• Question: gcse s should i take in yr 10

    Asked by sinnita to Ben, Jony, Katharine, Mark, Peter on 21 Nov 2011.
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      Ben Still answered on 21 Nov 2011:

      I will obviously encourage you to take the big important ones – all Sciences, Maths and English. Another language is always good too but really at the end of the day follow what you enjoy – I did Drama and Design & Technology and they turned out to be my best GCSE subjects.

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      Peter Williams answered on 21 Nov 2011:

      take a good mix of subjects, that way you can find out what you enjoy doing most.

    • Photo: Katharine Schofield

      Katharine Schofield answered on 21 Nov 2011:

      As well as Science/Maths/English, I did French, German, History and Business Studies. (We had to take at least one language and at least one humanities subject). I took these because they were the subjects I found most interesting – it’s the best way to avoid being bored! So my advice would be similar to Ben’s – do the stuff you enjoy.

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      Mark Basham answered on 21 Nov 2011:

      hi sinnita,

      Yep the key thing is to pick things that you like (or at least don’t hate) I got talked into taking History at GCSE which I really hated, and it showed as I ended up with a D in it.

    • Photo: Jony Hudson

      Jony Hudson answered on 21 Nov 2011:

      Yep, always do the stuff that interests you most and that you like the best.

      My theory is: if you like something, then you’ll find it easy to work hard at it. And if you work hard you’ll do well!

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