[Blindmath] Justin's introduction

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Hi Vincent -- I'm not Justin but I loved your welcome message.  I had a hard 
time leaving math when I "apostasized" over to computer science *smile*. 
I'm glad for the applications I discovered of the pure theory I had 
studied -- my emphasis was in abstract algebra and I loved it -- but I still 
haven't "grown up" either as to what I really want to do. If I get a Ph.D in 
any subject I don't know what I will do with it.  Growing up is like ever 
searching for that asymptotic line...*smile* and then the field changes over 
time.
Math is a great foundation for many things.
I am hoping it will become fully accessible to all who want to learn it.
--le



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Martin" <vmartin at mindspring.com>
To: <Blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Justin's introduction


Justin:
First of all, welcome to the list.  Secondly, as a Math major you will have
so many avenues that it can be a wonderful ride just figuring out what you
want to do.  I liked Math in middle and high school, but did not love it.
It was just a tool for me to solve problems.  I was quite interested in
Engineering, but soon caught the Physics bug in my senior year of high
school.

What all my interests has led me to so far is two undergraduate Engineering
degrees, an  undergraduate degree in Psychology with an emphasis in
Engineering Psychology , and a master's in Logistics.  I am pursuing The
Master's portion of my Ph. D. in Engineering Psychology and that will
probably end up being a Master's in Human computer Interaction with an
emphasis in Psychology.  It was my disdain for what has been happening to
SPSS the past four or five years that led me to work on statistical packages
and better interfaces for screen reader users as my Master's project and
Thesis subject and maybe even Doctorial dissertation.  This might lead to
the actual funding required to actually get the problems dealt with.

Even with all of my interests, my actual hobby is Behavioral Economics and I
still have an affinity for Physics.  As an undergraduate Engineering major,
I was required to take three quarters of Physics and I ended up taking two
additional other classes as electives because I thought they were
interesting.

Currently, I work as a research scientist for The US veteran's
Administration Center of Excellence.   in Low Vision and Aging.  I intend to
finish my Ph. D. and work as a full researcher the next twenty-five years or
so.  Maybe then, I might figure out what I might want to do when I actually
grow up!

So, go and have fun and try out everything that might interest you.  With
the right background in Mathematics, you can do virtually anything that you
want to do and that includes not figuring out what you want to do!



"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to
go before I sleep"
Robert Frost





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