Trying something new to relieve boredom

Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:21 pm

I'm bored with life at the moment so I decided to study for some GCSE's part time, as I only got three of them when I was at school; two for English (literature and language) and Religious Education. My brother passed all of his and two of his A-levels and it's kind of made me feel quite dumb, so being bored with life, I thought, why not kill two birds with one stone and relieve my boredom AND get more intelligent? So yeah, I've decided I'm going to do GCSE Psychology and possibly two others, but I can't decide which others to do. I was going to do Law, but reading about it, I don't think I'd be able to cope as it sounds incredibly hard. Another one was an Adobe Photoshop course, helping artists to get better at using the program as it's quite complicated to use. I thought that one might be quite fun and seeing as I use Adobe Photoshop a lot, it might be good to get more practice at it. Any other suggestions? What are your personal experiences with courses and what do you think would suit me? The Psychology course is set in stone, so I don't need any advice about that.

Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:44 pm

Do something that is going to challenge you but it's got to be rewarding too. If you enjoy English and Psychology, maybe you should take Sociology or History as they're both essay writing type subjects.

Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:24 pm

Thanks for the advice. History is a no-no because I know it's going to bore me to death. I'm not interested in it. Sociology however sounds like a good choice.

Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:06 am

I don't know what it's like in England, but what about Math?

Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:03 am

Well true, it is useful but G.C.S.E. Maths has got to be one of the most boring, unchallenging subjects I've ever studied. It's all useless cursework.

Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:05 am

Well yes, but having GCSE maths and english is one of the most fundamental parts of academic qualifications. You want to do psychology at uni and you did A-level psychology, history and geography? You need to have at least a C-grade in GCSE maths to do it.

In applying for jobs - demonstrating competancy in maths and english is again a fundamental part of the process. Who wants to employ someone who can't write coherently and struggles with simple calculations?

GCSE maths won't be fun, but if you can get yourself a C in it you open a lot of doorways that will stop you being bored for the rest of your life.