To think my son should not be forced to do a full GCSE in religious education

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He would far rather do GCSE music. He had done RE since he was five. Surely an extra two years is not going to increase his knowledge of other religions that much.

Suburban, computing is also compulsory at KS4 so I'm not sure why your DS had to stop studying it in Y9.

My children will also stop their ICT/computing lessons in year 10

No, he had to stop ICT at the end of Year 9, noble.

He did his GCSEs at a state comprehensive in 2014 if that makes any difference.

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This is cracking me up

I say my kids dont do RE and i am told that the school is not doing its duty (fair play bertrand thats obviously the case, not having a pop)

surburban says her kids doing do computing and surprise is expressed as that too is "compulsary"

The guidelines as far as i am conerned must be so loose that they are virtually non existant

It must go something like this

Ofsted - do you have provision for compulsary RE
School - do you mean do we chat to the children about morals and ethics?
Ofsted - well all religions are based on what people should or shouldnt do
School - thats great...we do that then

Ofsted - do you have provision for compulsary computing
School - do you mean the children use computers in school
ofsted - well computing lessons obviously means they have to use a computer..
School - oh cool...we do that then

There are compulsory subjects, and guess what you're sending your child to a christian school, due to wanting what you think is a good education, suck it up :)

They get to do what they or maybe what "you" want at 16.

RE GCSE is not compulsory, and even if an individual's personal faith were relevant to RE GCSE, the OP's son does not attend a Christian school.

So do you not think its ok to learn about others faiths and still stay true to your own? RE these days is about learning this.

Im english and have a fundamental christian ethos. I also think that if you come to this country then you should understand this.

RE is about different faiths and learning about them not detracting from yours.

rose

Have you read the thread? Its just that...it doesnt sound like it

Re gcse is not compulsory in all schools

no i haven't.. why would i have to?

I go with the question.

I don't really get swayed, i usually read 20 pages and still get back to what I thought originally..

So now a gcse isn't the exam for 11 year olds?

My son disliked subjects he had to study.

I said

get the fuck on with yourself and do it.

No one likes things all the time

I also said when he broke is tiny little bone in his foot, get to sea cadets, if its broken at 7 it will be broken at 9.. guess what I don't have a loose.

"Im english and have a fundamental christian ethos. I also think that if you come to this country then you should understand this."

I am not an immigrant. Even if I was immigrant, that comment is utterly irrelevent.

My son has done RE for the last nine years. Plenty of people have some understanding of other religions without having a GCSE in it. I want my son to pick subjects that he is interested in and well do well. I didn't do GCSE RE and it has not held me back.

Fair enough rose

But if you had read the thread you would have seen that the OPs child does not go to a faith school

That she is not concerned about other religions "damaging" her faith (or lack of)

And that re gcse is not compulsary in many schools

I look at the OPs posts, read the last few posts and then post myself (if i dont want to read it all)

I find that doing that saves me from potentially looking like an idiot

oh just tell him its the way it is he has to do it. its called school and they have to suck it up. My son told me lots of things were shit. I said ok son you disagree now but just get on with it and tell me when you're 25.

Just seen your recent post rose

Nope gcses are not exams for 11 year olds

And i dont know what a "loose" is in the context you have given

My daughter went to karate with a broken wrist...but it doesnt have anything to do with RE gcse

(If it does she is going to get a great pass)

I find workiing with and around the education system helps rufus

Sorry rose

Cross post

I also find you trying to point out something that may be my misdemeaner on a saturday pretty shit.

What?

Still confised...must be time for me to go to bed

But hey if you have to then so be it.

"oh just tell him its the way it is he has to do it. its called school and they have to suck it up. My son told me lots of things were shit. I said ok son you disagree now but just get on with it and tell me when you're 25."

If you are going to then please engage and post something relevent. My son has definate ideas about what he wants to do. The choices that he wants to make are sensible and he would have had no problem making them a few years ago. Dickhead politicans have restricted his GCSE choices so much he cannot study what he wants.

Yes, knowing a little about religions is useful. Its why children learn RE from reception. However in upper senior school children start to specialise a bit and give up a few subjects. It makes sense for children to do what they enjoy and what they are good at.

The combination of comlusory EBac and complusory RE gives very little choice about what a teen studies. Its sad that the arts and vocational subjects will suffer so much. I believe that such a restrictive choice will be bad for the country long term. I would be happier if children were made to study at least one humanity of their from RE, history, geography.

Confised

Confused obviously,

rose

Think we have been cross posting a bit

really

Ebac and re are not compulsary in all schools, but that doesnt matter as you are quite rightly annoyed about it being compulsary in yours