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In terms of practicality German is not as useful as say Spanish or even French. Did you choose it because its similar to Afrikaans? I completed high school Economics and Business Management last year a year early. The former was awesome but the later was bullshit.

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i agree with Pdog, I'd rather take Spanish or French. German is a far more limited language in terms of places where you can use it.

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(04-25-2012 02:02 PM)NuMbEr7 Wrote:  So I am thinking of doing IGCSE's independantly to supplement my regular school here in S.A. but the standard here is really shit compared to western countries. I'm aiming to do A levels as well eventually.

So I was wondering what subjects do you think I should take?
I have to take atleast 7 subjects across the following areas :

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Group I: Languages
Group II: Humanities and Social Sciences
Group III: Sciences
Group IV: Mathematics
Group V: Creative, Technical and Vocational

2/7 subjects have to be languages.

Here are the subjects offered :

Quote:Languages
various, don't need to list them all

Mathematics

[*]Mathematics(Standard Level)
[*]International Mathematics
[*]Additional Mathematics

Sciences

[*]Agriculture
[*]Biology
[*]Chemistry
[*]Environmental Management
[*]Food and Nutrition
[*]Physical Education
[*]Physical Science
[*]Physics
[*]Science - Combined
[*]Sciences - Co-ordinated (Double)
[*]Sciences (Triple)
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

Social Sciences

[*]Accounting
[*]Business Studies
[*]Child Development
[*]Commerce(Edexcel)
[*]Development Studies
[*]Economics
[*]Enterprise
[*]Sociology
[*]Travel and Tourism

Humanities

[*]Bangladesh Studies
[*]Geography
[*]Global Perspectives
[*]History
[*]India Studies
[*]Pakistan Studies
[*]Religious Studies

Arts And Technology

[*]Computer Studies
[*]Design and Technology
[*]Information and Communication Technology
[*]Art and Design
[*]Drama
[*]Music

I'm thinking of taking these subjects:

• English - First Language
• German - Foreign Language
• Mathematics(Standard Level)
• Additional Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Accounting
• Business Studies
• Economics
• Computer Studies
  

I'm not 100% sure of accounting, business studies and economics though.

Thoughts?

In this order:
Spanish (vast #/girls)
Russian (girls)
Mandarin (vast #s/economy)
German, French (same level)
Arabic, Japanese

Though I didn't follow this this advice 100%, as I started with German and will be skipping Spanish (temporarily) for Russian, for my assault of the FSU in 2014. It is just my recommendation, when starting from scratch.

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