Teacher won't let me drop subject - allowed? (1 Viewer)

[James1995]

Basically my subjects are as follows with ranks

biology 1/50
chem 3/23
standard eng 1/90
general maths 43/50
modern history 5/25
economics 6/19

basically I want to drop maths, as you can tell with the horrible mark

The teacher that does all of this subject stuff (sorry, don't know what he's called) said pretty much this to me after a 1 hour argument between him and I regarding dropping it:

"you are not dropping it because I don't know if you might flunk out and become a lower rank in your other subjects"

we continued to talk and he just wouldn't let me...

I am both confused and shocked because he also said "It's ultimately up to me whether you drop it or not"

what can I do? I tried to tell he that the BOS won't allow this and he said "they do under these circumstances"

EDIT: Guys, if he can do this; just tell me. Please don't give me false hope

 

[Absolutezero]

"you are not dropping it because I don't know if you might flunk out and become a lower rank in your other subjects"

That'd be a huge drop for that to happen. The only possible risk is your economics mark, and that's still not bad. Your maths is terrible by comparison.

They can't force you to keep it. They can strongly recommend, but they can't force you to take it. Especially considering it's general anyway.

 

[enak101]

Yeah, talk to a higher up imo. The deputy principal or principal.

 

[James1995]

ok thanks guys

 

[James1995]

Assistant principal said "Its ultimately up to him"

Principal "I agree, maybe you will do bad in one of your other subjects"

The principal even implied that I'm a lazy person!!! That's absolutely not true.

What now?

 

[townie]

Don't bother trying in general math, or talk to your parents and have them write to the school, or write to BoS

 

[enoilgam]

Don't bother trying in general math, or talk to your parents and have them write to the school, or write to BoS

I would go in the opposite order - talk to your parents and if all else fails, just dont put in the effort for general.

I cant understand why the school is so adamant though - try talking to Board of Studies, they might be able to give you some concrete advice on how to proceed.

 

[enak101]

That's so weird. I'd agree with just going higher up, it doesn't seem right. Contact BOS somehow.

 

[LoveHateSchool]

They can't make you keep it, I don't see why they're being so adamant with your marks.

 

[Lucas_]

Just do general maths and don't do any work between now and the HSC. Time you waste now trying to drop the subject is productive time which you have wasted studying for your other subjects.

 

[Absolutezero]

Just do general maths and don't do any work between now and the HSC. Time you waste now trying to drop the subject is productive time which you have wasted studying for your other subjects.

The time you'd spend in classes and explaining to your teacher why you're doing so badly in tests/homework would take up so much more time than trying to drop it.

 

[LoveHateSchool]

The time you'd spend in classes and explaining to your teacher why you're doing so badly in tests/homework would take up so much more time than trying to drop it.

With AbsoluteZero on that.