We had our options evening the other night and it was quite confusing as every teacher was bigging up their subject and it was hard to get an unbiased view! DD will do English, maths, science, German, history and drama, which seems a fairly balanced lot to me. She has 3 choices left - I was thinking that geography would be a good subject to take as it's an academic subject and so might be viewed as more 'important' than something like Health & Social Care or Resistant Materials. But then I was told that it's easier to get a good grade in Resistant Materials compared to Geography... so is it better to have an academic subject at a lower grade or a 'soft option' at a higher grade? DD isn't really bothered about these further choices and she doesn't like one subject more than another.
Also, is Computing (not ICT) worthwhile if you aren't planning on a STEM career?
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LucasNorthsTwiglets · 08/02/2016 18:20
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