Motivation for GCSE's
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I was up until 6AM raiding Karazhan on the day of my exams x( I agree wholeheartedly with the others here, put off the gaming until the exams are over.
Best of luck though, Sam
hope you manage to get the motivation you're looking for and pass with flying colours.
Best of luck though, Sam
hope you manage to get the motivation you're looking for and pass with flying colours.
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I don't want to be lazy, but I also don't want to swear at kids when all they're trying to do is get motivated for their GCSE's. It's not exactly easy, it's a lot of pressure for me because if I mess up there's no way back.
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Also applies to As, Bs, Cs, Ds, remarkably Es and all other forms of writing.
About what happened to be as well (apart from I was hammering source just as I got broadband)
1 A 7 B's 2 C's and a D
(did a stats gsce as well)A-levels are much the same, just as long as you have been paying attention to the course in class then revision is just refreshing what you already know.
Uni revision is where its at for actually being challenging...
I like this post.
I found it very difficult to motivate myself in education. Luckily I got through OK but could have done better.
It's not all about qualifications, some of my more successful school friends are the ones that only got one gcse/o level. However, when they grew up they had the drive to be successful with their own businesses.
At the end of the day, qualifications open doors. The more doors that are open to you the better the chance you have of finding a good job that provides for you and that makes you happy.
The final point I'll make is that University is good for you in so many ways. The diversity of people and the self sufficiency it SHOULD teach you are invaluable in the formation of a well rounded individual.
There's your motivation.
Well I went through it last year, I found going to the library with a pile of work and an ipod helped a load; having a working environment around you, a set of work to get through (plan this out) and the partial "I'm here, I might as well get through the work" attitude really helped me out. The most revision I think I did was a day and half in the library before my Biology exam, don't overdo it.
Came away with 8 A*s and an A, bit of a doddle if your understanding is okay going into revision period as most of it is about factual recall which you can cram.
Came away with 8 A*s and an A, bit of a doddle if your understanding is okay going into revision period as most of it is about factual recall which you can cram.
Good.
Forgive me, that's just the motivation I've always recieved when I've needed it.
I dunno what they're telling you at school these days but failing your GCSEs is certainly not definite. It's a ball ache if anything.
If you want to avoid the aforementioned ball ache then you already know what to do.
Keep your work out on the desk next to you, then you tend to crack under your own mental torture and do the work seriously, it works for me.
Also, once you start the revising, youll find it easier to keep doing it. you just need to get over the initial '****, i need to do this, but if i do it wrong......' thing and all will be good.
Im speaking from my desk at uni, studying a foundation degree because i ****** my A-levels up twice due to lack of motivation.
think of wasting 3 years of your life correcting your mistakes and you will soon get motivated!
seriously, it works for me.Also, once you start the revising, youll find it easier to keep doing it. you just need to get over the initial '****, i need to do this, but if i do it wrong......' thing and all will be good.
Im speaking from my desk at uni, studying a foundation degree because i ****** my A-levels up twice due to lack of motivation.
think of wasting 3 years of your life correcting your mistakes and you will soon get motivated!
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I was the same at that age and well let's just say I did terribly, I literally did no revision, played video games most of the day and put in about a couple of hours revision before the exams. I passed 4 subjects somehow managing 2b's and 2 C's the rest were all D grades. (Not good enough for me to continue 6th form at the school I was at or to carry on into Uni around Europe)
Did I end up regretting it yes, but would I have changed if I had the chance to go back hell no. I ended up going to the US and finishing high school over there passing every exam I took with flying colours and got into the College of my choice. I just Graduated last year at 21.
It could have been a whole lot worse but without that failure I wouldn't have had the motivation to work harder at school/college. I had to leave the country to make it happen but something changed in me with that failure.
If I'd had to continue schooling in the UK I'm sure my reaction would have been the same but I wanted/needed a new environment and it paid off, I was miserable at that time in school to be honest when I was taking my GCSE's and probably contributed to having 0 motivation and living each day carefree.
Well that's my story if you don't have a get out clause work your socks off, if you don't forget about it and worry about it when you get your results back like I had to. You can't just flick a switch and feel motivated at least I can't, something needs to spark it and failure was mine.
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You could always fail and come to Belfast Metropolitan College (Castlereagh) with me and study basic software development.
Although you don't want this, it is a terrible course, I am about to finish the 1st of 2 years of it and honestly don't understand what they where thinking when they set out the course.
You can get a pass, merit, distinction and they set out numerous amounts of work throughout the year so for talks sake lets say, 24 passes, 14 merits, 12 distinctions.
