Much as I hate to put a spanner in the works now DD has finally decided on her subjects, am wondering if maths is a wise choice for her.
She had no great love for any subject apart from music. Â Also chosen French as she loves the Country and the culture, and would like to do a year of her degree in France.Â
Her best subject as far as consistent results are concerned is Physics, so her 4th choice (although could be swayed to Psychology).
Maths was always one of her choice. She is very logical, always been in top set, will probably get an A unless she has a really bad day.Â
What is worrying me (as a frustrated mathematician) is that she puts the minimal amount of work in and often doesn't appear to understand the basics (neg numbers, dividing fractions).Â
Also she was going through a past paper this weekend, and claimed to have only covered enough to answer about 65% of it.
They had a very poor teacher in yr8 and 9 that could not control the class, so there may well be a gap, but I thought they would have covered at least 80% of the syllabus by now.
I try to help, but get screamed at at as we think differently ( she's better at applied, I'm better with numbers). So it usually ends up with me writing out a worked example and leaving it for her to go through when she has calmed down.
As mentioned in other threads, she will struggle to find a local sixth form place as competition so fierce. Maths is one of the clashes preventing her staying at her own school. Â I get the feeling that if she includes maths on her external application for schools that want an A minimum, she would need an A* prediction.
One school she is applying to (90 min travelling) allows maths A level with B grade GCSE if from top set. Would it be wise to take maths with a B? They are the only school we have seen so far that offer both the Mechanics units which would suit her better. Others do M1 and S1.
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Not a clue what she would chose instead of maths except nothing essay writing.Â
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circular · 19/11/2012 07:40
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