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Dropping Art GCSE?

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emMo13 · 01/01/2019 18:38

DD wants to drop art GCSE because she feels the workload is too high and she doesn’t have enough time to revise for other subjects. DD is a procrastinator but has recently started to get down to it and has now realised she’s started too late. I have been telling her she needs to get her finger out for since half way through year 10, but to no avail. Maybe it’s my shoddy parenting. Regardless, I’m willing to accommodate her wishes because I don’t think that not letting her drop it out of spite is going to achieve anything at this point. I’m 100% sure that if DD replaced the time she was spending doing art, she’d do incredibly well at the rest of her subjects (she has 10 others, and did RE last year), since she spends days on it and nothing else. Yes - it’s a time management thing when it comes to art (I’ve been blasted about that before) but she insists that if she had to do it to a passable quality she’d still spend a significant amount of time on it and there’s no point spending that time just to get a 4 or a 5. Thoughts? Has anyone ever dropped art so late?

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BlytheSpiritsSpirit · 01/01/2019 18:45

Will the school let her? My eldest is taking art GCSE and the workload is enormous but they are starting their exam piece in January. I don't know if you can quit this late in the game.

My dd has been overwhelmed by the workload at times, and she adores art, wants to be an artist etc. I would never recommend it as a soft option or even to my younger DC if they aren't committed enough.