<p>So I am about to be a junior this year. After high school I want to go off to college and to be a math teacher. I have to plan my classes out for the next to years. This year I will be taking Pre-Calculus. Then Senior year I'm not sure what to do. I want to me a math teacher so I'm not sure which would be better, AP stats or AP Calculus AB(I can't take AC because I am doing regular Pre-Calculus.) Would it be rough to take both during my senior year along with AP Government? What should I do? Thanks!</p>
<p>If you like math enough to have a goal of being a math teacher, then taking both calculus and statistics should not be a problem (especially since both calculus AB and statistics are only equivalent to a semester long college course each).</p>
<p>If you must choose one or the other, calculus will be more important as a prerequisite for more advanced math and statistics courses in college that you will need to take in order to prepare yourself for a math teaching career (presumably as a math major).</p>
<p>Here is an example of the type of math courses you will take in college to prepare to be a math teacher:</p>
<p>[Course</a> Requirements: Major with a Teaching Concentration | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major/teaching]Course”>Course Requirements: Major with a Teaching Concentration | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley)</p>
<p>IMO, taking both is very doable and especially so if you enjoy math.</p>