a bunch of others. Yikes!
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