

I know it's difficult to come to a decision about which subjects you're going to study for the next two years and which ones you're going to drop, and you don't have to decide today, but it is important to really think long and hard about it, because obviously it will affect your choices here at school and… er… later at university …I think the bottom line is that you have to look beyond just the syllabus to see whether there are any transferable skills that might be useful for whatever career you're planning to aim for. So let's look at the main choice, which is either history – and you'd probably be in my class, I imagine, or philosophy … Now with history you've got lots of textual analysis, there's the focus on source materials, and then the synthesizing of ideas, which is great training for something like journalism or management, but I think you said you might be interested in law … well really either might be good, er, obviously with law you're not going to end up needing the content of philosophy, but, because of the way that philosophy's taught, it's all about standing up, presenting ideas, holding your own in debates and so on, so there's a genuinely useful transferable skill there.. So I would say the ball is very much in your court, and I think it goes without saying that your own interest is what matters most, but you know that, there's no point choosing a subject if you find it dull.
A teacher is talking to a student about what he is going to study next year. What is the teacher trying to do?
$A$. Help the student make a decision.
$B$. Get the student to change his mind.
$C$. Persuade the student to join her own class.
$D$. Give the student advice about his future career.
A teacher is talking to a student about what he is going to study next year. What is the teacher trying to do?
$A$. Help the student make a decision.
$B$. Get the student to change his mind.
$C$. Persuade the student to join her own class.
$D$. Give the student advice about his future career.