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English and Psycology or English and History for teaching?!

  • 23-06-2010 10:59pm
    #1
    Melissa X
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    Having a major crisis on which to put as my first choice,prob be doing them as an arts degree as I wanna go into secondary teaching.
    Although History is a lot of writing to take on with English,also im not sure Id wanna teach it.
    And I love phsycology,however heard theres a lot of maths in it?
    I detest maths and find it difficult,so thats worrying me a bit.
    Any advice?Experiences?Anything?


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  • #2
    pathway33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    If it's any help NUI Maynooth's past exam papers are available to the public >>> http://www.nuim.ie/cgi-bin/library/index.cgi


  • #3
    hokeypokey
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭hokeypokey


    Psychology isnt a second level subject and not so sure that and english would go well together, with history, it would be no problem if you love history.

    Really follow your heart and it shouldn't lead you too far wrong...


  • #4
    ChristinaIndigo
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭ChristinaIndigo


    pathway33 wrote: »
    If it's any help NUI Maynooth's past exam papers are available to the public >>> http://www.nuim.ie/cgi-bin/library/index.cgi

    Some of them look seriously scary :eek:


  • #5
    pathway33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    ChristinaIndigo wrote: »
    Some of them look seriously scary :eek:

    ah shu anything looks scary when you haven't done it. Have a look at the LC Japanese paper and I'd say you'd be pretty scared. Yet people who study for it say it's pretty easy. Think of the first time you got on a bike without stabilisers. Were you scared? I know I had an accident on my saddle :o


  • #6
    dambarude
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    Melissa X wrote: »
    And I love phsycology,however heard theres a lot of maths in it?
    The only Maths you'll have to study in psychology is statistics, which there would be a reasonable amount of.

    It would be a good idea to get your hands on a first year psychology book if possible. In my experience people found psychology to be way more scientific than they expected, and that it wasn't really what they thought it would be like at all.

    If you have any specific questions about psychology ask them here and I'll try to answer them.


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