• Question: What GCSE's did you take to have the profession you have today?

    Asked by edward1 to Tom, Tim, Derek on 18 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Tim Millar

      Tim Millar answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      I’m so old I was the last year of O levels but the subjects will be the same. I took Maths, English literature and English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, then finished off with Computer studies, Commerce (business studies) and German. For my A levels I took Biology, Chemistry and Physics and found Physics very hard because I didn’t take maths as well.

    • Photo: Derek McKay-Bukowski

      Derek McKay-Bukowski answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hmm… they weren’t called GCSE’s when I was a lad and did mine. My certificate subjects were: Maths, Science, History, English, Geography, Latin and Music. Of these the only ones that were essential to my profession were Science and Maths, however English is also extremely important. Geography and Latin helped a little bit. Music wasn’t relevant at all (but at my school you had to do at least one arts subject… which I didn’t like at all!)

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      Tom Crick answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      I did ten GCSEs (in 1997!): Double Science, Mathematics, English Literature, English Language, History, Geography, Business Studies, French and PE.

      I then did three A-levels (1999): Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

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