>27
>Physics BS from meh state university
>Physics MS from meh state university
>teaching high school science
>don't have the empathy to be good teacher
>want to do computational physics
Should I go to meh state school for PhD to do computational physics? Am I too old and stupid for qualifying exams? Am I pipe dreaming a decent career from this? Should I just irishly suffer through 30 years of teaching and then die quietly?