Extension subjects are some of the most commonly dropped units going into Year 12, and it’s not a surprise.
他们是艰苦的工作和自我驱动的，但是他们也是超级有益的，并且可以很好地缩放单位。
At the end of the day a lot of students just aren’t up to it or want to focus on their other subjects, and that’s okay!
决定放下扩展单元是一个艰难的决定。因此，让我带您介绍放下扩展单元的利弊！
为什么考虑掉落？
放下扩展单元的利弊
保留扩展单元的利弊
如何做出决定
为什么考虑掉落？
在放下扩展单元时，有很多不同的因素需要考虑，几乎每个人都出于不同的原因掉落。
当学生意识到学校/学习生活中的某些东西无法正常工作时，他们往往会考虑掉落。
很高兴记住，没有一个“正确的理由”放下一个单位。
虽然有一些站不住脚的people end up dropping because it’s the right thing for them and their study needs.
学生考虑放下扩展单元的一些最常见的原因包括：
- Having too many units (12-13 is usually the most students can realistically take on)
- 没有足够的学习时间/太多的内容来学习
- the extension unit is proving too difficult
- 学生变得不知所措
- 他们真的不喜欢扩展主题
- they want to focus more on their other studies
所有这些（以及更多）是考虑放弃主题的完全有效的理由。
A lot of them look at a common factor of having too much on your plate.
However, realising you may want to drop and deciding to actually drop are two very different things.
So, lets look at the pros and cons of dropping and keeping an extension unit.
Dropping Extension Units
Pros
Pro #1: Less content to study
Extension subjects require you to be self-driven, meaning there’s a lot of independent learning outside of school.
You may have to teach yourself new concepts and so dropping a unit can make a big change in your study load.
一个较少的单位意味着您不再需要学习或学习的内容，这些内容会带入时间和压力等其他领域。
Pro＃2：更多时间
更少的单位意味着更少的课程，潜在的自由期和较少的学习材料。
这使您有时间专注于其他主题，作业等，并使您有可能花更多的时间在要改进的主题上。
如果您已经有一个挤压时间表，它也可以给一些呼吸空间。
Pro＃3：减轻压力
延伸单元的压力很大，因此掉落可以大大减轻压力。
它为您提供了更多的学习和放松的时间，但它也使您更加担心。
this allows you to better manage your time so that you don’t have to stress as much about other subjects.
缺点
CON＃1：更少的单位
Your ATAR is based on the 10 units you do the best in, so if you only had 11 or 12 units, dropping an extension subject reduces how many ‘spare’ units you have.
these ‘spares’ are usually seen as a buffer zone. You still want to do well, but if you really struggle with maths you can feel safe knowing you have 10 other units you’ll probably do better in.
Dropping an extension unit can leave you with one or no ‘spare’ units.
con＃2：缩放
It’s true that most extension units scale pretty well.
they’re also a good thing to have as many make you eligible for bonus points in university application.
因此，放下扩展单元意味着您会失去这些有用的好处，并且可能没有那么多的“级别”主题。
Con #3: Regret
我不会说谎；有些学生放下延期单元，最终对此感到后悔。
一旦完成，就无法知道您的感觉。
therefore, it’s always important to make sure that you’re dropping for a good reason to reduce any possible regret.
保留扩展单元
Pros
Pro＃1：主题的优势
进行扩展单元意味着您所学的所有技能和内容都是基于您已经知道的主题。
这最终可以为您提供该主题的优势！
For example, all essay writing skills you develop in Extension 1 English cross over to Advanced English and can give your essays an epic boost.
Pro #2: Shows commitment
By sticking to the extension unit, you show yourself and everyone around you that you’re willing to put in effort to commit to something.
这表明了奉献精神，并且在编写报告和参考文献时会注意很多老师。
Pro＃3：HSC结果
拥有一个扩展单元通常会帮助ATAR，因为扩展对象往往会缩放得很好。
这确实可以提高您的HSC结果，并为您提供一个额外的“备用”单元，以防万一。
缺点
Con #1: Have to change something
If you’re considering dropping because you’re too stressed, don’t have enough time or seem to have too much content to study, then keeping the unit means you’ll have to make some changes.
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Con #2: Time management
保留扩展单元的确意味着您仍然有很多内容可以独立覆盖。
这意味着现在是时候真正考虑如何组织自己的时候了。
You have to start looking critically at your time management skills and accept that you may need to put in the extra hours to do well.
Con #3: Situation may not improve
有时，无论是什么，您都认为放下扩展单元并不会消失。
If it’s the topic you find dull, you don’t get along with your teacher or you have having to write more essays, there’s not much you can do about it.
In some cases keeping your extension unit just means you have to grin and bear it.
如何做出决定
阅读了掉落和保留扩展单元的利弊后，现在真的是时候弄清楚如何做出决定了。
there are some students who read the lists and can straight away choose to drop or keep an extension unit, but for most of us it’s a lot harder than that.
Figuring out whether or not the good outweighs the bad can be tricky, so we’ve come up with a helpful quiz to set you on the right path.
回答对这些陈述的每个陈述，然后对您最终获得多少“真”答案。
| 陈述 | tRUE | FALSE |
| I don’t enjoy the subject/topic. | t | F |
| I find the unit really difficult to understand. | t | F |
| 我的分数一直很差。 | t | F |
| I dislike the teacher/their style of teaching. | t | F |
| 我在自我指导的研究方面遇到麻烦（自学） | t | F |
| 我没有足够的时间来学习所有主题。 | t | F |
| I have too many subjects to study. | t | F |
| 我希望我可以更多地专注于其他主题。 | t | F |
| 我害怕从事扩展课程。 | t | F |
| 我不喜欢参加我的扩展课。 | t | F |
这是我们根据您的“真实”分数的建议
1-3 true
Stick it out. See what you can do to solve the problem for yourself (improve your study skills, work on time management, talk to your teacher, etc.).
Sometimes the best thing is to soldier on, and you’ll thank yourself in the end.
4-7 true
缺点ider dropping. Clearly the extension unit is having a negative effect on you, so sit down and think about what you can do to deal with the statements you answered ‘true’ to.
尝试组织与您的学科老师或协调员一起坐下来，并就您的特定担忧以及如何帮助您处理它。
8-10 True
Dropping is probably best for you.
该部门可能确实会损害您的个人和学习经验。
如果您对保留该单位的最痛苦，那么现在是时候与您的老师和/或协调员坐下来概述问题，以便您可以在整理它们方面获得一些重要帮助。
Otherwise, you’ll probably take a massive load off your shoulders if you just drop the unit and focus your energy elsewhere.
At the end of the day the decision to keep or drop an extension subject is entirely yours, so do what feels right to you.
Of course it’s important to think it through and make sure your reasons are legitimate and not just “I got one bad mark.”, but the right reason for one student is different to the right reason for another student.
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麦迪逊·利奇（Maddison Leach）她HSC在2014年完成,98年实现阿塔尔。00 and Band 6 in all her subjects. Having tutored privately for two years before joining Art of Smart, she enjoys helping students through the academic and other aspects of school life, even though it sometimes makes her feel old. Maddison has had a passion for writing since her early teens, having had several short stories published before joining the world of blogging. She’s currently studying a Bachelor of Design at the University of Technology Sydney and spends most of her time trying not to get caught sketching people on trains.
