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I'm currently in my last term of year 11 and when we're in year 12, we get to drop 1 subject.
I'm trying to decide if I should drop DT or maths.
DT is fun but in year 12 it's going to be a massive workload that I'm not sure I can handle.
Maths is a bit boring but I picked an easy class so I can doodle and sketch random things and listen to music and stuff.
I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Which one should I drop?
| Design Technology (DT) | 12 | |
| Maths | 12 |
If you really think you'd get a better final grade with maths then I'd probably drop the design tbh (unless you're interested in a career in design). Getting that better grade will help you achieve a better college course and therefore a better career, and in the end the only thing that matters is the career you finally achieve at the end of it all. It doesn't matter if school and college were boring if you get a good career at the end of it. And it doesn't matter if school and college were fun if you get a bad career at the end of it. That's the mistake a lot of students (including me) make when it comes to choosing college courses, they choose them based on how interesting the course looks rather than on how interesting the jobs look after college.
But then I suppose other factors come into it too. Maybe the design would be important if you want to apply for more creative and artistic courses, but maths would be important if you want to apply for any STEM courses. You should talk to your career guidance counsellor about all this.
Also, how old are you? If you're in Year 11 you're going to be under 18, unless you've re-sat up to 2 years of school, or started up to 2 years later than everyone else. And in Britain we don't generally re-sit entire years...
What so you see yourself studying at uni? Pick the subject they're the most likely to require as a condition for enrolment, or you won't be studying it without a fight.
Generally speaking, Maths is like a passport to uni, employment and being taken seriously. DT would still open doors, but not as many as you'd be closing by not doing Maths.
Really? In maths you just doodle and don't do anything? That's not a good reason to pick a class.
Depends on what country you're from and how your examination system works.
Generally speaking, you should keep whatever you're best at (and hopefully enjoy more). However, if your system works in having to have taken certain classes to get into certain courses (it used to here in Aus, but that was waaaaaay back in early 2000s, Idk how it's organised now, and Idk what country you're from), then it may be best to keep that one.
If they scale/weight the results, that's another factor to consider.
I would have loved to have dropped maths, but my grandmother wouldn't let me. I dropped down to a lower class of it (aka dumarse maths) and got 98% or something ridiculous...but it was scaled down due to being an easy class.
Another thing to consider is the skill set that the class provides - that's actually the most important thing that any class is trying to teach. The info being taught is less important itself than the skills being developed - including cognitive processes, not just the face value stuff - they can then be transferred to other things.