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Old 09-21-2008, 04:45 PM   #43
JCC
 
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In the UK the system goes like this:

From 5-11: English, Maths, Science, RE, Art, Physical Social Health Education (talking about morality and shit), Geography, History, PE (gym), Music, ICT, Design and Technology, all of those are compulsory.

From 11-13: English, Maths, Science, RE, Art, Drama, Citizenship (essentially PSHE), Geography, History, PE, Music, a foreign language, Design and Technology, ICT, all compulsory.

From 13-16: English, Maths, Science are compulsory, the rest are up to you to choose, and you can choose five subjects (four in religious schools, as Religious Education [RE] is already a core subject), PE is also a core subject but extra PE can be taken.

From 16-18: Do whatever the fuck you want.

Now, I think that this system is pretty much good enough, except I think that eight years of Maths, English and Science by teachers with any sort of credible claim to efficiency is enough, and you should be allowed to choose them if you so wish. The only exception to this would possibly be Science, I think that's the most important of those three.
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