GCSE D&T do people even bother there?

I'm in year 11 and there are around 20 people taking D&T, now the thing is we had no idea what was involved in the GCSE because the teachers forgot to mention that the theory in D&T made up most of the course. So now there are around 20 people grumpily on their computers typing up their NEA. Personally, I'm impeccably behind. In fact, i'm probably the best example of what not to do in GCSE D&T. So I don't think my experience really sums up the entirety on England. Though I can confirm that (in my school anyway) it is indeed becoming less and less popular.

My school's case is identical. We all expected it to be the 'fun and easy' GCSE and know I can't even think about how much theory I still have left and my teacher is making up her own closing deadline for sections of our coursework. And now I'm really behind. What section are you on?

I'm afraid I don't know, I'm doing my NEA and currently working on my specification for my product (which is very behind what we should be doing), if that is what you mean. It's good to hear my class aren't the only ones. I've been really pressured to get the whole thing done, how about you? What bit are you up to?

I've just started modelling and drawing out potential products, which I have found to be the hardest part. I never was that stressed out about DT until my teacher started to tell us how behind we were with course work and setting her own impossible deadlines. I'm literally working on my NEA right now.

My teacher says we're behind 5 WEEKS. And I'm supposed to have drawn up all of my design ideas by tmr - let's just say that I haven't started yet! My teacher also says that we would have to do 3-4 hours of work outside of class in order to catch up. I don't think I have the time or even the motivation to do that. It's just utterly ridiculous, and more stress that I anticipated.

I know DT (and spanish) is going to be the worst grade by far on results day. I have literally no hope of a social life because I m spending every second on DT right now. I just hope I'll have time for other subjects too with my mocks coming up.

This is honestly the exact same with me, but instead of Spanish I've got German. Taking a language was by far one of my worse decisions I've made along with DT. I find history pretty tricky as well so I'm done for. What other subjects did you take?

I do DT, Spanish and geography. I already did RE in year 10 because it was compulsory at my school. I was going to pick history but with a last minute decision I ended up picking geography. I find it pretty easy so I'm aiming kinda high. For spanish its honestly that I just don't give my self enough time to memorize everything and find it boring.

Hi everyone,
I’m just curious whether people still pick D&T and if they do, do they actually try in it?
So when I got my results in August I was mostly happy/surprised by the grades that I achieved (I never thought I could get such high grades), except for D&T graphics design in which I got a 2. I was not surprised as my coursework was absolutely **** and I skipped 3/4 of the questions on the exam.
So do people actually still pick it? I wasn’t the only one as everyone who I asked in my class and other d&t subjects got nothing higher than 2/3/4 (only 2 people I asked actually passed it).

I took IGCSE DT and received the result in 2018, achieved A* and 100% in coursework. I was just 2 marks off from the world best.
Currently, I'm taking IB DT.
I know some ppl still think that DT isn't vocational, well if you want to major in engineering, material sciences..etc, DT helps you A LOT.
Be diligent and follow the guidance, that will boost your grade up.
My school, everyone passed and achieved higher than B.

Well said good luck with your IB