DS, Yr 10, is doing well at school, predicted a row of As and A* and the equivalent in new money.
He is very keen on the sciences and plans science A levels, and some sort of biochemistry degree, maybe.
However he is losing confidence in Maths and while he is doing well in 'regular maths' he thinks he is doing badly at Further Maths - the pace is fast as they are doing both GCSEs in the same time as one.
He thinks if he does badly in this terms's test he should drop Further Maths.
I am not sure if this is a confidence thing, or an ability thing.
Or how important further maths would be to his future options?
And whether we should get some outside support?
Or whether it would be better to drop Further Maths and be more sure of a top mark for regular maths?
Last year they had a terrible maths teacher (now left the school....), very few of the class met (top set) their targets and he kept up by teaching himself from the internet.
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How important is Further Maths for science A levels?
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Blu · 13/03/2016 12:01
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