I just got to read the article on Tom Zhang and his adventures with the Twin prime conjecture. I found the article a little bit tough to get through, but it was interesting once you got through it. I found it refreshing to read what he was saying, for he seemed to be a very humble person. This it me as a very cool thing, because I expected a very shy mathematical wizard who wouldn't enjoy sharing his thoughts. Though he was a bit shy at points in the interview, giving short almost unexplained answers, he didn't seems tense. Now, one of the questions made him tell us that as time has gone on after he solved the conjecture, he has grown accustomed to public speaking. It told us that he was the way i thought he would be. I admire this quality mainly because I don't feel to strongly about speaking in public. I also am glad to know that he was, and still is, very humble. After he was asked if he shared his work with his colleagues, he told us that he didn't share it with them. He said he might have mentioned it a few times, but didn't say anything about the problem. I feel that he is the kind of person that takes his time to make sure he is right before answering, which requires patience. Without patience, math would be way harder than it needs to be. I think he is a great advocate for patience and thoroughness. We could learn from him that there are many ways to deal with problems and that if we just work at our issues, we can find a way to solve them. I mean, honestly, he worked on a single math problem for FOUR YEARS. If that doesn't require patience and thoroughness, I don't know what does.
Now to answer the second half of the prompt. I have always loved geometry. I don't know why but I like shapes and lengths. I guess that it could relates to sports. in swimming or golf, there are all sorts of shapes that are involved. Golf- concentric circles: your hands create part of the inner circle, while your club head creates a portion of the outer circle. Both circles are on a center point, your spine. In swimming, you can look at the water as a horizontal line and when swimming at the ideal positions, you are either parallel with the line or at a slight angle with your head above the water and your legs below. I guess Geometry just relates to my life pretty well, making me like it more than other subjects, as long as I don's have to prove triangles similar ever again. :)