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tomknockers
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Hello
The title above is fairly descriptive, although it's not the whole problem.
I really like electronics and computers, and most technology related subjects. I think I would really enjoy working with electronics and being in that industry, but I have a major problem - I don't think I have the required aptitiude for it.
The bottom line is that I suck at math and math related subjects (physics). I can't do mental sums in my head, and I have trouble working out my change when I buy something. All my life I have been made fun of for being mathematically challenged (not always in bad way) and I really think it is standing in the way of what I want to do.
I have tested pretty high on an actual IQ test (131), so general ability and intelligence shouldn't be a problem. But for some reason it is. Is it just simply that I'm not a natural math-head and I should maybe turn my attention to something I am actually talented at and have the aptitude for? (Someone also said to me that even if I did manage to get a qual in Electronics, who would want an engineer/designer who may get sums wrong?) which I guess is a fair point. I don't want to be incompetent.
Any thoughts or opinions? :O
The title above is fairly descriptive, although it's not the whole problem.
I really like electronics and computers, and most technology related subjects. I think I would really enjoy working with electronics and being in that industry, but I have a major problem - I don't think I have the required aptitiude for it.
The bottom line is that I suck at math and math related subjects (physics). I can't do mental sums in my head, and I have trouble working out my change when I buy something. All my life I have been made fun of for being mathematically challenged (not always in bad way) and I really think it is standing in the way of what I want to do.
I have tested pretty high on an actual IQ test (131), so general ability and intelligence shouldn't be a problem. But for some reason it is. Is it just simply that I'm not a natural math-head and I should maybe turn my attention to something I am actually talented at and have the aptitude for? (Someone also said to me that even if I did manage to get a qual in Electronics, who would want an engineer/designer who may get sums wrong?) which I guess is a fair point. I don't want to be incompetent.
Any thoughts or opinions? :O