Hello!
I am currently a year 11 student and will be the graduating class of 2020. I am a strong English student and I love analysing plays/films/books and it comes pretty naturally to me (even in my spare time). I am aiming to study Speech Pathology at uni after school.
This year, I completed 1/2 Legal Studies, Further, Health, French and English, as well as 3/4 Psychology.
Next year, my timetable is currently Legal Studies, Further, Health, English and Literature (there was not an available class for French for me).
My question is: would it be crazy to drop Legal and pick up English Language?
I do not enjoy Legal as much as I would have hoped - I find it very, very dry and even though I learn well by rote, I find it hard to apply elaborative learning to the subject. My scores for 1/2 have been relatively good (averaging around 80%), but after looking at the content and talking to my friend who is currently studying 3/4 Legal, I can't see myself enjoying/being very good at it.
My current year 12 friends are telling me that studying 3 english's be an insane workload, but I guess my logic behind it is this:
1. English = I'm good at it, it comes pretty easy to me and I have done it since year 7.
2. Literature = This would be my 'passion' subject. I love analysing books and plays, and even though I have not completed 1/2 and I understand that the formatting is different (ie. writing literary perspectives), I am willing to work hard to overcome it.
3. Language = My work friend who is currently studying the same Speech Pathology course I want to study said that English Language set her up well for the course as it covers similar topics. I also understand that not doing 1/2 and picking up 3/4 Language will be initially difficult, but I am not the first to do it and I have spoken to the teacher who is kindly willing to give me resources to study over the summer to help me catch up. I am not an overly scientific or 'logical' learner and I prefer the creative stuff which is why my mum is worried about me doing Language... buttt it does interest me and I did well in psychology (from which I've heard the amount of content load is similar).
I also understand that one of these will have to be a 10% increment (which I am expecting will be Language). In turn, if I end up doing Legal, I expect that to be a 10% increment, along with maths.
I'm anxious about making the wrong choice and limiting the breadth of my subjects. Studying English, Lit and Language honestly makes me excited for year 12... but I may be being very naive and just feeling overwhelmed with Legal because of the time of year.
So do I study all three English's? Or do I keep Legal and be okay with the fact that it may not be my strongest subject?
I would really appreciate your advice! <3 Thanks so much:)