👨🎓About me
I am a 17-year-old high school student from Germany and besides focusing on my studies I share my interest in physics, math, astronomy and more with the world over social media platforms such as Quora ✏️ and Instagram 📸.
✍️Current Work
I'm currently studying for my A-level exams at a German high school. Even though my studies demand a lot of time, I make it a priority to share my passion for math, physics, and astronomy. I find that I often use my study breaks to delve even deeper into these subjects.
Alongside sharing my enthusiasm on Quora, I also lead the "School without Racism, School with Courage" initiative at STG in Bad Segeberg. Each year, we organize various projects aimed at combating racism locally and fostering a supportive community.
One of our key projects is "Christmas in a Shoebox," where we managed to collect and pack over 164 (2022) and 201 (2023) shoeboxes filled with food and gifts for those in need in Bad Segeberg. The joy on people's faces when we delivered the boxes close to Christmas is something I'll never forget.
Impressions:
www.kn-online.de/lokales/segeberg
In addition, I have created and led several lessons on how we can address the topic of racism and live together with respect and courage. Through these lessons, which I’ve held multiple times at my school, I took a personal approach, exploring the issue of racism alongside the students. Together, we worked through examples and developed skills to think and act with courage and consideration in our daily lives.
My experiences in fighting against racism and helping those in need have taught me a great deal about our society. I've seen firsthand that while there is much room for improvement, there is also immense potential within all of us to make the world a better place.
✍️ Why Quora?
Writing and Physics have been two of my favourite passions for the last 3 years. Starting 2024 I have combined these two passions by writing on Quora.
Quora is a place where you can give direct answers to questions asked by people all around the world. It is not just the physical depth that I can explore myself when I write on Quora but that every answer on Quora is trying to tell a story.
Every answer starts with a punchline, something to hook the reader with and then it dives into the details. It is just as informative as it is entertaining because you need to make the reader the protagonist of your answer. That is what Quora was designed to be and that is why I love it so much.
📸 Why Instagram?
After discovering the huge branch of astronomy and astrophysics I was amazed by the scientific complexity and the beauty of the night sky. I started to learn more and more about telescopes, behaviour of astronomical objects such as stars or black holes and even the mathematical complexity of space.
Due the motivation my girlfriend provided I started to share my knowledge with the world by starting a daily format named "Astronomy picture of the day" (APOTD) on my Instagram account where I share a new astronomical image everyday teaching about the shown object and giving insides on it's complexity and bevaviour. After nearly a hole year of learning, teaching and sharing I was able to gain an audience of 119k followers countinuing to grow.
Other Stuff
- ✍️ Besides sharing knowledge on Instagram and YouTube I also write a weekly newsletter where I talk about astronomy, physics, math and sometimes about myself.
- 💪 After long days of studying and working it's always nice to get your head off things. I do this by going for runs.
- 📚 In the early days of my childhood I always thought that books were boring and that there's nothing to be obsessed about. But since the beginning of the year 2022, I absolutely fell in love with reading because it opens a completely new of learning and seeing the world. My favourite genres currently are self-improvement, math and astronomy but I am looking forward to broadening my reading horizon.