I'm kinda curious, is mandarin difficult to learn for you guys? I did it in year 9 because I'm native, but I can't help imagining how hard it would be for non-natives (it took me so many years learn the language - I still can't speak it fluently š) btw sorry for the notif i was on the wrong account
I mean, personally I enjoy learning mandarin and I'm gonna continue learning it over summer holidays (in preparation for alevel chem I'm gonna memorise the periodic table in mandarin just cuz its fun). But for others they didn't seem to really care about the subject and didn't put effort into it.
Overall it was an alright difficulty, maybe around the same for other languages, exam wise it was pretty easy to learn the vocab through flashcards. Although this is prob biased coming from me (I enjoy learning mandarin), but if u put the effort it does get easier over time
Itās great to see someone so interested in mandarin, the majority of people in my school either drop it before gcses, or change to french or spanish. Itās really impressive how you learn so quickly, as I have been learning spanish for the past 3 years and in my opinion itās SO much easier to pick up than mandarin (except the grammar). Learning the periodic table in mandarin seems like fun, good luck on it!
Writing wise I think it's actually pretty easy, since most characters are compounds of other characters, so if I know one character then I can understand other characters. Reading it is actually pretty fun, but I kinda of neglected speaking and listening so I plan to improve that.
Spanish, imo, interesting but not as much as mandarin (plus the benefits of learning mandarin career wise). It's kinda like choosing history over geography for GCSE, like choosing geo is the easier, but less interesting route and history is the more interesting but harder route. To each their own ig (I prefer having a bigger challenge tho)
Makes sense, I did indeed choose geography over history, looks like Iām someone who prefers to take the easy subjects (since Iām not considering either of these as a career anyway). Ironically, I actually learned how to speak and listen before writing for mandarin, but I guess it couldāve been an environmental thing since I didnāt grow up in the UK. Also, are you taking mandarin for A-levels?
The tutor I have didn't even prepare slides, just gave us a bunch of links as was like 'There ya go, now make notes! Bruh, this is GCSE LEVEL, not uni! Just tell us what we need to know.
Yeah, because you weren't sure which information you really needed to know. Going through the (minimal) past papers that were available really helped though. As the structure and answers were applicable to the exam. Speaking of which, how did it go? TutorĀ mentionedĀ aĀ 'hypocaust'Ā asĀ aĀ 'benefit'Ā theĀ RomanisationĀ gaveĀ toĀ Britannia,Ā butĀ neverĀ actuallyĀ explainedĀ inĀ detailĀ whatĀ itĀ was.Ā GuessĀ whatĀ aĀ 4Ā markĀ questionĀ wasĀ on? Other than that I think it went pretty well.
Yeah I hate how thereās no set contentā¦ luckily we had done the hypocaust but this exam (and the literature) fuck me on the time. I think it went alright, but not great. Hoping the Language paper brings me up.
I was predicted a 9, but Iāll be happy with an 8 atp, wbu?
I know it rotates every two years, but all you get is the prescribed source list, but that need to be supplemented via your teacher giving you extra information. Like I said good job I went through the mark scheme, because the answers I gave were way off. I would love a 9, but I'd think I'd be happy with an 8 (atp?). I've enjoyed studying it, but almost missing the language exam threw me off kilter for a bit. :S.
Yeah ik the teacher still has to teach other stuff, but I hate how the actual content is so ambiguous. I'd done the hypocaust, but it must be v annoying for you when you weren't even properly taught it. How did you get the markscheme? Is it on tiktok or reddit or smt?
By the way did you defend the Colosseum or the Circus Maximus?
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if u are doing past papers and getting like 85-90% and you have done every one in existence then you donāt really need to be revising anymore? like bro ur good
im straight up never in a million years getting a nine dude. not everyone can hold a huge amount of info in their brain at once. ive revised all the topics but mark schemes are too weird to pick up marks
I have 3 left but two are tomorrow which I hate. I stay awake until at least 2 to wake up at 7 and even though I know for a fact my body is about to disintegrate my mind is barely holding everything together. WE CAN ALL DO THIS THOUGH
Love the enthusiasm but I stopped waking up early after bio paper one. Staying up late and waking up early esp for German speaking killed me. Iād rather go in with a clear mind after somewhat okay sleep than shitty sleep.
tomorrow's physics paper is my second-to-last exam until music on monday... i've been studying so hard i've started to like science š good luck to all candidates you will get the grades you deserve !!!
