Jobs that DON'T require maths

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I have just got back from an open evening at a local college. I had always (since I was a kid) hoped to be a vet or a veterinary nurse. Now it looks like it will never happen because I am dyscalculic so I can't get the maths GCSE. You need a maths GCSE for small animal care apparently. So I was thinking. If that job is a no no, what else can I do that doesn't require so much maths? My skills are:

*I can read and write very quickly
*I can learn to do almost anything if I am shown how
*I am pitch perfect and I sing and play the keyboard without reading music
*I am good at mimicking accents


Ok there's a lot more but I can't think right now (too annoyed ) If you have further questions ask away and I will answer.

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

Janitorial
Housekeeping
Nanny
Acting
Waitress/waiter
Writer
Chef

Cat sitter/Dog walker
Play accompliments at children's ballet school/classes
Music/piano/singing tutor
Work in a book store like Waterstones

If you learned to read music you could do well for now as a piano/keyboard teacher, thats is if you know music theory aswell.

Decorating. Not any other trade because they involve tape measures, counting, volumes ,ratios, lines, trig, Pi etc. + gets even more complex with electrics and gas .

Least heavy and tiring of all trades, although some decorators will disagree, they don't know how to make stuff more efficient that's all.

Aslo-given you like music- what about something musical as learning aid with kids?

Dust man - picking up garbage off parking lots.

Musician
Librarian
Writer/Editor

Maths?

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Gravedigger.
Villiage idiot.
Gadabout.
Shoplifter.

You need to know how to measure to be a grave digger

Really? Oh well. There's still all those other exciting careers to choose from.

Don't believe the crap they tell you about mathematics. I can assure you that you are perfectly capable of being a veterinarian with poor math skills. My brother can barely multiply without a calculator, and has no ability whatsoever in algebra, geometry, or statistics. And he programs industrial robots for a living.

The fact is that the school is just requiring the standard crap that every college requires. If you actually talk to the college admissions office, and perhaps the disability staff then there is a pretty good chance that you can get the requirement waived. The school wants you to attend so they can charge tuition, so they are likely to waive an unnecessary requirement. And if you can't get it waved, then all you need to do is pass a standardized test showing that you can pass a standardized test. These test are fairly easy to pass because they ask the same style of questions every year. If you figure out how to use your calculator to answer the questions from the last few years then you can easily pass the test. That is how my brother who gets confused by dividing was able to get into college and get his degree in robotics.

Now if you were going into my field of engineering I might tell you to reconsider, but for being a vet, don't let some bureaucratic paper work stand in your way.

I remember being in a restaurant and my mum and her friends were talking to a waitress who didn't know the first thing about maths, but she was working in this big-shot winery.

I'm horrible at maths too. I work as a wedding photo editor. You need an eye for detail though and I suppose an eye for photography.

Good non-math jobs:

Receptionist
Librarian
Photographer /photographer's assistant
Lend your voice to TV/movies
Artist/cartoonist
Reviewer (music/ food/ events/ movies/ etc)

I know how you feel. I wanted to be a stage light operator but I'm afraid of heights. A pilot but I can't do calculous. An astrophysicist but......do I even need to say? I'm so bad at math and remembering anything to do with numbers, not mention the many years of studying. It's better to be a 'backyard astronomer'.

For those that are listing librarian, I just have to let you know that that's not true, so Jellybean doesn't think it is.

I'm currently a student studying to get my MLIS (Masters in Library Information Science) to become a librarian & there is a lot of math involved. The actual job itself may not have much, if any, but the schooling to become one requires a LOT. I still have to take two to three math classes just to get my associates degree, then I have to take more to get my bachelors & even more to finally get my masters & become a librarian. There's a lot that goes into becoming a librarian that people don't know about. It's not as simple as it seems.