[ummyes]

What is everyones view of General Studies?

Completely pointless and a waste of time or actually a quite interesting subject which will probably benefit us in the end?

[ClaireHogben]

pointless

[Loz17]

It will benifit us, but a waste of 2 hrs a week

Ment to be three though

[Bangers+Mash]

I like it, for other reasons though.

I just don't likethe fact for me it was made compulsary though

[definite_maybe]

Waste of time.

[Parka_Person]

What is General Studies?
I'm Scottish, y'see, we don't have such a thing in our school.

Explain?

[Bangers+Mash]

Originally Posted by Parka_Person

What is General Studies?
I'm Scottish, y'see, we don't have such a thing in our school.

Explain?

For me: we study some general things, and then fall asleep.

General things include: Politics and little bits of History-ish and sociology bits, and bits and bobs like that.

[BananaMuffin]

pointless

[ummyes]

Is basically what the title says 'general' studys, so all things from morality to politics to science etc. but we are forced to do it at most sixth forms, it is made compulsory so I was just wondering what people thought of it...

[Mask Of Sanity]

What different types of things are actually studied in "general studies"?
Somebody I know said they got a question on Postman Pat in their exam.

[ummyes]

dunno really it just different stuff every lesson, we did the American election last week and had a guest speaker the week before on the prison service...

[sundogs]

we do world issues, art appreciation,politics, critical thinking, communications

waste of time, sooo boring

[definite_maybe]

Originally Posted by Mask Of Sanity

What different types of things are actually studied in "general studies"?
Somebody I know said they got a question on Postman Pat in their exam.

It's completely random most of the time. We've been given a few practise past questions, which have included really specific questions such as about the workings of a train, or much more general about violence in TV programmes.

[thecaterpillar]

I don't have to take the lessons, I actually kind of enjoy the exams though. I'm good at exams, I like comprehension-type questions. ^_^

[emilina]

waste of time, i didn't learn anything from it. though i still managed to get an A in one of the exams :|

[alexsheppard11]

schools and colleges are paid to teach it

[Akkuz]

lol

[ummyes]

Originally Posted by alexsheppard11

schools and colleges are paid to teach it

Is that really true? No wonder they're so protective of it!

[alexsheppard11]

Originally Posted by ummyes

Is that really true? No wonder they're so protective of it!

our school is... and their reason is it gives you 'life skills'

anyway im not sitting it

[ScottyLP]

General Studies sounds kinda interesting, but I don't do it in my school.