Help ... Drama vs Business Studies

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Hi all ... sorry I've posted this elsewhere, but I think I may have hijacked someone else's thread, so I've reposted. Hope that's okay ...

DS and I have been having words on choosing his last 2 subjects.

Aside from all of the core and x3 science, he has chosen French, Geography and ICT.

He's having great difficulty in chosing from the last set of options, but has narrowed it down to Drama or Business Studies.

He has no idea what he wants to do, but I've tried to steer him slightly toward Drama, as he lack confidence and is quite shy. I was hoping it might boost a bit of confidence. Also, when he did a school play a couple years ago, he was really good and really enjoyed it.

Are there any plusses to taking either of these subjects?

Thanks

There are no pluses at all to taking business studies. At GCSE or A level.

sorry thetasigmamum but you are so wrong!!

BS teaches not only the basics about business i.e. ownership differences, finance, motivation, recruitment, marketing etc which not only helps if you want to get into management etc but also for general life knowledge (most of my students are unaware until we get to the point in the SoW about NI and tax ). It is the most realistic qualification available at this age.

It is also on the list of subjects that can be beneficial in the RG and Trinity list for business related subjects

I teach BS and ICT and out the the 2, I would encourage BS every time even if that means not studying ICT....

Sorry cricketballs, but I'm really not. I can assure you that if a young person is interested in going into business, becoming an accountant or management consultant, or even 'going into management' (a pretty vague aspiration) then they should not do business studies GCSE although I agree with you that it is potentially marginally less useless than ICT. You don't need business studies GCSE to do business studies A level. You don't need business studies A level to do a business studies, economics or accountancy degree. You don't need a business studies, economics or accountancy degree to either train as an accountant or a management consultant or to do an MBA. If somebody wants to pursue a career in business they are much better advised to do either a subject that will enrich them or one that is ferociously mathsy. Some of the most successful business people I know have an engineering background of some sort.

it is not just about a career though - it is also about life skills. Following your analogy then no one need to study any qualifications other than the core.

(and by the way what you learn in business studies you will come across in your working life from the shelf stacker at Tesco to an MD)

Drama We had to choose a language but felt our son was hopeless at this eventhough he is quite academic. So we put our case and were allowed. Not sure would happen now with bac. He just missed it - is Yr 11.

Drama has given him so much confidence. He has become really involved and has a bit of culture now! Visiting theatres etc. Working with confident boys in a group has boosted him. Physical, different style of learning - good to relax/learn differently.

Was a really good break from triple Science, Maths, History etc which he is working so hard for.

Drama gets the creative juices going too and offers great team building/work related skills- he'll have fun. Isn't that important as part of educational diet?

Go for Drama

Oops! Forgot to say. He lacked confidence socially hence we also thought Drama would be good for this - did!

I would advise him to take the subject he is best at and is likely to get the best grade in.

Drama. Every time.

Oh, and whatever he chooses, it isn't going to affect his long term prospects (unless he wanted to study Drama or Theatre Studies at A level, in which case he would need to do Drama GCSE).

It looks as if his other choices cover a suitable range of well-regarded subjects, which should satisfy University requirements. I think this final choice should be "one for fun".

Which does he like best? Will he really flourish or might he crumble in drama?

Drama.

Drama. No doubt.

Drama every time. He has plenty of academic subjects with the three sciences, adding Drama would be a better balance than adding BS.