So DD is starting VCE next year at a new school. She got into all the subjects she wanted except for Psychology. Now the only 2 subjects left are Drama and Business Management - I think she would rather do Proctology than either of those.
So the name of the game is to get the highest scores, and to do either of these would be a complete waste. Is it possible she can do another subject some other way? Distance? TAFE?
I have no idea about VCE, I am old and did HSC....
Lulu back in the day when I did VCE there were some schools that had an agreement that their students could attend classes at other campus's if that school didn't offer the class or if it was full (psych was always the first to go)
Can't hurt to ask if they have a scheme like that.
But if not - Bus Man is the easiest score you can get....
Thats what I thought (about Business Managment). DD asked around a bit and was told it was the most boring subject in the world, so she was a bit wary. Hhhmmmm, will have to let her know.
it's not the most exciting class in the world but it's pretty handy as it's one of those classes you will actually use on the outside ....LOL
also depends on who teaches it - it has the scope to have a lot of hands on out in the community prac's (or it did about 8 years ago when I did it ...LOL)
Tell her it's just a filler sub
You can do subjects through correspondence if they're not offered at your school. THe school should be able to help her with setting it up. She should "act" as if it's during the periods when BusMan would be on - ie do her study in the library at that time, otherwise it may be difficult to catch up if she's not particularly studious.
lulu- i'm actually a VCE business management teacher so i can help you out on this one. it is a very easy subject, but if your dd's aim is to get as high a TER as possible, then i wouldn't be taking it. it is graded down in your results so that even if she gets straight A+s, this will not contribute to her score in the same way as say A+s in physics.
the best bet would be to do a subject by correspondence, although this can be super hard- especially for unmotivated students (i don't know if your dd is this or not, but i know a lot of students have found it very challenging).
Last edited by Ginger; November 29th, 2008 at 03:30 PM.
Lu, can I just say - I think it's best that she does a subject she'll enjoy, more than one that will score really highly. Just because - if she is bored by the subject, or hates it, will she care about it enough to do well?
For example, I did Chem & methods, hated them, and didn't do as well as I could have. If I'd picked subjects that I actually was interested in, I'm sure I would have done much better.
Hmmm, I'm not sure a subject like psychology would be good to do via distance.
I wonder what else would be suitable. She is already doing a maths and biology - the psychology wasn't "necesarry", and the other subject was Drama and that sounds like it would graded much the same as BM. I'll put it past her and see what she thinks.
There is an orientation next week so we will check out waht the school thinks too.
When i did high school, our school didnt offer psycology, so the people that wanted to do it when to the local TAFE and did it there, something to look at prehaps?
It sucks that student are not able to do the subjects that they want. there should be a better ways, so that all the kids can do all the subjects that they want.
I did yr11 drama, i honestly can say, if your DD is not 'into' drama, dont encourage this subject its hard enough for someone that loved it
Hmmm Lulu do you want to encourage her to have MORE drama in her life
But seriously if she isn't interested in doing drama then I would steer her away from it as it would be a subject that many of the kids would be really into. BM would probably be the better option or trying to find an external place like the TAFE that offers Psychology.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
VCE subject question....
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