Okay so this was my pros and cons list for keeping each subject so far (thank you guys so much, i'm so sorry, i'm so frustrating to deal with about this)
Modern
PROS: - Scales a TINY bit better
- Better classmates to collaborate with
- Topics click in my head only once we've finished them, so easier to study for
- Teacher explains things well & the work in class is useful
CONS- Harder content (in my opinion)
- Ranked lower in Modern than in PE/slightly lower result in most recent assessment
- Not confident that I can pull a Band 6
PDHPE
PROS- Ranked top 3
- Easier exam paper than Modern (less essays)
- Pick up content & concepts fairly easily
- Really interested in Core 2
- Syllabus is really clear & makes exam prep easier
CONS- Dislike Core 1
- Less people in class to collab with
- Spend a lot of spare time learning & teaching myself content
- Heavy content
Overall I think I like being in my Modern class better than in my PE class, but I probably like the content from Core 2 in PE more than the national study, for example, in Modern. And I definitely think I need to drop a 2 unit, I especially need the extra study periods
Okay so. Hello. I am the modern lecturer. Modern was my fave subject. Literally obsessed. Didn't study PDHPE. Slightly (extremely most definitely) biased - so take that into consideration, and take my recommendations with a grain of salt. Buuuuuuuutttttt my recommendation is stick with modern (surprise surprise).
The reason I am saying this is mainly due to the fact that you are saying that your teacher/class is better for modern, and I just know from my experience how important something like that is. I was blessed with an amazing modern history teacher. I was not blessed with an equally amazing teacher within another subject (don't want to say which subject exactly since I know ppl from my school are on here and I don't really want it to get back to them) and that greatly affected my experience of the two classes (and the marks I received for them). Also if the reason you want to drop two units is that you feel like you don't have enough time to study everything, the fact that you feel like you have to learn parts of PDHPE on your own concerns me.
A 93 in modern (particularly at the beginning of the year) is an insanely good mark. Like insane. You say that you're not confident that you can get a band 6 but I certainly am for you haha. Plus as you say modern scales quite well, so even if your mark is slightly higher in PDHPE it will probably be roughly the same anyhow.
But as I stated earlier please take this with a grain of salt. If you were going to write a source analysis on me you could say that my perspective is tinged with a deep rooted, underlying agenda
I'd suggest having this discussion with your modern history and PDHPE teachers as well.