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Good careers that don't involve too much math? suggestions?

Asked by curiouscat (179 points) | asked August 16th, 2008 | 18 responses | “Great Question” (0 points) | Flag as…

Still deciding on my future, and want to hear some suggestions on some good jobs that do not involve advanced math.

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gailcalled's avatar

My gang all took a broad range of Liberal Arts and have been non-fiction writers, teachers and educational administrators, photographers, editors, admins.in non-profits.

flyawayxxballoon's avatar

Hmm, that’s hard. Almost any career involves math at some point in time. In fact, I can’t think of a single one that doesn’t.

As for ones that don’t involve too much math?
Teacher [other than math, obviously.]
Most jobs having to do with fitness [personal trainer, physical therapist, etc.]
Most beauty jobs [hair dresser, manicurist, masseuse, etc.]
Probably more that I can’t think of…

Mtl_zack's avatar

writing, journalism, acting, politics, law, athlete, travel agent, city planner, carpentry, tailor, photographer musician, to name a few.

gailcalled's avatar

@flyaway; see me ^^. The whole gang together couldn’t solve an algebraic equation.

sndfreQ's avatar

Arts, Media & Entertainment, require basic math in most cases (basic Algebra and quantitative logic). Unless you plan on technical jobs like broadcast engineer, most content jobs are a balance of writing, communication and general technology knowledge.

gailcalled's avatar

Counselling, Social Worker, Psychologist, teacher, chef, jeweler, artist….

flyawayxxballoon's avatar

@Gail; Ahh, just saw. Good answers! It’s hard to come up with jobs that hardly include mathematics on a regular basis.

Marina's avatar

All jobs in all walks of life involve math to some degree. Besides those mentioned, you could consider PR, communications, broadcasting, acting, history.

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crunchaweezy's avatar

Massage Therapist

monsoon's avatar

Clinical psychology.

nina's avatar

medicine

girlofscience's avatar

@curiouscat: I’m pretty sure you’re a teenager, and I think it’s too young to be considering this. Take classes in college, based on your interests. If you go into college undeclared, you will eventually choose a major, and then likely narrow in on something within that major. If you don’t like math, chances are, you’re going to be interested in things not related to math. Just follow your interests, and they should lead you to a good career.

monsoon's avatar

@girlofscience, true, but it won’t hurt to lift some one’s spirits who thinks that if they’re not math inclined they’re destined to flip burgers their whole life.

Our culture tends to tell kids that if they don’t do well in math they’ll never be successful, which isn’t true. You have to pass a certain amount of math, but not being good at it in no way means you cann’t get into a good career.

nephrons's avatar

Try medical trancriptionist..

gailcalled's avatar

(transcriber).

How many people here use math (other than taxes, calculator, CPA or abacus) for their careers? I never did.

Knotmyday's avatar

I don’t.

If I have to count higher than 10, off come the shoes. And socks.

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