Hi everyone!
I'm in Year 10, and earlier this year i took my first GCSE's. These were RE and Latin, which were just about bearable. However, i have now completed a week of 'mock' exams, which was torture! It makes me realise how difficult Year 11 will be with all of the GCSE's and revision.
Last week, i had exams for French, English, Maths, Chemistry, Geography and Biology. These aren't all of the subjects that i study because the mocks only cover the majority of them. You might be thinking, "but Catherine, they're just mocks", and i wish i could agree with you. However, the grades that we recieve from these mocks will be put into our college applications as predictions for what we will get in our GCSE's, so they're actually quite important.
Not to mention the hours of revision i have to put into these papers! We're told that exams are meant to be a test of our knowledge, but when i'm just cramming in information the night before, i barely remember it after the exam has actually taken place.
But somehow i managed to pull through, and, even though i don't think i did well in any of them, i can only hope that my results will be better than i'm expecting! I suppose it isn't the end of the world, because i still have a chance to redeem my terrible grades in my real GCSE's, but it might boost my confidence a bit if i can scrape some passes in my mocks. I also found out that i revise best with my friends, which could be a valuable lesson in the future.
All in all, i just wanted to complain about exams, which i'm sure isn't particularly new or original! I want to let you know that, if you have exams coming up, don't panic! Revise what you can, do your best and you'll be glad of it later in life (even if they are incredibly boring!).
Catherine x
