I am a form 4 student, trying to decide whether to drop add math and focus on my three main sciences, but my school doesn't allow dropping subjects so my plan is to drop it when SPM. Sorry if I am mistaken cause I am relatively new to this whole thing.

The thing is that I have already decided what to do in my future career, which is to be a Forensic Pathologist (someone who operates on dead bodies to find the root cause of death) and I can't see add math being useful in this line of field. I am good at biology, but my physics and chemistry is almost failing.

Disclaimer: I am by no means dropping normal math as I still see some benefits to it when it comes to business. I see no useful benefits that add math can help me in my future endeavors, other than looking good in the eyes of conventional employers as being good at add math somehow naturally means that you are smart. Of course to be fair, I did find some usefulness in Add maths in terms of business like for example: progression and elimination method thingy. But being good at add maths literally has no sway in your future career, all the time I asked teachers or tutors whether add math is useful in their career and they all just said that it is just another subject that looks good and doesn't determine whether your future.

My cousin also said that it is better to drop add maths than get a worst average in your report card. As far as I know, she is amazing at add math but ended up dropping it the last second. Even without add math she ended up being some sort of manager in a computing company like Intel whatnot.

So with all that being said, should I drop add math. If not I want to see your perspective but it has to be about a career in Forensic and about the whole STPM or SPM that kinda thing. I am already determine to leave this country as soon as possible so that means if I am lucky, studying abroad in a country where I can further increase my Forensic career and my knowledge of anatomy.

PS: sorry if I somehow seems arrogant or if there are grammatical errors as this is my first time and I am typing this whole thing in the toilet.

yes. add math will not make you rich or get a job easily.

Try to study add math..

Yes, you will not use it at all on your field of interest, but the technical question you face and practice in add math will open up your mind and thinking into solving problem..

For example, you see a question, then you know what are the potential formula to use.. then you go from there..

Is not about add math, but it is about opening your mind and brain thinking power to problem solving, practical and logical thinking..

And i believe this set of skill is very much needed in doing forensic.. add math just help u to put things into a lot of different perspective, you get to see more dimension

Try study what is requirement to enter the field by most of reputable university that offer Forensic Pathologist local and international. From that, it should help you to decide. From min. requirement and the advantage to be acceptance by that uni for that faculty.

"But my school doesn't allow dropping subjects so my plan is to drop it when SPM"

If i not mistaken, you can drop it. just dont registered it..

This is my POV, I could be wrong.

-Biology is mostly memorising facts / anatomy.

-Add maths / physics / chemistry requires understanding principles, applying it in different scenarios to get answer.

Based on the above 2 things I pointed, out you sure you can be a competent forensic pathologist, which require you to deduce and find out causes of deaths?

Or just a memorise and spit out kind of forensic pathologist?

Just my 2 cents.

Kid, unless you’re extremely good, chances are you won’t get to pick the jobs/careers you want.

Your best option is to maintain a pass for the subject you’re weak in while striving hard on the subjects you’re excelled at.

Kudos on you on having this ambition. I did a quick check on requirements to become a forensic pathologist. You'll need to do a medical degree as well before specializing in this field. I suppose if you have some seniors or friends or relatives in medical fields, ask them if it is necessary to have add maths in the spm/stpm (further maths?, Not sure as i did IB instead). Maybe they can advise you better than us.

I think the problem solving skills you acquire in add maths can be very useful. It trains your mind to analyze and solve problem, usually using the data given. Problem solving skills are useful even in forensic pathology.

nasihat from uncle: you only f4, I until mid f5 also D,E only... but after getting hints it clicked and then managed got A1 in trial and spm. You got 2 years to learn base for tertiary edu, 9/10 subjects not that much compared to what you'll learn at Uni later.

useless subject. waste of time i rather focus other subject score A

yea school didnt allow to drop. very pld fashion

If you do your add math everyday.. you will see the obvious pattern...

u still need addmath to qualify for matriculation
even stpm pun advance math sama je macam addmath extra sikit sahaja

Good idea ...might as well drop history also .. for what? Not useful for your future career ... Drop moral, drop physics drop geography and everything ... don't waste time study what you don't need .. actually might as well drop school bro ... Steve Jobs, Mark Zuc, Bill gates all dont go to school 1 sia

addmaths hard but easy to pass in spm
take it as a challenge

I once failed add math in form 4,i just couldn’t understand anything.
But i managed to get A in spm after some intense homework, exercise you start to see the pattern.
I do agree that i haven’t find any application for it in my career so far

you want a scholarship?
some list add math as a requirement

You will study add maths again in your university degree. Worst of all, you will need to pass the paper or else no degree for you

Like it or not, Add maths will haunt you until you graduate

No need to drop. Just make sure you fail so hard in SPM so that subject gets omitted in your cert. No real harm.
Nobody is going to ask or know that you once took add math and get rekt.

If you are going bio route you are pretty safe anyway.

I don't have add math in cert. Hell I only get B for math mod but continue diploma&degree in agriculture, then enter industry for a while, then left; did masters in Pathology and now settling down in Academia. Maybe can do phd one day if I watch less porn.
The only (nonbasic) math that matter is statistics and Economy. Fortunately, it's a fun kind of math that you can easily see its purpose and relate. Don't remember any time I regret being stupid in add math and failing it.


Things and opportunities could be better with add math, but what I'm saying is, you can hardly fail either, especially when you have clear goal.
Thats my experience though. Others might disagree.

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