- Sat May 20, 2023 5:17 pm
#44711
Or Alison Pearson wrote to herself.
Even if it weren't her talking, it wouldn't ring true to me. If this many are doing computer science at university, it's doubtless a well-trodden path at the school. So at the very least, the person who oversees university admissions, Head of Careers and the Maths teachers would have known about it. Probably the kid's Housemaster and Tutor as well (the Tutor may well be one of the Maths teachers). And the kid has never spoken to any of the kids doing it in the year above. Nor indeed to the other kids in his class. Doesn't he at some point think "hang on, why are all the others doing Maths?" He just applies to university, goes for interviews (one presumes?) and gets rejection letters, none of which mentions the problem? That's utter nonsense.
What if he hadn't known what he wanted to do at university when he chose his A Levels? Maths would surely give you more options, and there'd be no shortage of people in his school who'd point that out to him.
Even if it weren't her talking, it wouldn't ring true to me. If this many are doing computer science at university, it's doubtless a well-trodden path at the school. So at the very least, the person who oversees university admissions, Head of Careers and the Maths teachers would have known about it. Probably the kid's Housemaster and Tutor as well (the Tutor may well be one of the Maths teachers). And the kid has never spoken to any of the kids doing it in the year above. Nor indeed to the other kids in his class. Doesn't he at some point think "hang on, why are all the others doing Maths?" He just applies to university, goes for interviews (one presumes?) and gets rejection letters, none of which mentions the problem? That's utter nonsense.
What if he hadn't known what he wanted to do at university when he chose his A Levels? Maths would surely give you more options, and there'd be no shortage of people in his school who'd point that out to him.
