<p>just figured out i am not a logical thinker because i suck at solving math word problems, i was considering a major in computer science but now i dont know anymore. am i screwed for not being a logial thinker ? i mean what majors can i amjor in now ? thank you</p>
<p>I am not a logical thinker but I worked hard and no longer suck at solving math word problems. I did not major in computer science and have had a very happy and productive career in corporate America despite having a degree in a humanities discipline which has nothing to do with where I work.</p>
<p>What exactly is your question?</p>
<p>How did you become good at problem solving ?
Please help me </p>
<p>My question is what do i do now ? How do i improve my word problem skills ?</p>
<p>CS is a brutal major and isn’t for everyone. Why do you need to know your major today?</p>
<p>If you have to commit, say business - it is really practical, very broad and can take you down many paths.</p>
<p>Doesn’t your college have- oh, about 60 other majors that are NOT computer science? I don’t understand your question. How can the thousands of kids who are majoring in these other threads manage to get themselves out of bed in the morning? And you should be asking “this is what I am good at, this is what I enjoy, what careers are feasible for someone who likes this” instead of asking, “Am I screwed”.</p>
<p>Thanks NCalRent for your reply
Blossom you are right and your advice is good but one more question how do i become better at problem solving ? </p>
<p>Find a kid in your class who is better at it than you and ask her/him to walk you through word problems and sketch out the thought process. Hire a tutor. Go online to Khan Academy and download some fantastic tutorials on word problems, logical thinking and problem-solving. Get a book out of the library (there are likely several hundred published in the last decade alone) and read it; work through the problems using the study guide.</p>
<p>You get better at anything by learning from someone who is better than you (your piano teacher is probably a better player than you are) and by practicing and by seeking out opportunities to practice and learn from people who are better than you.</p>
<p>Not a lot of mystery here.</p>
<p>Computer science tends to be a subject that people either love or hate.</p>
<p>Can you find an opportunity to take an introductory course in computer science, either in high school or in some summer program, before you go to college? That would give you some perspective on whether or not the subject is for you.</p>
<p>You might be more of a logical thinker than you believe, but these days, the education system fails to teach students critical thinking skills and logical reasoning skills. You need to hone both in order to deal with mathematical word problems or the kinds of tasks you would be tackling in a computer programming class. I remember my first intro to algebraic word problems in junior high, and my teacher sat in the front next to an overhead projector, and had a stack of hundreds of transparency sheets that had word problems printed on them (you may be too young to even know what those are) and she would work out the problems so we could see the steps, and she did this over and over again. Eventually, we caught on to the process for attacking word problems (the process is what is essential) and I used her techniques all the way through college calculus, and still use her approach. You may just need to do the same thing - find some material that demonstrates the process for handling word problems and just go over the material again and again and again until it clicks (and it will.)</p>
<p>I can recommend some books, but there may be other resources out there, perhaps even some free ones online. Just look for critical thinking and logical reasoning worksheets and games.</p>
<p>Here are books I can recommend that can help you develop the thinking and problem solving skills that will serve you well in your computer science classes, but in life in general. I am giving links to the publishers, but you can purchase these materials on Amazon:</p>
<p>The Critical Thinking Company
<a href=“Advanced Search Results”>Advanced Search Results;
<p>The Gift of Logic
<a href=“http://www.giftoflogic.com/home.html”>http://www.giftoflogic.com/home.html</a> </p>
<p>Thank you all for your replies, i will take by your advices and see how it goes. Thanks again 
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<p>No need to decide right now! Try some comp sci classes and see if you enjoy it. You’ll know soon enough if you’re cut out for it or not</p>
<p>Word problems are sometimes full of irrelevant information to trick you. Take a pen and strike out any numbers that are irrelevant to the specific question being asked. Hope that helps,</p>