I was in a similar boat when I went to college. If you are going to a community college(which is what I would suggest) you can take all the classes you want that are of interest to you! I went to community college and got a degree in Liberal Arts which is great if you plan on transfering to a larger school afterwards. Obivously you have to take the required math and english crap (which you will take placement tests and then they will put you in a class that will be to your learning level) But then you can pick classes that interest you. If you go to a few classes and absolutly hate the class you can always drop the class. Just make sure you do it officially so you don’t wind up getting an F for not showing up to class. Best of luck with your educational endevors!

LOL re: Algebra. A lot of that stuff comes back to you, once you start taking the classes.

Your best bet is to enter a liberal arts program, perhaps at your local state college or your community college. Spend the first year completing required courses – these tend to be things like English, math, history, and etc. Take an elective or two that interests you. As you start exploring the college and what they have to offer, as you talk to other students, as you look through the course catalogue, certain majors may appeal – if you can, make your elective courses be within those possible majors.

The majority of students entering college go in as “undecided”. You aren’t alone. If you take those required courses, you’ll be able to apply them to almost any major/degree course you end up choosing, and it also gives you a chance to explore the fields.

Keep in mind that, unless you plan to do nursing, engineering, architecture, accounting, or another subject that requires you to major in the field in order to work in the field, you don’t have to overly obsess about making your major be “what I want to do with my life!” So long as you get a broad, liberal arts education, get good grades, go to a decent school, and get some co-ops, internships, part-time jobs or volunteer/club work in your prospective field, you’ll be employable no matter what you choose to major in. You can major in, say, dance and end up working in marketing, if you do the right internships!

The first two years of any degree are all pretty much the same. So go to a local community or junior college and work on an A.A. in, say, business or liberal arts. During that time figure out which of the classes interests you most; there’s your major for the second two years.

Definetly focus on your general education courses that you would need to have completed for any major that you would later decide on. Of course, the downfall is having to take many upper electives at the same time later on once you figure out what you want to major in. It isn’t too bad though, this is what I ended up doing after transferring to a 4 yr school after community college. I managed to do that while working full-time.

I had to be tutored in math to take a test to get my teaching license so don’t feel bad. (You loose it after 10 years of not using it!)

As for classes, if you’re thinking about getting your BA/BS, there are a lot of core classes everyone has to take- a math, a science, psych, philosophy, a writing class, literature, possibly art (music, drawing, dance, etc). If you’re not sure, take what interests you and go from there. It took me 7 years to finally graduate because I took time off too. The best students in my classes were adult/continuing ed students because the WANTED to be there. So don’t loose heart! You can do it!!

and please, don’t worry about algebra 😀

Good luck!

focus on your required core classes. You need them to graduate and they will expose you to different disciplines. maybe you’ll find something that really interests you this way. Otherwise, you’ll have more time to think about your major and not be wasting time.