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Options choice - please could you cast your expert eyes over these!

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itwillbebetter · 15/02/2014 16:20

He is my first child to pick options so I would be really grateful if you more experienced people would give me your opinion on whether these are a good choice?
DS1 is a bright lad who works blooming hard, he is hoping to go on to A levels in science and maths as these are his strongest subjects but he has no further ideas with regards to the future so we want to give him a good range.
His compulsory subjects are triple science, maths, 2 english and french.
His other 4 top choices are
History (he enjoys it)
Geography (goes alongside science nicely)
Computer science (again he likes it)
Art ( to give him a breathing space and it contains a photography element which is his hobby)

He attends a small independent school and there are not a great deal of subject choices but the ones left are, music, PE, performing arts, business studies and computer studies. He doesn't fancy any of these.

Do these choices seem reasonable and well rounded?
Many thanks for any input.

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itwillbebetter · 15/02/2014 17:15

Ah I didn't factor in the work load of art! I just wanted him to be able to have some creativity. He is not particularly arty but really enjoys photography, perhaps this isn't enough of a reason?

I forgot, the other option available is DT. I wonder whether this would be better?

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FiveOwls · 15/02/2014 17:00

Sounds great, except I'm not sure I'd think of Art as a "breathing space". My dd considered it as she's quite arty and enjoys drawing, and thought it might be good to do something she enjoyed even if it wasn't something she'd study in the future. She changed her mind after talking to friends in the year above, who'd had all their enjoyment killed off by the workload. Apparently "even the really arty ones hate it now".

Scholes34 · 15/02/2014 16:46

Sounds good. My DD did Art. It's a lot of work and he needs to keep on top of it. She hated Art by the end of it!