I'm posting on behalf of a friend whose DD needs to submit options for the 6th form. She's not sure what she wants to do but has mentioned Accountancy or Law, though I think that's more as the school suggest them as options rather than because she particularly wants to do them.
She's doing really well in all her GCSE subjects and every teacher they saw at options night wanted her to take that subject . School were suggesting 5 subjects, 4 minimum. Sounds a lot to me but I guess it's all changed . She puts a lot of pressure on herself and is the first in the family to be looking at university and her Mum's worried she's pushing herself too hard and stressing too much about what she wants to do and is by nature a worrier. I'm trying to reassure them it's not the end of the world not to know at this stage and to chose things that keep options as much as possible .
Current thinking after options night are English Lang or Lit, Maths, Physics, History and Dance (she loves this). The physics teacher was saying it's a good option as works well alongside Maths. When I talke to her about various careers she could think about and mentioned Pharmacology, she was adamant she didn't want to do anything science orientated.
She really enjoys Spanish as well. Talking to her Mum today it sounds like she would probably enjoy doing English Lit, Maths, History and Spanish, with possibly Dance. Sorry to have gone on, do they sound like solid options to keep options open ? And is it normal for them to do 5 subjects . I thought they were suggesting 5 at A1 but her Mum says they were saying that at A2 (hope I have the right terms here).
Thank you if you've got this far, any advice would be much appreciated.
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WynkenBlynkenandNod · 09/11/2012 18:07
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