I am a Physics Major interested in research and possibly pursuing education after my research career. I want to discover new things about the universe, unveil its secrets and then be able to share these with the world. The two parts of G.O.A.L.S. that I relate to most are Original Inquiry and Academic Enrichment. I have to have original thoughts to work around problems, to quote a famous Physicist Albert Einstein – “We can not solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”. It is important to always be changing and to have an adaptive mind to solve complex and intricate problems. Academic Enrichment is also important to my field, being a STEM field. I must know many different facets of the same topic in order to understand the whole problem, and not just the problem itself but the problems it also causes or problems caused by possible solutions.
Original Inquiry is all about diversifying the mind, it is important to have original thoughts and apply these slices of wisdom to other problems that exist. In research it will be important to develop new strategies and ideas to think about old and new topics. I will have to be a critically thinking individual, being able to think of and apply plenty of ideas to a single problem to find the solution that fits best. I plan to incorporate them into my future by earning a research opportunity or internship being able to think for myself and not have the guided learning of school. I will also be participating in STEP next semester which will allow me to use my creativity for a project of my own.
Academic Enrichment is enhancing my knowledge base, past what I just need to know, in order to learn the inner workings and deeper mechanics of what I am learning. In Physics and all STEM fields it is important to not only know how things work but why they work. It is also necessary to understand related subjects so everything can be explained and this also helps understand the connections between these two topics. This is important to be multi-disciplinary because the connection is where new science is discovered because it is overlooked by people who only study their subject and do not venture out. In my future I plan to learn more skills that can be transferred between disciplines, like programming, in order to better use my resources. I will also attend lectures given by guest speakers that interest me to learn about their experiences solving their own problems also gaining a slice of wisdom to use in my career.
All of the goals are important to my career but these are the most important in my opinion. I need to be a critical thinker and have original ideas to solve problems that others have not been able to solve. I will continue to extend my knowledge base, drawing information from multiple sources. Knowledge from the same source will lead to the same problems occurring , it requires a new source and more diverse knowledge to solve the problems in our world today.