Exam Results
<div class="IPBDescription">Post the misery</div> Got my exam results today.
Beforehand I was mentally picturing my grades;
Computing, I expected C-A. Business Studies, D-B. Maths (completely screwed up one of the papers) E-C. Physics (had most boring teacher in universe, didn't really try), E-D.
And they came out as:
Computing: C. Well, I was kind of hoping for a B since it WAS my best subject, but oh well :/
Business Studies: C. O.k, that's fair enougth, I could have tried harder, C is about right.
Maths: E. Wha.... ow.... my pride hurts. Looking at the results for individual papers, I got an E on one (the one I totally screwed up) and a U (yes, as in ungradeable) on another. The one I thought I did not too terribly in.
Physics: I was braced for the worst. A D would have been an achievement. (tbh D isn't that bad at A-level)
U. Yep. Ungradeable. I admit I didn't try too hard, but a U? So.... all those mind-numbing lessons, all for nothing? Absolutely jack ****? Thank you very much Mr Dyer. Thank you. Really. So all those double-physics tuesdays were pointless?
The question now is, what do I re-sit? If I do Physics again, I really don't think I can improve that much, since I didn't really learn the stuff in the first place (thank you again Mr Dyer, really).
And before you post "Don't be so hard on Mr Dyer, it's your fault you didn't learn it", well, yes, fair enougth, but seriously, he had the most droning voice in the history of doney voices. I couldn't pay attention to him for more than a few minutes. The rest of the class agreed he was not a great teacher, and i'm just waiting to see their grades.
As for maths, I suppose I should re-sit at least one paper and see if I can crank it up to a D. There were 3 papers, the one in January I got a C on, which I was pretty pleased with, and the other two, as I just said, were E and U. I will probably re-sit the U.
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Beforehand I was mentally picturing my grades;
Computing, I expected C-A. Business Studies, D-B. Maths (completely screwed up one of the papers) E-C. Physics (had most boring teacher in universe, didn't really try), E-D.
And they came out as:
Computing: C. Well, I was kind of hoping for a B since it WAS my best subject, but oh well :/
Business Studies: C. O.k, that's fair enougth, I could have tried harder, C is about right.
Maths: E. Wha.... ow.... my pride hurts. Looking at the results for individual papers, I got an E on one (the one I totally screwed up) and a U (yes, as in ungradeable) on another. The one I thought I did not too terribly in.
Physics: I was braced for the worst. A D would have been an achievement. (tbh D isn't that bad at A-level)
U. Yep. Ungradeable. I admit I didn't try too hard, but a U? So.... all those mind-numbing lessons, all for nothing? Absolutely jack ****? Thank you very much Mr Dyer. Thank you. Really. So all those double-physics tuesdays were pointless?
The question now is, what do I re-sit? If I do Physics again, I really don't think I can improve that much, since I didn't really learn the stuff in the first place (thank you again Mr Dyer, really).
And before you post "Don't be so hard on Mr Dyer, it's your fault you didn't learn it", well, yes, fair enougth, but seriously, he had the most droning voice in the history of doney voices. I couldn't pay attention to him for more than a few minutes. The rest of the class agreed he was not a great teacher, and i'm just waiting to see their grades.
As for maths, I suppose I should re-sit at least one paper and see if I can crank it up to a D. There were 3 papers, the one in January I got a C on, which I was pretty pleased with, and the other two, as I just said, were E and U. I will probably re-sit the U.
Come on then, post your misey <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
If anyone posts "I GOT ALL A'S I R TEH ROXX0R I R GOING TO 0XF0RD" I will kill you with my bare hands. Yes, over the internet. I will find a way.
Comments
I got :
A 1 in computing (expected)
1 in Modern Studies (also expected)
1 in accounts (again expected)
And a 1 in maths (expected a 2/3)
2 in physics (was hoping for a 1 but 2 is ok)
2 in English (expected)
2 in PE (expected)
3 in german (I cant speak to well or write to save my self in german I can read it well tho and understand it <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
On the whole quite good.
Microbiology (medical) A
Biochemistry (DNA and stuff) B
Zoology (Animal taxonomy) A
So overall was relatively pleased. 2nd year is pretty cruisy (I'm at Univeristy).
As for physics, I wouldn't really worry about it unless you plan to do physics. It is a totally miserable subject IMO.
Then again, I'm a biologist so I'm biased <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Maths: c
physics: b
IT: c
GS: d
ethics+philosophy: pending, but probably a d/c
Hooray for Mr. Batten and his awesome Physics course...you wont find a better Physics teacher. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Listening to: Chop Suey, by System of a Down
...it's sueyish...or something.
