Perna: thanks for that. Yes, I am fine with all of that stuff. I love data entry. I would love to judge a science fair. I don't mind that kind of stuff. Or making presentations, reports, etc...I understand there will be "everyday stuff". I guess that's another part of what makes it so difficult though. You raise a good point. It's one thing to say, Okay, this is what I want to do, and train for it. The reality, though, is that what most people end up doing with their major is incredibly different than what they trained for. That's why I'm cautious about going into science. I read up on a lot of the websites that document and predict science careers, etc, and most of the people that work in physics have surprisingly dull jobs. Some people who have Astronomy degrees end up working in the automobile industry.

For instance: they have developed a new physics degree at the university I attend. It's Physics for Modern Technology. They have told me it would be excellent preparation for graduate studies in Astronomy, and they're probably right. But at least a third of the program is business-focused. I get why they do it. I just hate that absolutely everything in this world always comes back to money. I don't want to study something for the money in it. If that's what I wanted I'd just take a business degree - or a science degree; people with physics degrees are among the top-paid employees anywhere, on average - and be done with it.