Monday, March 16, 2009

What Motivates Me to Learn Chemistry

I am motivated to learn chemistry based on my yearning to end my study of the laboratory sciences by the time I am at a prestigious university (which would like me to know science). I am, in addition, interested in learning the fundamentals of chemistry as they might be applicable to other sciences- psychology, sociology, philosophy (ontology/epistemology, for ology's sake), that I will be more intrinsically interested in studying later. I do not, sadly but not regretfully, find the mechanics and casualties of chemistry to be fascinating, interesting, or often comprehensible or easily applicable for me, although, conceptually, I find other aspects intriguing.
Chemistry is probably not a subject I would take if I was given a totally open choice on what courses I could enroll in. However, it's necessary for the school's and college's curriculum, as well as my other potential future plans, and, as such, I strive to succeed in it, with mixed results.