Dear Demma:

You made a good distinction between your interest in medicine and your dislike of the place where you lived studying medicine (“I mistook the feelings of hating the place I was for hating the course”)

Your lack of enjoyment of A level Chemistry, currently, has to do with the teacher not being good at teaching, another distinction (enjoying the subject matter itself vs. enjoying the teaching of it).

In your decision making of your future career, notice this: it is about what you will enjoy and benefit when employed that matters, not what you enjoy studying. In other words: you may enjoy studying psychology, because of the teachers, or the location, how nice the school location is, the cafeteria and what not, but you may not enjoy or benefit from the work prospects after graduating.

You don’t enjoy the teaching of A level Chemistry, but it is possible that if you endure that discontent, that it will lead you to a career that you will enjoy and benefit from.

I would focus, if I was you, on the long term goal, the goal of employment after the education, and then decide on the best way to get there.

anita