Hello,
So I am a year 9 student, and we have subject selection for year 10 coming up the first week back next term. I am looking at taking two year 11 subjects in year 10. Out of all the subjects I want to take in VCE, the only suitable two to do in year 10 are Methods and either Biology or Legal Studies. The subjects which I want to take through to year 12 are literature, chemistry, physics, methods, specialist and either legal or bio.
When I finish school, I want to do some sort of science/engineering, along the lines of maybe aerospace or mechatronics.
So now that I have to pick two unit 1/2 to accelerate next year, I was considering methods and either bio or legal.
Is methods a good idea to complete in year 10? Both my maths teachers from this year believe that I'm capable (test results - Financial Maths: 84%, Pythagoras' and Trigonometry: 100%, Linear Equations: 99%, Algebraic Tequniques: 95%, Mid Semester Exam: 98%), and I have a meeting with the maths coordinator soon to discuss it. I am also completing some extension work in quadratics and geometry problem-solving and my teacher wishes to extend me into year 10 work when I finish the quadratics stuff. How big of a leap is it from what I've covered (and year 9 maths in general) into Methods 1 and 2?
Secondly, I am torn between doing bio and legal for my second one. Obvisouly, these two have little relation with what I desire to study after school, and I plan on continuing with this subject with units 3 and 4, so I don't want to be wasting my time. In my opinion, I would prefer to do legal, as I'm not really drawn towards the rote learning in bio, but I believe that bio would most likely open up more doors for me and would have a stronger relationship with what I want to do than legal. Which one has more of a rote learning style? Which one has a larger workload? Which should I choose to complete?
Is doing two unit 1 and 2 even a good idea? Every forum I've read has said that it's a good idea, but my parents aren't really too keen on it.
Please let me know what you think,
Thank you for your response