If you fail 1 of the passes, JUST 1! You have failed the whole course, and the "teachers" who teach you the stuff know NOTHING about ICT, it is actually ridiculous how little they know.
Basically, if you don't get back in and choose to go to College, your new teacher from now on will be Google and Google alone.
And if you are thinking about going for a merit or distinction? Don't bother, they'll push you down to a pass as quick as they can because you can get feedback on work set out for a pass, but there is NO feedback for Merits and Distinctions.
That means out of all the work you have done (dozens of pages) if you forget 1 tiny thing, or get 1 stupid little thing wrong or inaccurate, then you have failed the whole distinction and merit for the whole 2 year course!
It's beyond ridiculous, and you will come out of it learning nothing and more than likely with just a pass which to be honest, after looking at jobs and university, seems pretty much useless.
You should definitely revise to stay in school, although in my old school (Wellington College Belfast) the ICT department was even worse than what it is in BMC, they have been cutting loads of IT courses even though IT and Engineering are the only two jobs left in Northern Ireland worth going for, the ICT in Northern Ireland sucks, and I don't know where to turn next.
I feel like I should end this with some "I am the 99% crap"
PS: The only reason I am on Overclockers now is because my teacher never turned up today.
Although you don't want this, it is a terrible course, I am about to finish the 1st of 2 years of it and honestly don't understand what they where thinking when they set out the course.
You can get a pass, merit, distinction and they set out numerous amounts of work throughout the year so for talks sake lets say, 24 passes, 14 merits, 12 distinctions.
If you fail 1 of the passes, JUST 1! You have failed the whole course, and the "teachers" who teach you the stuff know NOTHING about ICT, it is actually ridiculous how little they know.
Basically, if you don't get back in and choose to go to College, your new teacher from now on will be Google and Google alone.
And if you are thinking about going for a merit or distinction? Don't bother, they'll push you down to a pass as quick as they can because you can get feedback on work set out for a pass, but there is NO feedback for Merits and Distinctions.
That means out of all the work you have done (dozens of pages) if you forget 1 tiny thing, or get 1 stupid little thing wrong or inaccurate, then you have failed the whole distinction and merit for the whole 2 year course!
It's beyond ridiculous, and you will come out of it learning nothing and more than likely with just a pass which to be honest, after looking at jobs and university, seems pretty much useless.
You should definitely revise to stay in school, although in my old school (Wellington College Belfast) the ICT department was even worse than what it is in BMC, they have been cutting loads of IT courses even though IT and Engineering are the only two jobs left in Northern Ireland worth going for, the ICT in Northern Ireland sucks, and I don't know where to turn next.
I feel like I should end this with some "I am the 99% crap"
PS: The only reason I am on Overclockers now is because my teacher never turned up today.
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I can empathise actually as I could never get motivated for GCSEs and A levels either when I was younger. I got OK grades though and it never held me back (went to my first choice Uni/Degree). I didn't do any work at all really though and it does annoy me that I could have done so much better looking back on it. I still have trouble getting motivated for exams though (I have to do them even now I have a real job).
The problem I have with the whole "exam" system that we have is that it is mostly regurgitation of information that I'll never actually use, and will just forget about a couple of weeks after the exam.
The problem I have with the whole "exam" system that we have is that it is mostly regurgitation of information that I'll never actually use, and will just forget about a couple of weeks after the exam.
I did relatively crap at GCSEs, I did well in the subjects I enjoyed but poo poo in the ones I disliked. As long as you do well in the subjects you are going to study next year then it's fine, I came out with 12 GCSEs but I probably put more work in a day in now than I did for the whole of GCSEs.
I still got into 5 offers from prestigious universities considering my GCSE grades, they didn't really give a crap to be honest as it wasn't law or medicine.
I still got into 5 offers from prestigious universities considering my GCSE grades, they didn't really give a crap to be honest as it wasn't law or medicine.
Oxbridge pretty much require 8A*s plus, if you're not at that level then you have work to do to get to it, and if you don't work your closing doors for yourself. Given the competition for uni places nowadays it's very easy for even previously second-rate universities to require just as much much in terms of entry standards as Oxford, Cambridge etc.
Other motivation, pass your gcse's and A-Levels you will have qualifications that enable you to leave Northern Ireland (seems like most people I went to uni with are bottling it and running away from there now, slowly following me...)
Well I think the main Universities would rather just raise the A level min requirements. I still don't understand why A* is only for A2 as it would help an awful lot if it was at AS. Then Universities would have much more accurate predicted grade when students are in the A grade area. You don't even have to submit module marks, which means you can sit dead on 80% and your college could put A* down as predicted grade even when you are more likely ot get a B let alone an A*.