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Should I drop to biology foundation?

I'm in Year 10 and I've been struggling a lot with biology, especially the heart and blood topics. I know this may seem kinda weird or like I'm exaggerating, but I have this overwhelming fear of blood. Whenever someone talks about it or related topics like the heart, I feel extremely dizzy and lightheaded (due to my ocd I'm pretty sure). This makes it much harder to me to answer such questions and I'm aware in foundation there are still questions like that but they are at a simpler level which makes it much easier for me to cope and it also means I don't have to revise it as much. When I have a test including the heart, I usually just skip all the questions around it because I can't bring myself to revise it. In general, I don't understand many of the biology topics and they make don't make much sense to me, no matter how hard I try. I also have no interest in biology and have been struggling a lot with motivation. A lot of it really grosses me out and I don't enjoy learning about any topic. It is by far my weakest subject, for context in all my other subjects I usually get grade 7s and above. In my recent tests, I’ve been getting 4s, 5s, and sometimes 6s in biology. So I know I am capable of getting a 6 but I'm unsure if it is worth the effort I would have to put in. It isn't relevant to my future and won't affect my a level choices. To get into the sixth form I want, I need 6 gcses at grade 6. I don't think that will be an issue but you really never know to be honest. I feel like doing foundation biology may be a little pointless since it's definitely not gonna help me get into sixth form but I'm willing to take the risk. On the other hand, doing foundation would allow me to focus more on my other subjects. Since I would have less to revise, it would be easier for me to learn the content and write about it in exams. I would be far less stressed and hopefully my mental health could improve too.

I'm just feeling a bit stuck at the moment. I know I should stay in higher, but doing foundation would just make my life a tiny bit easier. I would love a grade 6 in biology, but I'm not sure if it really is worth the stress of revising topics I mentally struggle with just for one extra grade.

I also go to a grammar school, so I'm not sure if they will even let me drop down to be honest.

I really need someone from the outside to look at this and lmk what I should do Thanks so much in advance 🙏

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username7481816

maybe you could speak to someone at your school about it like your teachers or smth to see if they can help. Honestly i don't think that doing foundation will help with the questions about the heart but maybe you could look through some foundation past papers to see the difference.

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