Don Tuite wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:34:52 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

. . .

Having said that, my degree in physics (or as we called it, the
department of theoretical engineering) opened up a whole vista of
opportunities, one of which could have been flying if I had wanted it.
I chose (as your walls are mute testimony) to go into the space
program. I could have gone into computer programming. I could have
gone into semiconductor design. I could have gone a dozen different
directions.

If you go to an "aviation" school and take "aviation", you have one
career choice in one particular field. . . . .

What he said.

I'll third that. Don't let a dislike of math deter an interest in any of
the science or engineering fields.