/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10724098
My high school physics teacher. Well, it's not like he particularly encouraged me to go into science or anything, but that class (AP Mech), along with AP Calc, was the first time I was actually actively engaged in my science and math classes and actually gave a shit. It was also the first time I felt challenged by the material, since high school biology and chem (non-AP at least) are total pushovers. Doing physics problems actually felt rewarding, unlike memorizing bio facts or doing the 101st stoichiometry calculation.

I mean, he was a pretty good teacher, so no doubt that helped get me interested. But I think I would have gotten into physics regardless.

I never watched Cosmos or the like. Too young for Sagan, too old for Black Science Man. Didn't really care honestly. I do remember picking up a Michio Kaku popsci book back in those high school days though, and man did I hate it. I know popsci is how some people find their interests in the field, but man, I swear that shit actively worked to discourage me. This was before I even knew about the "questionable science" that is string theory, SUSY, wormholes, etc. Even Hawking's Brief History felt kind of pointless to me. Reading textbooks is just so much more fun than that flowery, equation-less exposition, you know?