If English wasn't compulsory, would you do it? (1 Viewer)

[cs01001]

Yeah true, now when I come to think of it, English is probably the most useless subject, as it is totally irrelavent to the real word, its not really practical... Learning to memorise and merge quotes, to learn Shakespeare etc is just gay.

 

[watatank]

i'd still do it, except i would probably choose to do standard instead of the advanced the school made us do.

 

[Kujah]

Well English is fundamental to our language. Without it, we wouldn't know how to write letters, diary entries or stories. Even more, we'd be speaking another language. Some people wouldn't mind that

 

[over9k]

I probably would, only because I'm horrible at science.

 

[cccclaire]

I'm reasonably good at english so I guess I would keep doing it.
Although I'm also good at computers and I haven't chosen any computer subjects because I had too many, so I guess if I were to drop english I could pick up SDD or something.
I guess it would depend on university requirements of english, although I can't imagine them caring about most of the shit we do in english =/

 

[James747]

English may a really useless subject. But then again, how applicable is all that maths we're doing applicable to life?

 

[watatank]

You will find that a lot of general maths is used in everyday life, not so much the higher level maths.

 

[SoulSearcher]

isnt it compulsary for UAI ? cos like doesnt it go to your UAI no matter what mark your get or units your doing ? corrent me if I'm wrong ..

That's how I would like it to be, compulsory for HSC but not UAI :uhhuh:

 

[sle3pe3bumz]

That's how I would like it to be, compulsory for HSC but not UAI :uhhuh:

ohh .. ahah .. my bad ! but nahh .. no english ! ><" undisputably the worst subject ever ! ( for me that is =] )

 

[S1M0]

That's how I would like it to be, compulsory for HSC but not UAI :uhhuh:

:uhhuh:

 

[shaaali]

Yep.

But i have to say, ext. is WAY better than adv.

 

[Ged Janet]

Yep i would definitely do English, even if it wasn't compulsory. (Hehe i love it)

 

[alez]

i think a lot of people wouldnt, me for one. if u think about, we really dont learn anything useful in english unless u r planning on becoming an english teacher. like so many people cant spell or use good grammar, that is what we should actually be learning. and it is the most useless subject, and the only compulsory one. and extremely stupid

 

[Forbidden.]

You will find that a lot of general maths is used in everyday life, not so much the higher level maths.

Oh noez ... but Physics FTW ...

 

[Evergreen]

hell no. i have this thing where i read a passage and keep not understanding it. its some word attention problem i have. my grammar is very shit also.

 

[Forbidden.]

hell no. i have this thing where i read a passage and keep not understanding it. its some word attention problem i have. my grammar is very shit also.

my vocabulary is shit also.

 

[Tulipa]

Grammar and spelling as well as sentence construction should be taught at a primary level. So that is the NSW primary education failing you.

I would still have done English. It was absolutely fantastic and my favorite subject. At a HSC level you're meant to be analysing and interpreting texts. Not necessarily in the way that they expect you to (Marxist, Feminist, all that crap) but more in terms of your own understanding.

 

[Forbidden.]

I take that back my grammar is that horrible, but my vocabulary is inferior though

Grammar and spelling as well as sentence construction should be taught at a primary level. So that is the NSW primary education failing you.

I would still have done English. It was absolutely fantastic and my favorite subject. At a HSC level you're meant to be analysing and interpreting texts. Not necessarily in the way that they expect you to (Marxist, Feminist, all that crap) but more in terms of your own understanding.

I don't understand why people are very interested in English

 

[cs01001]

the most useless subject, and the only compulsory one. and extremely stupid

So true

 

[osamabanana]

i hate english et i do advanced in the vein hope to get a decent uai. its stupid im never gunna need to understand shakespiere (though i might have to spell it lol) in real life outside of school so why is it so necessary to teach it. If it was compulsarary but didn't hav to go towards your uai it would be much better cause i see the slight usefulness of some of the stuff but other stuff like changes and shakespierre is crap. only problem with that is that people would probably just bludge in english and hope sciences and maths subjects would pull them through i know i would