Personal Narrative: A Career In Honors Physics

Last year in December when I went running at 5am around my neighborhood, I wasn’t thinking about how cold or dark it was. The peacefulness allowed my mind to wander and question the science behind my surroundings. As I passed a house adorned with Christmas colored lights, I noticed a strand of lights had burned out. The question of why it only had a strand and not all the lights burned out lingered in my mind. It took me a few minutes before I had the aha moment when I remembered being taught about circuits in Honors Physics. I concluded that the house owners must have used lights that were in a series circuit instead of a parallel circuit. When I view the world, I tend not to see its aesthetic appeal. Instead, what I see are the science problems that need to be fixed and I think of ways to solve them. …show more content…
That meant no glamorous looking plastic Barbies and dollhouses, but instead, plain Tamiya mechanical model kits for me to build my own toys to play with and chemistry kits to experiment with. Playing with these toys directly contrasted my Mom’s belief that being pretty is the only important thing for a girl. My mom takes pride in solely being a housewife and wants me to follow in her footsteps-- an idea that I was never too fond of. In my pre-teen years, I was found conflicted with what I should like. I found support from other girls in my science and math classes who like me, found enjoyment doing more math problems than the number of pages they flip in a beauty magazine. My science projects and research allow me to focus outside the superficial bubble imposed on my life by my