DS1 had his options interview last week. He was pretty clear that apart from the compulsary subjects he would choose:
Spanish
History
Geography
Catering (he loves cooking and has to take a technology subject because that's what the school specialises in)
DH went to the interview with him and said they'd been advised to drop history or geography and take resistant materials instead. Their reasoning was that taking two humanities would be hard work with lots of essays!
I suspect that the real reason is that DS would already be covering the International Bacc subjects and another technology subject may boost the schools uptake of the school specialism and help them achieve some sort of target. Could this be right?
I feel really let down by the school because I was confident that they'd give correct advice and they'd want the best for DS - please advise!
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Options - DS advised to take resistant materials rather than history! Why?
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ptangyangkipperbang · 30/01/2011 09:09
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