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Ds hates new college course - what to do?

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Thelonelygiraffe · 12/09/2023 08:12

Ds has just started a college course doing subjects he thought he'd enjoy. But the course is being massively disappointing so far - lecturers ramble on and don't teach, ds is learning nothing, there are half hour gaps between lessons, other students have left already.

Ds is applying for apprenticeships and it's a struggle getting him to go to college each day.

Wwyd? Make him keep going in? Or let him stay at him and apply for more apprenticeships?

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Any1Else · 12/09/2023 08:28

What is the level he is studying at? And does he need the qualification to get onto the apprenticeship? If so, is there an alternative college he could join?

It’s only the start of a new academic year - it may be that lecturers are reprising things students may or may not have learnt at school - before going on to more advanced topics.

And what’s the problem with half hour gaps between lessons? It’s not school - presumably students are expected to use those breaks for independent study?

It’s a shame he’s not enjoying it - but so many students realise years later that they didn’t actually know everything and should have just pressed on and got the qualification they needed.

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Thelonelygiraffe · 12/09/2023 08:13

Stay at home, that should say.

The course is also only three days a week and ds has no homework for the other two days.

Is it worth talking to the college about it?

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