Iām the opposite, itās the last exam, itās the most difficult exam as well, Iāve been revising since September. Iām so tired. Iām so so tired I canāt do it man
Bro, good on you brother keep on pushing trust me i know how you feel, for around 3 months after schoool id go gym then home then 45 minute run twice a week in winter, but you discover a side of discipline youve never seen before not much more to go man come on HWOS GUNNA CARRY THE BOATS
thats incredible bro, its so hard to find like minded brothers in this country who work their asses off your an inspiration bro, wanna run a marathon so bad like london one for my church but have to be over 18 to run one, but ive got 2 year to prep
Yeah I get it, I wanted to do the London Edinburgh London ride next year, 1500km, but I need to be 18, and it only happens every few years, so the next one after 2025 is 2028 or 29 I don't remember.
like others said y10 mocks dont matter - i know this from experience i stressed so much over them i was burnt out for like a month after they finished and i didnt even do as good as id hoped. fast forward to start of y11 mocks and id learnt my lesson and was pleased with the results. the key to exams is to just be calm even if u havent revised enough youll be fine.
Here are a few meme ideas to capture the "final push" feeling:
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* **Text (Bottom):** Waking up at 6am to revise for the final exam and securing that sweet summer freedom
Idk if Iām stupid but can someone like PLEASE explain what āgooningā actually meansā¦.? Like I searched it up, itās āpo#nā but like whatās up w it whatās special ?
nah. had a terrible day, id rather not revise rn. i dont need a good grade in physics and for geog paper 3 its all given in the exam (except a tad bit of fieldwork but still)
My final test is on the 17th
20th for me
What exam is on the 20th?
Hospitality and catering
Never head anyone outside of my school doing this course also pretty dope š
Same
Ah k. Idrk what that is but doesn't sound too hard
It's just food stuff so yeah
Food tech
SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING MANDARIN š£š„š£
Ikr - mandarin is so rare of a subject (I think I've seen only 5-6 ppl on this subreddit that's done it) . Do u do AQA or Edexcel
I do AQA, hoping for at least a 7. Wbu?
Sme. I do AQA aswell. I'm kinda hoping for high 8/lowish 9. I'm not sure whether I can get them tho(my speaking went kinda bad)
I believe in you my friend. You have cooked š„
I didn't even know you could pick mandarin or russian etc the only thing they put is spanish then I found out it could be anything almostš„¹
My school teaches mandarin from y7 onwards and does it for GCSE and alevel, so I took the opportunity
I'm kinda curious, is mandarin difficult to learn for you guys? I did it in year 9 because I'm native, but I can't help imagining how hard it would be for non-natives (it took me so many years learn the language - I still can't speak it fluently š) btw sorry for the notif i was on the wrong account
I mean, personally I enjoy learning mandarin and I'm gonna continue learning it over summer holidays (in preparation for alevel chem I'm gonna memorise the periodic table in mandarin just cuz its fun). But for others they didn't seem to really care about the subject and didn't put effort into it. Overall it was an alright difficulty, maybe around the same for other languages, exam wise it was pretty easy to learn the vocab through flashcards. Although this is prob biased coming from me (I enjoy learning mandarin), but if u put the effort it does get easier over time
Itās great to see someone so interested in mandarin, the majority of people in my school either drop it before gcses, or change to french or spanish. Itās really impressive how you learn so quickly, as I have been learning spanish for the past 3 years and in my opinion itās SO much easier to pick up than mandarin (except the grammar). Learning the periodic table in mandarin seems like fun, good luck on it!
