is dt textiles good or bad to take for gcse?

if you enjoy the subject then go for it bear in mind there's coursework in the subject too.

thank you for taking time to reply to my message! everyone here is so nice! do you have any experience or are you in yr 10/11 or done your gcses? its so hard to decide i jus dont know. i also have drama in mind so have no idea what to choose.

I really enjoyed textiles.

Didn’t go into a career in fashion/art or anything so really the only think I got from it was being able to sew really well still to this day (it’s surprising how many people don’t know how to sew)

If you like the subject then go for it

no worries
i didn't do a dt, sorry! both textiles and drama are fine subject choices though- do you think you express a stronger preference for either of them or plan to do it at a level etc?

to be honest i have no idea about future plans for myself, its just so hard to decide what to do. theres like so many options of jobs to choose from yet at the same time not many at all. i just hope to do well! thank you again for your help, its much appriceated

hi, thank you for replying! yeah its a really hard choice was the coursework hard and did it take away a lot of time from studying other subjects? it is a hard subject as often i am quite a perfectionist and critique my own work a lot and therefore am quite slow at making the practcal work.

There was a lot of coursework but it was manageable if you were organised. I got a B in the end, could have gotten an A if I put in a bit more effort. I really enjoyed the practical side of it though and if you are interested in fashion/ art then you won’t find the coursework a chore.

yeah there's plenty of options out there
if you really can't decide you could try talking to your teachers about it and seeing which one you're stronger at perhaps? either way, choosing one of these subjects won't close the doors in the future a creative subject is good to balance out the academic ones

i think i've decided that i will take DT. thanks so much for your advice, its so nice for people to take time out of there day to help me! thanks again

it's no problem, hope options picking goes well and don't be afraid if you have any more questions to ask!

wow your so nice haha <3 have you done your gcses? im so nervous to do them i feel like im going to get such bad scores! espesically in maths which i am so bad at!

yeah i did them last year
do lots of practice papers for maths! plenty of good math resources out there such as corbettmaths, mathsgenie and maths made easy if you're consistent with your revision and practice i don't see how you couldn't do well
i walked out of maths paper 1 crying and ended up getting an 8 so sometimes you're not the best judge of your exam performance! and how you're performing at this moment does not necessarily reflect how you'll do in the real thing.

wow well done on your 8 in maths, thats amazing! that must have taken a lot of dedication! im actually stuck with a really bad teacher in maths this year and we dont learn much so its realy hard! i wish i could be naturally good at maths you know? ive always struggled in maths since primary school and just want to be good at it soo bad!

thanks
aw that sucks! there is some really good revision guides out there though for maths (i used cgp) self teaching gcse maths can be done, but perhaps there's other teachers you could go to if you don't get particular topics
i'm not naturally good at maths either! takes a while for me to learn certain concepts and 'think mathematically' (yet i'm doing a level math lmao)- nothing wrong if you're not naturally good at maths- your abilities probably lie in other subjects and tendencies

yeah true I guess, I wish maths could be my strongest subject hahaha I also find it so hard to learn things as well, it takes me a long time to figure them out!

i think i've decided that i will take DT. thanks so much for your advice, its so nice for people to take time out of there day to help me! thanks again