YOU ARE A STUDENT IN PHYSICS AND YOUR AMBITION/PUZZLE IS ABOUT TEACHING PRE-ALGEBRA OR CHEMISTRY.

I AM A MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY(M. S.) AND MATH AND PHYSICS AN MINORS(B.S.).

TEACHING PRE-ALGEBRA WOULD BE A PIECE OF CAKE. BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGE THEN I WOULD PREFER YOU TEACH CHEMISTRY. TEACHING CHEMISTRY CAN BE MADE VERY INTERESTING BY SHOWING SOME GOOD EXPERIMENTS AND THIS WILL CREATE INTEREST IN STUDENTS TO LEARN CHEMISTRY.

OF COURSE, YOU WILL HAVE TO KNOW THE SUBJECT WELL, OTHERWISE YOU WILL GET IN TROUBLE. NOW-A-DAYS ONE OR TWO STUDENT IN CLASS ARE SMARTER THAN AVERAGE TEACHER AND THEY CAN AND WILL CREATE PROBLEMS FOR TEACHER.

SECOND THING YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IS, HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT FOR PREP BEFORE YOU TEACH IN THE CLASS. THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO CUT DOWN TIME IN YOUR STUDY OF PHYSICS. STUDYING PHYSICS REQUIRES LOT OF TIME.

SO THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

IN MY OPINION YOU SHOULD START WITH PRE-ALGEBRA FOR A SEMESTER OR TWO AND ONCE YOU KNOW THE CLIMATE / CULTURE OF A PARTICULAR HIGH SCHOOL YOU MAY SWITCH TO CHEMISTRY.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

I THINK I MADE IT CLEAR:

” TEACHING CHEMISTRY IS FUN AND CAN BE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE–BUT YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST STUDENTS IN THE CLASS.”

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE WONDERFUL TEACHING EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HOPE I HELPED YOU.

They are teaching pre-algebra in High School. We took that in 7th grade and actual Alegbra in 8th grade. 9th grade was Geometry.

I would say you are right Pre-Algebra is easier. You have to see what the text they will give you looks like and then ask if you have any bright ideas to help them easy into Algebra.

If not go with Chemistry, you should know that subject, although you have taken math to Caculus, Differential EQuations, etc., right!

Well, because you’re going to be a science teacher and not a math teacher, it may be worth your while to teach chemistry instead of a math class.

Well, it really varies from school to school, but I would say that if you haven’t taken chem before then it’s going to be difficult. That doesn’t mean you can’t work hard to succeed in it, but it will definitely not be easy. I took chem in high school and still found general chem to be very, very tough (I just took it last semester). General chem, organic chem, and intro bio are all Pre-Med “Weed-outs.” They’re courses that your college will use to separate the “boys” from the “men” and to see who will still be Pre-Med after taking the courses. I wish you the best of luck- work your *** off and you’ll be fine.

its not that tough. u will catch fast. go for it