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mrdenagy
Hello all!
I am a graduate of Florida State University where I majored in Physics & Astrophysics. This was essentially a complete undergraduate physics degree (120 credits) with additional coursework in Astrophysics (12 credits). After graduating I attended graduate school at FSU and managed to complete half of my master's degree while participating in Astronomy research (which I loved). After a while, life got in the way, and I had to abandon my pursuit of a PhD for personal reasons.
Seven years later and I am now a high school physics teacher who longs to return to the time when I was doing more advanced physics on a daily basis. Don't misunderstand, I absolutely love teaching physics at the high school level, and being a teacher has forever changed my life in many positive ways. However, while my goals in life have shifted over the years, I have always held onto the idea of returning to graduate school and completing my masters degree. Perhaps even a PhD.
To that end, I have begun the process of investigating different areas of physics that I wouldn't have at one time, while saving money and doing my research on the graduate programs that are close to me. Thus, I have arrived at the Physics Forums in the hopes of expanding my knowledge and gaining better insight into the areas I had before ignored. As of now, I seek the wisdom from those in the medical physics field. I am also interested in the areas of quantum computing and materials science.
Cheers,
I am a graduate of Florida State University where I majored in Physics & Astrophysics. This was essentially a complete undergraduate physics degree (120 credits) with additional coursework in Astrophysics (12 credits). After graduating I attended graduate school at FSU and managed to complete half of my master's degree while participating in Astronomy research (which I loved). After a while, life got in the way, and I had to abandon my pursuit of a PhD for personal reasons.
Seven years later and I am now a high school physics teacher who longs to return to the time when I was doing more advanced physics on a daily basis. Don't misunderstand, I absolutely love teaching physics at the high school level, and being a teacher has forever changed my life in many positive ways. However, while my goals in life have shifted over the years, I have always held onto the idea of returning to graduate school and completing my masters degree. Perhaps even a PhD.
To that end, I have begun the process of investigating different areas of physics that I wouldn't have at one time, while saving money and doing my research on the graduate programs that are close to me. Thus, I have arrived at the Physics Forums in the hopes of expanding my knowledge and gaining better insight into the areas I had before ignored. As of now, I seek the wisdom from those in the medical physics field. I am also interested in the areas of quantum computing and materials science.
Cheers,
