My Path into Physics (at MIT)

I got a degree in physics in 3 years from San Diego State.  I became a physics teacher.  The reason I became a teacher is sort of ironic.  I became a teacher because I loved learning and I hated school.  I figured that I could do better than my teachers did.  I taught physics and chemistry for more than 10 years and have written a book on each subject "Take-Home Physics" and "Take-Home Chemistry."  I became the science coordinator for both Orange and Riverside Counties.  Now I'm the assistant principal of a Distinguished, Gold Ribbon, Blue Ribbon STEM school in Riverside County, CA.  Like you, I only watch documentaries on TV (unfortunately, most of the TV documentaries are garbage conspiracy theory programs), I listen to podcasts, read books and magazines, and watch science-y videos like yours online.  Some people get an adrenaline rush from jumping out of an airplane.  I get an adrenaline rush from learning something new, understanding how something works, or correcting one of my misconceptions.  Along those lines, I used to host a podcast called the "Science Misconception Podcast" as a resource for teachers and students.  If your listeners think that the primary colors are red/yellow/blue, that Mars is red, that heat rises, that lightning only strikes the same place once, that the Earth's orbit causes the seasons, that oxygenated blood is red and de-oxygenated blood is blue, they should have a listen.