What to choose if I hate math or science

lahcstdnt
Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:38:47 +0000

In high school I had a 4.0 in everything I took. However I couldn’t stand the atmosphere I was in so I decided to graduate a year early and go into a community college. I have about 24 transferable units now (transferable to UC or CSU since I’m in California.) Now a problem with my high school courses that I’m even coming across now is that I absolutely don’t enjoy math or science. In freshman year, I got an A in honors biology, A in Algebra, but I didn’t enjoy those courses. Sophomore year came around, I got an A in geometry just because I did all of the homework and somehow passed the tests. Honestly, if that Geometry class didn’t count many points for homework or extra credit, I wouldn’t have gotten the A. I attended a high school that specialized in marine biology but didn’t enjoy any of that. It was perfect for people that love science but I didn’t fit.

I think a lot of this has to go back to my elementary/middle school days. I enjoyed English and elective type of classes but dreaded math and science. For some reason, science always gave me a lot of anxiety. It was probably because of the strict teacher I had that wanted to flunk me, but it left a bad taste in my mouth ever since. Same with math kind of, except I started to improve. Then I became homeschooled and my math improvement kind of stopped since I wasn’t being challenged. What types of majors should I go into if I don’t like stem? I don’t want to be picky and completely rule out a major because of the math, but if that job involves a lot of math, 99 percent chance I won’t enjoy it.

I also have to add I’m really detail oriented and I like to be precise about details. I looked into accounting before but I can’t deal with the math aspect of it all. Is there anyone here that can identify with me or do I sound too difficult? I just want to study what fits me the most. What should I do?