Help my choose a major - geek not good at math but ok with people. analysis. retail.

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<p>Hey folks. I'm trying to narrow my major choice and get finished with school. I never really too HS seriously so I went though with Cs and Bs and D's kind of by the skin on my teeth. I also did that for the first part of community college and slacked. I'm older now and if I dont want to work retail the rest of my life (which I love helping people..) then I better take my education seriously.</p>

<p>I want to do something I'm naturally good at and enjoy. I tried to remember what I was like as a kid. </p>

<p>As a kid I liked technology. I would go talk to the cable man and ask him questions. I disabled escalator systems in stores. I watched my dad assemble an 80806 computer. I remember spending hours and hours making complicated batch files. At the same time I never took programing or computers to to seriously. I never learned a programing language or anything like that, but I like understanding how computers work. I like to break things down into small pieces and analyse them. </p>

<p>At the same time I'm not good at math. So that takes most of my tech options out the window. I dont want to have to do lots and lots of math. Most of the time math I've done is not conceptually too hard, but working the numbers is. 6 -2 is....... uhhh...uhhhhh...uhhhh.... wait..I dont know. That's a bit of an exaggeration of course. It took me two times to get though algebra. </p>

<p>I do like people. I remember learning how internal combustion engine works and I'd go tell my teachers, friends, parents, whoever would listen. Hell, I rode elevators up and down and would ask people what floor they wanted to get off at.</p>

<p>I am still a geek at heart. I like learning new things, Star Trek, Stargate, Technology but I'm not good at math, but I like people and teaching.....</p>

<p>What should my major be? Psychology? MIS? Communications? What do I want to do? Interestingly enough... the people that I know that have a BS in Psychology or communications are all....wait for it....unemployed or working as a waiter.</p>

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<p>Look into Human-Computer Interaction or Engineering Psychology - these are kind of psychology with a tech focus, but probably not too much math.</p>

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<p>Have you thought about being a teacher? You can major in anything as long as you get a degree.</p>

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<p>How about getting certified as an electrician, plumber, HVAC repair person?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions folks…</p>

<p>I have thought about being a teacher. I think doing corporate training or an instructor would be great. It’s probably a long term goal after getting some experience. I dont know if I would do well teaching kids because they, like me, might not really care and you have to worry about them misbehaving. I suppose I’m intimidated by knowing how to handle kids… It is on my to-do list to be a tour guide or announcer somewhere.</p>

<p>Electrician, plumber or HVAC… I’ve thought about this. I do work on my own stuff. If I were in a pinch and was going to get married, or have a baby or something like that, I would do that STAT. It’s not something I enjoy much, unless it’s my own stuff. </p>

<p>I’ve added Human-Computer Interaction and Engineering Psychology to my to-investigate list. Thanks!</p>