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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] Yep. Great, eh? Although you're supposed to start specialising from year 10 onwards; GCSE English, Maths, Science and RE are compulsory, you also have to do a technology and a language (usually French or German but some schools offer Spanish). When I did my GCSEs IT was compulsory as well. Ultimately I was limited to two actual choices and took history and geography. A/S level you get to choose four or five subjects and then carry on three or four to A level. [QUOTE] So call me an undereducated American, but what are these specifically? I see IT and think 'Information Technology', but that's because I am a geek and have no social life [/QUOTE]IT is information technology. The problem is, before A/S level (Year 12/lower 6th form/16-17 years old) you basically learn how to use word and excel and stuff like that. I have never taken an IT lesson where I didn't already know haow to do the stuff we were being 'taught'. Same goes for pretty much everyone else I know. RE is Religious Education which these days means a brief swing through the major faiths in years 7-9 then Islam and Christian Ethics (not PC to teach straight Christianity anymore- insert your own jokes) in years 10-11. Just about the only reason people do it is because it's compulsory. And easy. I think these two subjects could be collapsed into an alternating one hour slot per week and the extra hour given to history. There was a very good article in the [i]Telegraph[/i] today but it's not on the web site yet; I'll post it when it is. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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