Okay, so I'm about to go into year 9, where we start to prepare for our GCSEs. When my dad was at school, he did Ancient Greek, Latin and Classics. (He's 59, was in high school in the 1960's) Over the last few days, I've been reading a book on Ancient Greek and I know the alphabet and the basic pronounciation. I really really REALLY like the subject, and I want to do an Ancient Greek/ Classical Greek GCSE.
However, my school doesn't teach us Ancient Greek, so if I did I would either have to get a tutor or teach myself. My family doesn't have a lot of money so we wouldn't be able to afford a tutor, so I would have to kind of learn myself with some help from my dad.
Do you think I would be able to do an Ancient Greek GCSE? Should I do Ancient Greek or Classical Greek? And if I get a low grade in it is it better than not doing the exam at all?
(P.S. My teachers say that in most academic subjects at GCSE I'd be getting roughly A* so I'm fairly intelligent.