The thing that p****s me off the most is that after all that (lack of) effort in physics, I have NOTHING to show for it. A U is worth absolutely jack poopy. Even an E is worth 20 points I think.
The maths paper I will just have to buckle down and get on with. I am REALLY bad at maths (i.e, not naturally skilled at it as some people are, i'm very slow with mental arithmatic. 4 times 7! Um.... ah..... *counts on fingers* 28! ) so I would be happy with a D tbh.
The paper I got the U with I didn't think I did too badly in, but apparently I did. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
The E paper I totally screwed up, only answered 2 out of 4 questions because the last 2 were written in another language or something... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
Beforehand I was mentally picturing my grades;
Computing, I expected C-A. Business Studies, D-B. Maths (completely screwed up one of the papers) E-C. Physics (had most boring teacher in universe, didn't really try), E-D.
And they came out as:
Computing: C. Well, I was kind of hoping for a B since it WAS my best subject, but oh well :/
Business Studies: C. O.k, that's fair enougth, I could have tried harder, C is about right.
Maths: E. Wha.... ow.... my pride hurts. Looking at the results for individual papers, I got an E on one (the one I totally screwed up) and a U (yes, as in ungradeable) on another. The one I thought I did not too terribly in.
Physics: I was braced for the worst. A D would have been an achievement. (tbh D isn't that bad at A-level)
U. Yep. Ungradeable. I admit I didn't try too hard, but a U? So.... all those mind-numbing lessons, all for nothing? Absolutely jack ****? Thank you very much Mr Dyer. Thank you. Really. So all those double-physics tuesdays were pointless?
The question now is, what do I re-sit? If I do Physics again, I really don't think I can improve that much, since I didn't really learn the stuff in the first place (thank you again Mr Dyer, really).
And before you post "Don't be so hard on Mr Dyer, it's your fault you didn't learn it", well, yes, fair enougth, but seriously, he had the most droning voice in the history of doney voices. I couldn't pay attention to him for more than a few minutes. The rest of the class agreed he was not a great teacher, and i'm just waiting to see their grades.
As for maths, I suppose I should re-sit at least one paper and see if I can crank it up to a D. There were 3 papers, the one in January I got a C on, which I was pretty pleased with, and the other two, as I just said, were E and U. I will probably re-sit the U.
Come on then, post your misey <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
If anyone posts "I GOT ALL A'S I R TEH ROXX0R I R GOING TO 0XF0RD" I will kill you with my bare hands. Yes, over the internet. I will find a way. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I blame NS <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
It <i>is</i> do-able though if you put the effort in and pay attention. Console yourself with the fact that <i>most</i> careers require no more than standard numeracy skills.
( before the science and engineering types jump in, note how I have italicised the word "most".. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> )
Computing: Higher C
Physics: Higher C
English: Intermidate 2 A
Geography: Intermediate 2 A
Maths: <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>fail</span>
Well Higher maths is incredibly hard compared to Stanard Grade and I had 3 teachers, 2 were crap.
( I'm assuming they still exist...high school was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..)
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Yeh but 41% of the english higher pupils failed. Not because we are stupid but because the stupid SQA changes the exams every year.
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Yeh but 41% of the english higher pupils failed. Not because we are stupid but because the stupid SQA changes the exams every year. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well if they were the same every year people would be able to cheat too easily.
So you can see where I get off blaming Mr Dyer. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> <-- actually that is quite a good likeness of him
I also get p'ed off by people saying "I GOT THREE A'S AND A B!!!" and I reply, "What subjects?" and they say
"Social studies, Geography , Art and Drama".
Ah yes, really HARD subjects then..... (o.k, maybe Geography isn't THAT easy)
They have good grades in crap subjects, I have crap grades in good subjects [/bitterness]
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Yeh but 41% of the english higher pupils failed. Not because we are stupid but because the stupid SQA changes the exams every year. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well if they were the same every year people would be able to cheat too easily. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not the exact same paper i mean like normaly you get a reading paper writing paper etc. They keep changing which TYPE of paper it is, I mean I'm atempting higher english for the 1st time this year we STILL dont know what the 3rd paper will be this year...
"Social studies, Geography , Art and Drama".
Ah yes, really HARD subjects then..... (o.k, maybe Geography isn't THAT easy) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
They are not necessarily easier subjects, just because less is known of them. I certainly could not get a decent grade in Drama or Art at A level, whereas I got 4 B's at science subjects. I am just not skilled at acting or painting, and that skill can be as valuable to a future career as the ability to discuss the topic of Asylum seekers in depth and in German.
If you are willing to put in the effort, at exam level or when job hunting, that is what will allow you to reach your potential, and to enjoy at your final destination. Letters on paper are a good way to guide yourself, but they are not the end of the world.