Back-off man, I'm a Scientist

While writing a entry for another blog, I started to write the following, but I thought it would be better here.

I remember a science class, a long time ago, where the high school teacher called us all scientists when we were in the class. I thought that was the neatest thing. Here I was a teenager and a scientist too. I was a scientist because that's what I was doing: being a scientist.  When I was in college, the physics department would address correspondence to us as if I were a physicist.  Well, I was.

I don't exactly know why it was important...but it was.

These days I work as a code monkey.  However, when anyone asks, I tell them I'm a physicist.

I don't exactly know why it's important...but it is.