Schools do push kids to know, but as someone who chose something, then had to go back and do it again because I chose wrongly, I think Cathy's advise is very good. What you think a subject is and what it really IS can be two different things! What the school is really after (most of the time) is checking that the subjects they are doing in upper high school will let them get into the courses they want in college. (Or at least that's the case in Australia.) Knowing that might help her (temporarily) choose something acceptable. She can always change he mind later.
