I want to become a high school teacher. Should I get a degree in Maths or Biology?

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Maths teachers are in shortage and PE teachers are in oversupply, PE teacher jobs are hard to find and schools can afford to be super picky.

I think the requirement for maths teacher training is a degree with 50% maths so a joint (or combined) honours degree including maths would be suitable and they'll take people with maths adjacent subjects like engineering.
but if you're hating maths already you'll probably find it tough going at uni.

I'm assuming you're at school or college now - why not talk to one of these science teachers and see how they find covering more than one subject cos I don't think they generally find it disagreeable.

In an ideal world, I would have loved to teach biology or PE. But im now aware that biology-only teachers are very rare. Science teachers normally have to teach all 3 of biology, physics, and chemistry. (Which i don't want to do)

I want to teach just ONE subject and put my heart and sole into that subject.

PE is extremely competitive to find a job.

So now im considering a Mathamatics degree instead even though maths isnt my forte.

But ive heard maths would open more opportunities.

Is this correct?

Maths is not something you do because you think it is what you should be doing. If you don't love it now, you will hate it by the end of your degree... if you even get to the end. Don't get me wrong, maths is an incredibly rewarding subject, but you need to actually relish the problem solving process instead of becoming frustrated by it. Not everybody is cut out for that.

Don't do a maths degree if you don't actually want to study maths for itself. Especially if it's not an area you are strong in. Particularly as degree level maths is vastly different to the school maths you are familiar with.

Ultimately it's common for teachers across the board to teach multiple subjects these days I gather. I think also you are thinking of subjects from a very school student perspective as being artificially "boxed off" and divided. The reality is that biology and chemistry are continuous with each other (and mathematical methods, if not maths more generally, are continuous with all scientific enterprise) beyond school level. The artificial divides in school are just that- artificial. They're a convenient abstraction to compartmentalize teaching for students.

If you do a biology degree you will do some level of chemistry, and more to the point you will need to think in terms of chemistry concepts (if not necessarily directly solving chemistry related problems) to understand all of modern biology.

I think you are failing to see the forest for the trees here.

I completely get what you're saying. But at the same time, once i got my degree, i would only be teaching maths at gcse level.

As a mature student (who hated maths in school) I self studied and taught myself maths gcse and re sat my gsce's and passed. Turns out i don't hate it as much as i thought.

Of course, i know maths at degree level would be whole other ball game.

Thanks for the reply. I understand that, but im still just worried about doing a 3 year degree and then struggle to get a job etc..

Im just looking for the best options which get me into teaching because becoming a teacher was always my dream. (PE or Biology teacher first and foremost)