Christine

i'm f 14, and I've always loved the night sky, was always asking questions in my head, and making my little theories since I was very little. I'm not sure what I'd like to do yet, study to become an astrophysicist, or an astronaut. And please don't say things like- Oh everyone your age wants to be an astronaut, and - its not a real job just a fantasy. If all people thought that way, we'd never have gone to space in the first place. I want to go into astronomy because I want to do something big, something that everyone thinks is impossible. So my actual question is if I can study for both careers kind of at the same time, so I can decide which one I'm more into. I love maths and sciences, they are my best grade. I'm Russian so I speak the language, I have the height, the eyesight, the endurance , I'm in good shape, might move to America in a year or two, go to a very hard school, like I'm talking wake up 6 get home at 7:30pm. I'm a bit lazy, and a procrastinator, but I think I can overcome that. Love reading, right now finishing A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. For an astronaut you have to be in the military, I have my primary firearm licence, and going to get my secondary one when I'm 16. Also how would I be in University, and military? Would I have to do one thing, and then after i'm done it then the other? I don't know if I'll ever qualify, its just been my biggest dream, you know.

I've been interested in photography for a little less than a year now. I don't have any special equipment, just my iPhone. I was wondering if my photos grab your eye, and if you think I have some sort of a skill. Here is my tumblr, all the photos are mine except for the sail boat one, and the ones I re-blogged. This is not self-advertising, but feel free to follow if you like what you see. I have more pictures that I'll be uploading later. Here's my website captured-in-life.tumblr.com

So I've always been fascinated by our universe, how it works, different theories, what's out there, black holes, etc. I'm specially most passionate about how everything came into existence. I'm 14, in grade 9, but for some reason were doing grade 10 biology instead of physics this year, we'll be doing physics next year. I don't know anything about physics, except for newton's law, and a bit of Galileo, and Tesla. I also want to understand calculus more, and start developing my skills in it. Never done calculus in my life. I want to start doing projects, and research, but I don't know how, or where to start. I've done many case studies, and labs before, but don't know how to start one by myself without the instruction of a teacher. Can anyone also recommend books that will teach me about different laws, theories, and history of physics? Maybe even calculus? I've always been amazed by our universe, and maybe considering going into that kind of science later on. Thing is, I want to do it, but I don't know where to start.