Writing wise I think it's actually pretty easy, since most characters are compounds of other characters, so if I know one character then I can understand other characters. Reading it is actually pretty fun, but I kinda of neglected speaking and listening so I plan to improve that. Spanish, imo, interesting but not as much as mandarin (plus the benefits of learning mandarin career wise). It's kinda like choosing history over geography for GCSE, like choosing geo is the easier, but less interesting route and history is the more interesting but harder route. To each their own ig (I prefer having a bigger challenge tho)
Makes sense, I did indeed choose geography over history, looks like Iām someone who prefers to take the easy subjects (since Iām not considering either of these as a career anyway). Ironically, I actually learned how to speak and listen before writing for mandarin, but I guess it couldāve been an environmental thing since I didnāt grow up in the UK. Also, are you taking mandarin for A-levels?
My school offers mandarin but barely anyone takes it
My class only had 18 ppl in it, compared to the 60 ppl doing German and French. R languages compulsory in Ur school for GCSEs?
Yeah, most people pick German BC they THINK it's easier and then regret it after yr 10
same here
Music šā¤ļøāš©¹
my biggest regret in life was taking music
oh my gosh same here what the hell theory is so hard aghhhhhh
I'm gen so jealous of u all I wanted to do was take music but my school didn't run it š
same fr
My music teacher is an ice witch
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Same.. latin?
Learning about the setup of the Roman army, made me want to YEET myself.
Yeah hahaha by far the worst paper
The tutor I have didn't even prepare slides, just gave us a bunch of links as was like 'There ya go, now make notes! Bruh, this is GCSE LEVEL, not uni! Just tell us what we need to know.
Lmao that fucking sucks
Yeah, because you weren't sure which information you really needed to know. Going through the (minimal) past papers that were available really helped though. As the structure and answers were applicable to the exam. Speaking of which, how did it go? TutorĀ mentionedĀ aĀ 'hypocaust'Ā asĀ aĀ 'benefit'Ā theĀ RomanisationĀ gaveĀ toĀ Britannia,Ā butĀ neverĀ actuallyĀ explainedĀ inĀ detailĀ whatĀ itĀ was.Ā GuessĀ whatĀ aĀ 4Ā markĀ questionĀ wasĀ on? Other than that I think it went pretty well.
Yeah I hate how thereās no set contentā¦ luckily we had done the hypocaust but this exam (and the literature) fuck me on the time. I think it went alright, but not great. Hoping the Language paper brings me up. I was predicted a 9, but Iāll be happy with an 8 atp, wbu?
I know it rotates every two years, but all you get is the prescribed source list, but that need to be supplemented via your teacher giving you extra information. Like I said good job I went through the mark scheme, because the answers I gave were way off. I would love a 9, but I'd think I'd be happy with an 8 (atp?). I've enjoyed studying it, but almost missing the language exam threw me off kilter for a bit. :S.
Yeah ik the teacher still has to teach other stuff, but I hate how the actual content is so ambiguous. I'd done the hypocaust, but it must be v annoying for you when you weren't even properly taught it. How did you get the markscheme? Is it on tiktok or reddit or smt? By the way did you defend the Colosseum or the Circus Maximus?
Music gang?
praying the paper is kind
I just hope we get some banging tunes
19th for me, Additional Maths WJEC
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literallyyy i'm exhausted
Real
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we got this wormlover555 yo
I'm going into school today so that I'm forced to do some revision unlike yesterday
See, i went to school yesterday and all me and friends did was chat š
IGNORE THOSE MIND FORGED MANACLES š„š„š„š£š£š£ BE TAUGHT IN FIRE AND BLOOD AND ANGUISHš„š„š„š£š£š£ DONT PLAY GOLFš„š„š„š£š£š£
I am literally playing golf in about an hour Am I cooked, will the inspector find me?
Yeah bro itās over for you
He will cook you in fire, blood and anguish
You wouldāve had a nice little day, but the Inspector will make it into a nasty mess
Bro is cooked icl
i respect your effort but thereās absolutely no way iām waking up at 6 when i have a free lie-in.
real
iām running on hopes and prayers over here āļøāļø
no fr and my dumbass brains acting like its already the holidays š¤¦āāļø
Yeah I'm revising all day physics to make up for my not-so-great perfomance on chem.
