Dropping a Subject (Methods)

[vexx]

Hi,

I'm having difficulties doing six subjects at the moment and am quite stressed. I am no longer doing any homework for methods and despite still having a pretty solid average i don't really think there's much point in me doing it since it takes up quite a lot of time, even though with the very little work i do now getting 30+ will be fine. (I wouldn't drop uni chem since that takes up little time, and i could work on it more if i wasn't doing methods anyway, i just have to cram heaps for the exam><)

If i drop it i'll have much more time to focus on my other subjects during the day and wont feel guilty about not doing homework for methods, and have more time after school too since i still study for the SACs (i wont for the one coming up though) and definitely for exams. (if i'm doing this subject there's no way i could neglect it completely..)

Since most of the courses i want to do don't require methods it's fine (medicine, college in USA even - although i won't be accepted)..... except if i do end up deciding i want to go to melbourne uni i will most likely just do it by distance next year during my gap year and have plenty of time to do it via this way.

Is this a bad idea? Or should i stick with it? What would you do...

Thanks

Vexxx

[Mao]

Bad idea, stick with it.

[dekoyl]

I say DONT DO EET.
Methods is important.

How are you doing in your other subjects, though? I'd say drop further if you really insist on dropping something.

[vexx]

Nahh further is so easy, and i'm hoping to be in my top four along with chem and p.e. which are my two best subjects. methods will only bring my score down as it takes up time, and it's going to be my 7th anyway.. chances are my course i end up doing won't require methods.
but you both say to keep doing it, i hate it so much haha i just don't see any point in doing it..
why's it a bad idea mao then??

[Yitzi_K]

Looks to me from the way you've phrased it you've already decided, you just want people to back up your decision.

I'd say go for it, if it's really true that you won't need it for uni and you think it's holding you back in other subjects and perhaps might lower your final aggregate, then you may as well drop it. It's not like methods maths is particularly interesting anyway.

[kyzoo]

Mmm I quit Chinese so I can tell you what it's like to drop from 6 subjects to 5.

You don't gain as much time as you think you do. I still find my workload somewhat overwhelming despite having only 4 subjects to focus. But then again, I was already doing absolutely no work for Chinese for like 4-5 weeks before I dropped it, so you might have a different experience. School is a lot more relaxing now that I have one extra spare a day, however this doesn't mean I get a lot more work done since spares aren't productive unless you spend go somewhere isolated.

[tram]

don't do it. trust me, just don't. I dropped legal at the start of the year and it has not help that much at all.

If you want someone to convice you to keep it, talk to ed cliff in ur muep class tomorrow and tell him to tell you the story of his idiot best friend called daniel tram who dropped legal whihc was a shit decision. Trust me, ed can be very pursuasive.....

[vexx]

Looks to me from the way you've phrased it you've already decided, you just want people to back up your decision.

I'd say go for it, if it's really true that you won't need it for uni and you think it's holding you back in other subjects and perhaps might lower your final aggregate, then you may as well drop it. It's not like methods maths is particularly interesting anyway.

nahh i haven't decided i was just in a real anti-methods mood then, so unsure right now again>< i hate maths haha its not even hard its just boring and annoying.

Mmm I quit Chinese so I can tell you what it's like to drop from 6 subjects to 5.

You don't gain as much time as you think you do. I still find my workload somewhat overwhelming despite having only 4 subjects to focus. But then again, I was already doing absolutely no work for Chinese for like 4-5 weeks before I dropped it, so you might have a different experience. School is a lot more relaxing now that I have one extra spare a day, however this doesn't mean I get a lot more work done since spares aren't productive unless you spend go somewhere isolated.

yeah , i'd probably be like you since i'm doing zero work for it anyway, but the spares during the day will be incredible. i'm only going to go maybe half the methods classes in the next 2-3 weeks again so i've half dropped it, but i'm sitll doing it and will probably be asked to leave anyway if i keep this up/ get dets, etc. so i need to decide whether to drop or keep, this is so hard~ even if i'm quite certain about doing a gap-year next year anyway. arghhh

[vexx]

don't do it. trust me, just don't. I dropped legal at the start of the year and it has not help that much at all.

If you want someone to convice you to keep it, talk to ed cliff in ur muep class tomorrow and tell him to tell you the story of his idiot best friend called daniel tram who dropped legal whihc was a shit decision. Trust me, ed can be very pursuasive.....

why was it a bad decision? you did amazing last year so you didn't need to do legal? i'm sure you'll do amazing without it and it's not like it's a prereq.

[kyzoo]

Looks to me from the way you've phrased it you've already decided, you just want people to back up your decision.

I'd say go for it, if it's really true that you won't need it for uni and you think it's holding you back in other subjects and perhaps might lower your final aggregate, then you may as well drop it. It's not like methods maths is particularly interesting anyway.

nahh i haven't decided i was just in a real anti-methods mood then, so unsure right now again>< i hate maths haha its not even hard its just boring and annoying.

xD then you so should have done Spesh, I have 3 Spesh problems atm that I have no idea how to solve >.<

[vexx]

Looks to me from the way you've phrased it you've already decided, you just want people to back up your decision.

I'd say go for it, if it's really true that you won't need it for uni and you think it's holding you back in other subjects and perhaps might lower your final aggregate, then you may as well drop it. It's not like methods maths is particularly interesting anyway.

nahh i haven't decided i was just in a real anti-methods mood then, so unsure right now again>< i hate maths haha its not even hard its just boring and annoying.

xD then you so should have done Spesh, I have 3 Spesh problems atm that I have no idea how to solve >.<

i meant maths as in methods.. i doubt that spesh would be easy haha..

[slothpomba]

I voted don't drop it.

I'm bad at methods and i hate it, it gives me heaps of homework (which i dont do half the time..might explain why im bad) and i would love to drop it.

I keep it for two reasons:

1) I know it doesnt seem like it now but you may change your mind on what you want, you dont want to be locked in.

2)Say you dont get into medicine, what are your backups, i can think of biomed and science all of which need methods... For this reason i take it... You sound confident you'll get into med... surely you need backups?

You also only really listed 1 course when you said the course(s) you want to get into dont need methods...*shrug*

Anyway i say keep it

[Twenty10]

Keep it. It's more useful than further and also serves as a good backup if you dont get into your course. Considering your not doing work for methods dropping it wont free up much time at all. I think you should drop further because it is pretty much useless for the future.

[tram]

don't do it. trust me, just don't. I dropped legal at the start of the year and it has not help that much at all.

If you want someone to convice you to keep it, talk to ed cliff in ur muep class tomorrow and tell him to tell you the story of his idiot best friend called daniel tram who dropped legal whihc was a shit decision. Trust me, ed can be very pursuasive.....

why was it a bad decision? you did amazing last year so you didn't need to do legal? i'm sure you'll do amazing without it and it's not like it's a prereq.

I'm pretty much wasting my spares now. like i coud;ve done well in legal, i was up there in scores last year and my teaceher said he would be surprised if i got below 40. I the thing is, to get what i want, chinese can't be in my top 4 and that means that i need to ace all three of my subjects this year whihc is really risky to bank on. Wiht legal, it wodn;t be a hell of a lot of work, it gives me a back up and you just never know, it could've been my top subject, if you just an awesome day.


And trust me when i say that more free time does not mean a higher score in others. You might as well subject yourself to one year of hell and you'll know you can cope with whatever gets thrown at you in future.

[AzureBlue]

Is 6 subjects in year 12 survivable if you have really good time management skills?