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But on my wider point there seems to be a shortage of people doing the sciences, especially Physics, because it seems hard.
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You are forgetting 'aptitude'. Sticks. My son-in-law has a Ph.D in computer 'stuff' and seems to perform 'magic' on his machines. He could no more have studied English literature or media studies at Uni than stand on his head for 3 weeks.
People don't avoid subjects because they seem 'hard' but because they are not interested or have no aptitude for them and that is not quite the same thing as 'seeming hard'.
Going back to school days, my older sister and I both took the 11+.[Hey that old dinosaur] We both passed but she did better that I and went to the Local 'Girls High School' a quite elitist 'Grammar school'.I went to a forunner of the comprehensive system called a 'bi-lateral' school. There were not many. If you passed the 11+ you were in a 'Grammar' class, if not , you were segregated into a secondary modern class. I hated school. All aspects of it except the 'social ' element and did the bare minimum to get through. My sister , on the other hand , worked very hard. We are both now teachers. I have an Honours degree, she has a teachers certificate. On paper my qualifications outstrip hers , but neither is a better teacher than the other or reflects the effort put in to get them.
Think I'd better 'shut up' now or I'll get banned. By the way , in all this , I never could spell, struggled with it all my life still can't spell and have a son who has 'dyslexia! [ he too is a teacher ! So is my daughter but she can spell !]
what did you start Wildchild !!!