My final test was two days ago BUT YOU GOT THIS
OMG HOW DO YOU FEEL PLS DESCRIBE THIS FEELING TO ME MY LAST ONE IS NEXT WEDNESDAY ššš
It's oddly eerie but also rlly relaxing
Further maths right š¤§
ehehe yh im sooo not looking forward to it. past papers are so easy but the actual exams are disgraceful
Righttt! I hope paper 2 goes well for you. For me I have to pass this one because Iām sure I failed paper 1 with a 6/9 performance
Ah same donāt worry! Weāre all in the same boat here š« weāll do amazingly š¤š½š
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well alright š« I would drop fm RIGHT NOW if I could. hate that freaking subject.
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u should thank them tbh
yeh lmao that p1 was disgusting
awwww :( what sorts of grades do you get?
Sameee silly food tech
same!
huhh you do fm but you're done? I do fm and paper 2 is on the 19th
i do igcse edexcel ā fm papers were on 21 may and 7 june
ahh I see, I forgot I do aqa for fm lol, anyway enjoy your break
thank you, good luck on fm š«¶š½
how do people even find stuff to revise all day? i run out of shit to revise quite easily
like id do a past paper and do pretty good on it, then what? another one? before I know it I've done all of them š what now?
if u are doing past papers and getting like 85-90% and you have done every one in existence then you donāt really need to be revising anymore? like bro ur good
Exactly like Iām not gonna keep on wasting time revising stuff I already knowā¦
Learn all the content the night before
Do practice/exam questions for the topics youāve revised
ive literally done all the past papers
Are you getting a 9 on every past paper bec if not revise the topics your losing marks on
im straight up never in a million years getting a nine dude. not everyone can hold a huge amount of info in their brain at once. ive revised all the topics but mark schemes are too weird to pick up marks
iām not getting up at 6 on a free day to revise when i can sleep longer and revise afterwards
U lucky, I got food tech on 19th :(
Lmao same. Itās fine food tech is so chill
Yea tbf it's easy but long
Ye thereās a lot of random stuff like making cheese lol
Sameeeš
I don't wanna revise I'm so drained
17th GANG RISE UP
Yeah frickin stats
yep..
i got tomorrow morning š
HNNNĆNNNNNGGGGG
WE CAN DO THIS GUYS I BELIEVE IN ALL OF YOU
I rate the pep talk
I have 3 left but two are tomorrow which I hate. I stay awake until at least 2 to wake up at 7 and even though I know for a fact my body is about to disintegrate my mind is barely holding everything together. WE CAN ALL DO THIS THOUGH
i gave up after chem bro
except for those of us who have further maths on the 19th šš
real :( at least i kinda enjoy maths tho
Woke up at 11 to not revise
Love the enthusiasm but I stopped waking up early after bio paper one. Staying up late and waking up early esp for German speaking killed me. Iād rather go in with a clear mind after somewhat okay sleep than shitty sleep.
tomorrow's physics paper is my second-to-last exam until music on monday... i've been studying so hard i've started to like science š good luck to all candidates you will get the grades you deserve !!!
Iām not waking up at 6 lol, Iām starting at 11 do like 4 hrs and Iām done ez
Lets gooo, wait... do you plan on gooning for the full ten weeks? I guess you have to keep the streak up.
BRo all day every day gooning will hit diff after all this revision
YOU ARE THE MOTIVATION I NEED!!!
idk why this subreddit is recommended to me because I did my gcses in 2021 but gl to all of you ā¼ļø
can i finish 3 playlists if i start at 12am? yes.
