Is English literature important for future life? My son is ASD/ADHD, great at maths, science, geography, has a reading age of 16/17+ but hates fiction and especially poetry. I see his future lying in computing/IT type industry for which he is already showing interest/aptitude.
He really struggles with school and the lessons he is not interested in, school are already allowing him to miss RS and art. To help him cope with the GCSEs he will want for the future, is dropping English Literature a reasonable idea? I know they do this at some special schools but my son is in mainstream, though on SEN register (no EHCP). So long as he has English Language GCSE he should be okay surely? He got 114 and 117 in his reading and SPAG SATS if it is of any relevance.