I have one of those boys who no-one else on MN seems to have but who I'm sure are fairly common in RL
He's bright enough and gets on well with people, never in trouble at school but has always just done enough. His definition of "enough" and mine differing somewhat.
He has started to work a bit harder towards the end of year 10 but frankly if he gets 5 GCSE A-C he'll have done well. I'm worried about the new 9-1 for English & Maths because an old C in English might have been a challenge for him and I understand getting the equivalent in the new GCSE will be harder.
Anyway he has no real interests. He's happy enough to rub along doing what everyone else is doing but there's nothing that really fires him up. He does enjoy Army Cadets but doesn't want to go in the Army (thank god!), has never been interested in sport, science/nature or anything arty.
Consequently he has no idea what he'd like to do when he leaves school or for sixth form (or equivalent)
What should we be doing now to help him see his options and inspire him? TBH coming from a fairly academic family myself, where it was always assumed one went to University at 18, I don't have many ideas for him either.
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15yo has no idea what to do at the end of year 11
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OpenMe · 11/08/2016 14:40
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