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English literature GCSE

What does the IET and the engineering community think of the English literature GCSE? Is it relevant or beneficial for engineering or is it (like food tech) something that hardly anybody cares about?


English literature is a near compulsory GCSE in England but is now optional in Wales where it has experienced quite a heavy decline in the number of secondary school students taking it.
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  • I hated my English literature studies, paid the subject no heed and was late for the exam, but if I recall correctly it was my only grade A at O level. All credit to an excellent teacher.

    Today I very much enjoy reading, mostly via old fashioned paper and sourced from charity shops and stalls, and find factual history, largely military, to be fascinating.
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  • I hated my English literature studies, paid the subject no heed and was late for the exam, but if I recall correctly it was my only grade A at O level. All credit to an excellent teacher.

    Today I very much enjoy reading, mostly via old fashioned paper and sourced from charity shops and stalls, and find factual history, largely military, to be fascinating.
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