We had our Year 9 Options evening last week and DD had pretty much decided what she's going for but has looked into the courses a bit more and had a chat with her teacher and is now unsure.
Her heart really lies in the fine art, but had decided on graphics - the GCSE is more 'useful' and she'd be able to combine her fine art with the graphics
However, she's looked more into the graphics course and she feels it's not quite right - it's not the pure art that she's interested in and involves other stuff that doesn't interest her (stuff like market research/questionnaires/etc).
Her art teacher is recommending graphics - if DD decides not to take it further it would be useful if she wanted to do an apprenticeship in design.
I do agree with the teacher, but then I can also see where DD is coming from - that it would be better to do the course she really wants, rather than attempt a course that her heart isn't really in.
I don't really know what to advise her to be honest. She's not overly academic and I'm not sure whether college/uni is really for her, so on one had, I would say the graphics course, but she also has to enjoy it and I think she'd enjoy fine art more and therefore work harder and get the better grade.
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GCSE options - Fine Art or Graphics? Which one would you advise her?
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Ellybellyboo · 03/02/2016 12:51
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