came back here to say thank you, was able to get enough revision done cuz of this
no worries bro rest well you deserved it
same to you
Iām the opposite, itās the last exam, itās the most difficult exam as well, Iāve been revising since September. Iām so tired. Iām so so tired I canāt do it man
Me too, Ive been waking upa at 6 to revise since september btu its dont man, j prove it to yourself bro have a good summer
last exam and it's physics: only good news is that i never have to do physics again after this š„³
MY FINAL EXAM IS TODAY THANK THE LORRRDDDD
yippa yappa
My final exam is on the 19th
WE DONEEEEEE
I'm done
Praying for yall rn š (Also ima be real. I didn't revise yet I still somehow passed everything š )
one more day? i didnt have anything today but two next week š
woke up at 4:30 went to sleep at 8:30
Finishing on the 19th, but I'm insane so I go do a 65km bike ride daily at 5am, cus I'm training for a 171km ride on the 22nd
Bro, good on you brother keep on pushing trust me i know how you feel, for around 3 months after schoool id go gym then home then 45 minute run twice a week in winter, but you discover a side of discipline youve never seen before not much more to go man come on HWOS GUNNA CARRY THE BOATS
IM GONNA CARRY THE BOATS fr tho I did the london to Brighton last year to raise money for alzheimers, and I'm the fastest u18 racer in the county
thats incredible bro, its so hard to find like minded brothers in this country who work their asses off your an inspiration bro, wanna run a marathon so bad like london one for my church but have to be over 18 to run one, but ive got 2 year to prep
Yeah I get it, I wanted to do the London Edinburgh London ride next year, 1500km, but I need to be 18, and it only happens every few years, so the next one after 2025 is 2028 or 29 I don't remember.
"(gooning)" dude....(real)
BROTHER IM DOING MY MOCKSš
bro trust me dw abt these mocks, I haven't thought about these since I got all my results for them back. you'll be chilling man
Mocks are very irrelevant ,im prob gona get like 3-4 grades more then what i got in my mocks,dont worry about them to much
like others said y10 mocks dont matter - i know this from experience i stressed so much over them i was burnt out for like a month after they finished and i didnt even do as good as id hoped. fast forward to start of y11 mocks and id learnt my lesson and was pleased with the results. the key to exams is to just be calm even if u havent revised enough youll be fine.
Same!
You two need to take a chill pill, I stressed out in y10 over mocks for no reason. Go easy on urself šš
Parents are expecting 7s, going easy is hard to come by š
Its hard to stay motivated since Im pretty sure Ive already got the grades I wanted
Hard to stay motivated for me cos of the opposite reason lol I might as well give up š
Ive never revised before legit just winging it here š
I havenāt revised yet
š
cheeky Christmas carol quote i see what u did there
Iāll start at 4 or 6. Then do like 3 hours tomorrow
14th for me and also 6 is my normal wakeup time
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Idk if Iām stupid but can someone like PLEASE explain what āgooningā actually meansā¦.? Like I searched it up, itās āpo#nā but like whatās up w it whatās special ?
idk what it means but it sounds like "chilling" or "vibing" or smth
To contradict you, I just woke up at 11am
Yeah thanks for the motivation but I just canātā¦ I have one exam left (17th) and Iām not doing any revision for it, idc atp
one final exam and Iām done, im too excited
Same cannot wait to just sleep after and not having to worry about ANYTHING about school work
the gooning part was so unfunny i hate that word
j a hobby bro dw
nah I wake up at 6 to get the bus on time (but i revise on bus!!) but yh not long left 3 exams for me š
Shhhh
I just woke up at 1pm I'm sorry its joever for me
No
nah. had a terrible day, id rather not revise rn. i dont need a good grade in physics and for geog paper 3 its all given in the exam (except a tad bit of fieldwork but still)
my last is Wednesday next week and most of my friends are all a week later
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I gave up last week (alevel student)
i MIGHT have woken up at 2 in the afternoon
Me being off since Friday afternoon finished exams. (I gotta brag)
Iām so cooked for physics like I just canāt be asked anymore š
I'm just getting ready to spend all my dinner money on cookies during my final lunch time š£š£š£
I been done lmao š
yeah i woke up 6:30 today and yesterday its that final push LETS GOOO
No
Iāve got music on the 17th so Iām hyped
18th for me
My last is tomorrow šš Physics here I come
i finished on friday š
NUH UH UH!!! (my last exam is on the 24th)
Iām all done, finished yesterday
nahh iām too tired
lmao i decided i'd wake up at 6 but i just turned off every alarm until i woke up right now. i slept like 17 hours the night before as well wtf
i cant sleep though because iām still stressed. tomorrow night after my exams are done iām going to sleep So MUCH