Me dropped english :\

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Ok, well tommorow i am deciding to tell my english teacher that i am dropping english, as i got a D and i know i wont get a C as i find english too hard and want to concertrate more on my ICT work to get those 4 A*'s

Do you think i should quit english, my parents think i shouldent but the truth is i dont feel motivated to do it and really dont like it.
 
Well it depends, what other qualifications will you have if you drop it?
Are you certain you'll get 4 A*'s in your ICT?
 
i aint certain, but iw ould like to at least try to get 4 A*'s
at the moment i have 3c's and 3d's
2 c's in science, 1 c in geog, and 1 D in english and D in business studies and D in ART.
E in maths
 
Check with the requirements you need to graduate. I don't know what your school has, but I know over here, a certain number of credit hours in different subjects is a state requirement to graduate. You may have different options on what specific courses to take, though.
 
i am in college, done my GCSE'S i dont require a C to keep going on my course it was somthing like 4 D'S and 1 C

its just i seem to get the impression i need a C in english to get a decent job after college / uni
 
But i feel if i stop doing english aswell, i will be messed up for life, and end up living on streets becouse i cant get a good job becouse of my grades :(
 
Don't feel like that, a GNVQ is equivalent to like 5 GCSE's or something so you can then get into AS-Course(s) for the first year of A-Levels, then maybe take Computing and ICT courses for the AS, then take them both into A-Level and because of your computer knowledge you'll do better in them, then you will have 2 A-Levels, it will take you an extra year or two (depending on the length of your GNVQ Course) but you can get there.
 
Plus, you don't need grades to get you into a job, what shows best in jobs is experience, not qualifications. But English and Maths are basic qualifications some places look for, and a lot of places in certain types of work won't accept you without a C in both English and Maths minimum. On the other hand, some places really don't care.
 
My advice will be - do not drop out of anything.
Keep at it while you can.

If you give it up now it will be a lot harder to pick up again later.

WWR is right in that places look more for experience but I know from my firm that they look at your English skills very much as well. D is still better than none! and if you can squeeze a bit more juice and get a C well that is even better. Especially in ICT you always learn further. The company who will employ you, if they are a decent company, would like to know you are capable to train further. Poor English and maths (or none if you dropped....) might give them a different impression.

But I feel if I stop doing English as well, I will be messed up for life, and end up living on streets because I cant get a good job because of my grades
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You are going a bit OTT aren't you? I came to this country with qualifications which were not recognised by British institutes (so basically with none....). I wasted three long years getting them. I got a decent job and a decent life. Stick to your current syllabus and work hard at it. Later if you do not need certain qualifications, no harm done. But at least you have the tools to get yourself a better job....

Bottom line, do not drop it.... Good luck, hope you do great.....
 
if i drop english i wont loose the D, i will always have a D in english

but in alot of jobs say if they couldent take me for the job i wanted becouse of a D in english, dont they sometimes put you on somthing lower to see what your capable of and then you start working upwards?
 
willhub said:
don't they sometimes put you on something lower to see what your capable of and then you start working upwards?
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Like said before, the company will not judge you merely by your English stats.
It might influence them if you are against other candidates which might have slightly better stats.
Again this should not deter you from applying. Like I said, if you keep English you might get a C which is :confused: better than a D.... right?

I have to say that I am really against people joining companies expecting to get top grades and top whack when really they only graduated recently, and have little to no experience. There is a massive gap between studying something and actually implementing it in working environment. There is nothing wrong with working upwards especially if you are young and have not got real responsibilities such as mortgage or children. You get to know so much more about the job and the organisation. Obviously I do not know your circumstances so I cannot comment on your particular situation.

But I will give you a small example - I joined my firm 4 years ago, taking a plunge of several thousands in salary, just to get the foot in the door of a really good company. I could not afford it and financially it near enough killed me. But, my bet worked out well for me. However, my aim was to join the ICT team and combine work and pleasure. After three years, knowing the firm pretty well and my knowledge of the systems is good considering I do not even work for IT, I decided to try and apply for a trainee IT support engineer. In the last year I applied three times and three times rejected. I am conversant with java and OOP generally, know the inside of PC's rather well and have started the A+ course myself. However, I always 'lost' (even in the trainee jobs) to fresh IT graduates, who know nothing about the firm and have no working experience what so ever. These fresh graduates will start on a low salary (probably lower than they would like...) but if they have two brain cells to put together, they will advance quite rapidly, again depending on their learning skills. Bottom line, do not be scared off by prospects of starting at the bottom. A lot of times it is the best place to start.
 
I'm doing A+ too sabashuali:). Network+ after this, then MCP, MCDST, MCSA and then the big one, MCSE. Take a few years though.

If you got a C or above at GCSE level, then it should be fine for most jobs. If not then I think that you should put the work in and get that D to a C, its 1 grade but could make the difference.
 
English, next to maths is one of the more highly regarded subjects to have a qualification in, by many businesses. It shows good understanding in communication and 'people-skills', not to mention when writing up reports etc, and it is a good qualification to have.

I would say you are thinking far too much into the future, about what *could* happen, but this is far too extreme.

In this respect I would keep English, but I'm partial to that subject, anyway. Perhaps discuss the situation with your tutor and lecturers, expressing your concerns and what would be the best option. Do not just drop the subject without considering other options available to you.
 
Definatly keep English, yeah. As many have said it looks far better to have a bad grade than no grade, and if you prove you can work you can pull yourself up. I had to do it myself, when my old college required 5 A-C grades to let me in, but I only have 4, reason I got in was I had Maths at a B and English at a C, but they didn't have high hopes to me, I proved to them I could work by putting my all into it, I achieved what I needed to from that and all you have to do is believe in yourself.

Motto of the story: Do not think of what could happen in future, do your best for yourself and craft your own.
 
look at my maths, i have an E, no hope of getting that up :(

i have had a long discussion with my english tutor and he said if i miss another course work he will drop me, and i did miss another coursework, its just no good, the english work is too fast, hardly any time to complete it etc...

i know it sounds stupid, but in IT i have learned More english than in english itself, soon in IT we will be doing english and Maths KEYSKILLS tests, and my tutor MEL, is very good, as he explaint stuff to us extreamly well, and stuff i would normally still not understand, i understand not.

EDIT*** In the end i dropped it, hope it dont mean i am going to not be able to get a job and end up on the streets
 
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