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:confused: I'm about to choose my options for GCSEs and was wondering does it really matter what you choose or just what your good at...i mean for jobs does it like make a difference to what uni courses you can take? I'm really worried about choosing the wrong ones... :chin: :crazyeyes
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Do what you enjoy AND do a wide range, it will be your last chance to, so take advantage. DO take a foreign language, DO take a humanities subject (that's your history, geography, RE, business studies), DO make sure you try hard at english, maths and science, they're important for everything you might want to do, and final DO take an art or technical subject (drama, design, resitant materials, electronics, fine art).
The above is what I think is necessary for a wide base to take good a-levels and get to the uni that is right for you. ENJOY IT, because if you don't, you're probably doing the wrong thing.
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Your options for qualifying as a teacher. here
Articulate is the ability to express yourself clearly. Which you don't. You need to type properly, and use punctuation. If you have a learning problem, which I can easily believe, then you can have some sympathy with how difficult it is to understand your text-talk & slang ridden drivel for someone else with a learning problem, and even for people who don't.
Think about it, how do you think you come across when you say you want to be a teacher, but apparently lack a basic grasp of english?
Now, do you want to tell me where I've judged you? Is it where I advised you on your GCSE choices? Is it where I found you the requirements for becoming a teacher? Is it where I told you outright that the way you post makes life difficult for other users and makes you look like an idiot? Whether you are or not is not for me to know.
ETA: I don't have the time or the energy for this anymore. What I have told you is in your own best interests, and you can take it or leave it. I don't care.
Best thing to do about choices is pick ones you like. Ask the teachers what it's like if you're not sure, and maybe see some of the work you'll have to do.
I only had the two choices, I chose graphic design and history. Neither have really made an impact on my opportunities later on. At the end of the day, if you pick the wrong course there is often still an opportunity to do what you want at a level. For example, Im doing economics a level even though I didnt do it at gcse.
Having said that now, I'm in the final year of a level and realised that economics is based on skills that are a major weakness for me - extended writing - so I think its important to know beforehand what the type of work you'll have to do is.
Dont worry about not know exactly what you want to do, if you want to be a teacher then just pick subjects you like, and when you get to a level there will be heavy emphasis on careers when you'll have the chance to consider what to do.
Best of luck
Rich
Hi, I'm training to be a primary school teacher at the moment. Basically any GSCE's will come in handy as you'll be expected to teach a wide range of subjects. You will need Eng, Maths and Science for definate and a language is a really good idea, if you're good at music thats always a really good way to get into primary teaching (especially if you can play an instrument). If I were you I would try to stick to conventional subjects but keep it a broad range. Stick in and work hard and you'll be great. Good luck. Lucy :thumb:
Great advice Butterscotch
to get into college/6th form or whatever they usually ask for 5 A*-C grade GCSEs at C or better. If theres a subject/s in particular you know you want to study further, then obviously take that subject.
I was the same. I knew after GCSEs that I wanted to do A-levels. After a discussion with my tutor, I got told to think about what I wanted to do after A-Levels (I knew I wanted to go to uni but didn't know what to do) and spoke to the careers advisor and now, I have a better idea of what I want to do.
You can't choose to do these three subjects - they're compulsary, meaning that whether you like it or not, you have to study them.
I agree with what everyone else has said so far. Do what you enjoy the most and what you're best at, and try your best at them, because teaching is a very academic area where I imagine grades are important, but at primary school, I don't think that anything other than English, Maths and Science is vital.
As for careers advisors, I think most places should have somewhere that can help you (Connexions, for example) even if there isn't one at school. I find that looking at adverts for jobs or courses which you think you might be interested in gives you a good idea as to what qualifications/experience they expect from you. I'm sure someone else that's replied can point you in the direction of some good websites that advertise this kind of work.
Finally, take every opportunity to get involved with children. Babysitting, dance groups (they always tend to have loads of younger kids along with the older ones, so maybe you could get involved there), whatever. You'll get to do a work placement soon, so try and get schools and nurseries. I found that students that actually put some effort into getting a work placement tend to get the best ones (rather than just picking from those advertised on the day, where it's first come first served), so write away to some of the schools that you'd like to work at and see if you can get a placement.
Oh and watch Teachers TV, that channel on freeview.
I think that one of the problems with GCSEs is that, when you come to choose them, you have basically bugger all idea about what you want to be later on in life. You'll probably be flitting between a number of possibilities.
My advice to you would be to do at least one science, language and humanity subject, along with the core maths and english (lit and lang unless it's joined now). That way, when you come to A-Level you'll have at least a grounding in any possible direction you could want to go in.
Which other subjects you choose depends on what you like best, in my opinion.
I don't.
Correcting other people's English (unless they are your student, your child or they have specifically asked you to) is both rude and patronising.
It generally is the advice on here, which is to write appropriately for these boards : that means no text speak.
To suggest that an idea of correctness suggests little clue about language is simply wrong. The devolution of English into text speak so that you can fit more into a tiny screen does not mean that that language replaces the original.
I don't know why you would think that. In my opinion it's people's lack of correcting wrongdoings for fear of being seen as rude or interfering that contributes to the general slide of society into slackness. There's nothing bad about pointing out something that's wrong.
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Thanks mist.
Personally, I don't consider "only being in yr 9" an excuse, people are supposed to be literate in this country. How long did you think it took me to work out that "ayt" syllable over the page?
I'm inclined to agree with Fiend, it's good manners to write in a way that is accessible to everyone, which is why text talk and writing all in capitals are against the rules. A lot of people here have learning difficulties, and that's actually part of the reason for the rules I believe.
As to your original point, your GCSE choices have very little bearing on the rest of your life as long as you don't close any doors you'd like to leave open. Check your school's rules about the A Level subjects you might be interested in, my school didn't require history or RS GCSE in order to do the A Level, for example, just a certain grade in English.