So how do you teach what you don't know?

[Bodenbabe]

Practically-speaking, how does this work? Do you read up beforehand? (and if so do you spend a long time doing prep work?) Or do you and your DC learn it together? Or any other methods...?

Also, Seeker, your assumption seems to be that everyone is aiming at university (or equivalent study). If people are aiming at something else, then they need to accumulate the appropriate bricks for that, rather than 3 A levels.

I don;t assume that everyone is aiming at university or further education - I just hate the thought of people, like my niece, who made choices at 14 about her future career which menat that, when she realized that she wanted to follow a career that required "conventional" qualifications, she had none at all, and it was a huge hurdle for her to leap.

I am, sadly, all in favour of ";just in case' qualifications. They needn't take up too much time and effort, but they will ALWAYS be easier to do when education is your job, rather than when you have to support yourself and maybe others at the same time.

I was using A level as a sort of catch-all generic for all such qualifications, BTW>