/sci/ - Science & Math

>Be bad at maths
>Take physics 101 in shitty community college and fail because I suck at math
>Change major to mathematics because I decided that I want this one fucking weakness forever abolished to do that I'm going to put myself in situations where either I pass or I get kicked out of college
>6 years later walk out with my master's, finally math is no longer my worst subject.
>Now I can go and do almost anything I desire
>Family asks what I desire to do next
>I want my PHD in math
Have I become the mask? I have nothing left to offer the discipline but I want more? Why?

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>mfw mathematics has become so subspecalized it will take me 20+ years of research in order to produce any research of publishable value

>Be Math graduate student
>Get sick 2nd semester in, fail a class
>Somehow adviser(god bless him) and I pull off a hat trick and get my Masters before the school can kick me out of the PhD program(they literally gave zero fucks about my situation)
>Want to get my PhD and do math research but I'm sure that that graduate class F has eternally tainted my prospects
>Literally me
What should I do now? I was advised to go teach at a community college and do research on my free time, but I never garnered any math research skills during my time in graduate school