Do we need more scientists?

[Jake from State Farm]

I'm pre med. started late so I was considering switching from a bio major to a public health major. I really am interested in the health field. I want to be a doctor. But if that wasn't possible to me I would love to work in public health. Help stop the spread of diseases and etc.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I myself hope to specialise in quantum physics I'm in my second year of university.
We need to instill the love of knowledge in the hearts of our children.Somali communities should be like jewish communites.

I always wondered, what do physics majors do once they finish school. What fields do they work in. Do they teach, do a lot of research?,

 

[CangeeroBear]

I always wondered, what do physics majors do once they finish school. What fields do they work in. Do they teach, do a lot of research?,

Depends .You can go into research, enter the workforce as an Astrophysicist or experimental physicists etc.Job prospects aren't great but most physics major do physics for the sake of physics

 

[chink-in-a-box]

If you're majoring in bio or chem you better go to med school or get a PhD.

 

[Coulombs law]

@Coulombs law says it all. I believe he's a physics major, guessing from the name?

Anyways, Masha'Allah on (almost) completing your chem degree. Actually know a few somalis who are studying chemistry and some hate it while others are ambivalent. But then there are those who love it and want to pursue Pharmacy.

Abaayo im an electrical engineer major LOL, I just picked this username when I was covering this topic in one of my courses last year

@SumMo mashallah im always happy to see Somali sisters in STEM, it’s a good sight to behold.

What are your current plans ? Pharmacy or medical school ?

 

[SumMo]

Abaayo im an electrical engineer major LOL, I just picked this username when I was covering this topic in one of my courses last year

@SumMo mashallah im always happy to see Somali sisters in STEM, it’s a good sight to behold.

What are your current plans ? Pharmacy or medical school ?

Thank you walal!
I am planning on taking a gap year to figure it all out, before going on to take Masters degree. My plan during my gap year is to teach chemistry in middle-school/high-school. My short term goals also involves helping somali kids in my local community by encouraging them to take science. (I’m still figuring this aspect out. I’m currently in the process of talking to the chemistry faculty at my university, and my local community to see if its possible to bring my vision to life.)

In terms of long-term, my plan is to take a pHd and become a scientist. I want to teach chemistry at universities here for a couple of years. I later want to move back to Somalia, and open a science school for women and girls. :D insha’Allah. Wish me luck!

 

[Coulombs law]

Thank you walal!
I am planning on taking a gap year to figure it all out, before going on to take Masters degree. My plan during my gap year is to teach chemistry in middle-school/high-school. My short term goals also involves helping somali kids in my local community by encouraging them to take science. (I’m still figuring this aspect out. I’m currently in the process of talking to the chemistry faculty at my university, and my local community to see if its possible to bring my vision to life.)

In terms of long-term, my plan is to take a pHd and become a scientist. I want to teach chemistry at universities here for a couple of years. I later want to move back to Somalia, and open a science school for women and girls. :D insha’Allah

You can try to start a Somali organization in your community that aims to hold career fairs and assist Somali preteens and teenagers, it only takes A few people to start it up.

I like your vision of giving back to the Somali community, many Somali professionals tend to disregard others in their community even though we are the most tight knit Muslim community in the diaspora. Inshallah may Allah make it easy for you and help you achieve your vision.

 

[SumMo]

You can try to start a Somali organization in your community that aims to hold career fairs and assist Somali preteens and teenagers, it only takes A few people to start it up.

I like your vision of giving back to the Somali community, many Somali professionals tend to disregard others in their community even though we are the most tight knit Muslim community in the diaspora. Inshallah may Allah make it easy for you and help you achieve your vision.

Mahadsanid!
That is indeed a smart idea, and I agree with you on the community aspect. thank you

 

[landheer]

I myself hope to specialise in quantum physics I'm in my second year of university.
We need to instill the love of knowledge in the hearts of our children.Somali communities should be like jewish communites.

I agree somalis need to adopt a more elitist culture instead of this xoolonimo one that promotes thugging/gangbanging It shows that 25+ years in the west and only a handful of somalis have truly amounted to anything.How do we revamp our culture?

 

[DR OSMAN]

I'm pre med. started late so I was considering switching from a bio major to a public health major. I really am interested in the health field. I want to be a doctor. But if that wasn't possible to me I would love to work in public health. Help stop the spread of diseases and etc.

Being a Doctor isn't curing diseases, they just administer it. They don't create the drugs, I highly doubt it anyways. I think all you do as a Doctor is similar to engineering, you APPLY and DO not Think at all, the knowledge is presented to you and all you need to do is LEARN IT and KNOW HOW TO APPLY IT. Which is strange why you need to study 10 years for that!!! I think being a Doctor, Lawyer, and so forth is SOCIETY deeming it as a good profession hence people gravitate towards satisfying society, but you ain't doing much other then getting a problem and referring to a database of medicine. I couldn't work in that job, I would hate it. Not just doctor I mean any of those type of roles where there is no thinking involved at all and it's memorize and apply.

I suggest Somalis stay away from those type of roles, 10 years later can u imagine yourself repeating the same thing over everyday. Their better in the creative roles I think. Go into each field and search the part where u need to think for yourself. In medicine it would probably be around the research of drugs and chemistry and how animals handle it. I can imagine that part of medicine won't get boring. But the doctor side, it will eventually. Same even with engineering, find the early stages of it not the application side cause you will just be repeating it over and over for decades and get burned out as you cant grow anymore and your to old to change careers.