A very strange choice. Son has chosen 9 of his 10 options. Maths, English (2), 3 sciences, German, History & Geography. He's torn for number 10.
He's very academic and has got top results in year 8 and 9 Latin, the Latin teacher wants him to take it to GCSE with a forecast grade 8/9. So all good. BUT.... He used to like it, but is now finding it boring and hard work, but he's still getting top grades in tests and homework, so not looking forward to another two years of it, and it doesn't really figure in any of his career aspirations. So, basically, a top GCSE likely but no particular use and probably hard work and not enjoyable.
He's attracted to resistant materials. He's not particularly good with his hands and has had some ups and downs with his practical tech work in years 7 and 8. BUT, his written work has been fine, i.e. design, drawings, theory, etc. He's really torn (as are we). If he takes RM, he'll probably enjoy it, maybe improve his hands-on practical skills, but almost certainly will get a lower GCSE end result (due to likely lowish score on the actual end result of the practical project).
Another aspect that throws a spanner in the works is that the subject blocks are likely to mean that he stays with his friends in many subjects if he opts to take Latin, but if he does RM the blocks may mean that he's in a completely different stream resulting in him unlikely to be in classes with his friends, which he is really unhappy about.
Just wondered if there was anyone with experience of RM and whether an "academic" child would be happy and successful in doing it if their hands-on practical skills were relatively poor/undeveloped.
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GCSE Options. Latin or Resistant Materials (!)
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Badbadbunny · 03/02/2016 09:39
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