DD is bright and able. She has always enjoyed being in plays and singing on stage but never talked much about drama lessons at school.
Until recently she was all up for picking up a second language at GCSE (she would cope no problem academically). But now she is saying she wants to do drama. I am wary on two counts (or maybe three - hmm yes, three!)
- will it be full of muppets picking what they think is an easy option, and will she like group work with a bunch of peeps she doesn't know or like much (she can be solitary tho she has a nice small group of pals)
- will it look a bit duff on her future UCAS form (other choices are French, music, geography)
- I am a bit sad as a teacher of MFL and (kind of) triple linguist that none of my DC will even be dual linguists (DS1 is in yr 11 and DS2 is stuck on PE so won't fit in 2 languages I doubt). That's my issue, I do see, but I am a bit concerned that she is shutting a door - if you are going to use languages meaningfully (she wants to do A level French) surely 2 is better than 1?? Could she take up drama at A level without the GCSe or is that potty?
Thanks for reading my essay!