HELP, i'm slowly loosing it, really

[hawthorne]

Yeah, only doing Biology, Chemistry and Physics, I think I may drop Biology next year and take up something easier like IT or something useless but fun.

First exam is on the 20th May, AS Physics, what a bitch.

I have friend who have done it, they say it is awful and all about microsoft access and stuff. I have a lot of friend who hate biology and are planning on dropping it for A2. I chose, maths mechanic ( horrible) physics, chemistry and economic ( interesting pretty fun and reasonable easy).

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

I live in Canada, but Physics is basically Math+Logic+History+English. You HAVE to read the question. It's not a book where you can skim through it. You  miss one thing, you're done. I learnt that the hard way. 

it's Motion that is very hard to me , too much laws and equations dx/dt=? i really can't get it , chem and nucliar ,is all good but motion, not at all

[Altecice]

I'm not in University yet, but I live with an older brother studying Pharmacy and cousins down the road who are in Uni, I've seen the material, it's fucked. The economics class has a 60% failure rate and it's multiple choice. But each question is a riddle and play on words.

 

60% failure on multiple choice.... HOW?! MC exams are so easy as the answers are there staring you in the face. our MC sections of exams are around 30 questions long and you can only get 4-5 wrong or you fail the section (and the exam)

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

any way , thnx guys , i get it , less LTT an GAMING , more study wile make me feel better ,Hopefully , but not now , i'll get it started tomorrow

[xox]

I have friend who have done it, they say it is awful and all about microsoft access and stuff. I have a lot of friend who hate biology and are planning on dropping it for A2. I chose, maths mechanic ( horrible) physics, chemistry and economic ( interesting pretty fun and reasonable easy).

Yeah, I hated Maths too. I took up Maths for a week at the start of the year. As soon as I got homework, I dropped it, all the way through school, both secondary and primary,  despite always being in the top set, I zoned out of every maths lesson. It would have been too much of a bad time to do Maths at a higher level.

Chemistry is really good, I really enjoy doing it because it's super logical, Biology doesn't seem logical to me because I don't do any ancient language. As for Physics, I love it, it's a laugh in lessons and I'm getting grade A's accross the board.

[canadianultra]

I'm assuming this is the Literacy test you take in Grade 10? If so, don't stress. I thought I failed it, but now 2 years later in Grade 12 I see that I got almost perfect. 

 

The only people I see re-taking it are REALLY de-motivated people. Teachers have a way of making things more complicated than they actually are. It's a simple test that you NEED at least a 70% to pass. If you fail, take it again the next year, if you fail again, then take the course. Either way, you'll get this requirement

I did not find the literacy test too hard, I think 98% of my school passed it, but your right even if you fail you can just do it again 

[juretrn]

The exams we had on the end of high school were being used to scare us into studying, they nowhere near as hard as our teachers had us believe. Do you guys have access to old examples of such tests?

[Guest]

Relax, come on now, relax.

 

Everything can't be as bad as you describe, relax your tense muscles.

 

Make up a plan to study each day, then relax by gaming afterwards and if you feel like it, study some more.

 

 

Can you control when this is going to happen? > No> So don't worry about the date

Can you control whether you do well or not? > Yes> So study son!

Can you control it if you still fail either way? > No> You did your best, fuck your dad, this is your future, not his, he shouldn't be putting more stress on to you, in fact, tell him that, maybe he will appreciate your balls. (not the 'fuck' part)

[LifesCompanion]

Don't give a fuck and you're all good. 

Seriously... I did jack all and scored 86 average in my finals (cramming the night before) and I am not the brightest. I had expectations from family, my mum was a med student, dad an economics/business so I had a fun time /s

 

Find a university course you want to get into, I wanted to get into game design and development and that's what I worked towards (my "study" habits have not changed)

[TechSage]

60% failure on multiple choice.... HOW?! MC exams are so easy as the answers are there staring you in the face. our MC sections of exams are around 30 questions long and you can only get 4-5 wrong or you fail the section (and the exam)

These weren't your average multiple choice questions. The question is basically a riddle like "a man who does not like not to own his non existing business." Add some big words and University material and you're fucked. People who write that exam come out not knowing how they did. You could have gotten 0%, or 100%, you have NO clue

[TechSage]

I did not find the literacy test too hard, I think 98% of my school passed it, but your right even if you fail you can just do it again 

I thought I failed because I was talking about Teen Pregnancy and stuff, I was so off topic. All I could think of was the cookies we get after we write the first half of the test

[FireFox]

Just keep working and the results will come. 

 

Couldn't agree more mate

[Altecice]

These weren't your average multiple choice questions. The question is basically a riddle like "a man who does not like not to own his non existing business." Add some big words and University material and you're fucked. People who write that exam come out not knowing how they did. You could have gotten 0%, or 100%, you have NO clue

 

People who write exams are out of touch with current day teaching ways. We had an exam that one of the questions where just absolutely wrong. It was about new technology and I guess the old man writing it was out of his comfort zone. We ended up getting that question pulled from the exam.

 

Although saying that. today's teaching ways are all wrong. they don't teach you a subject any more they just teach you how to pass the exam to make them look good.

[TechSage]

People who write exams are out of touch with current day teaching ways. We had an exam that one of the questions where just absolutely wrong. It was about new technology and I guess the old man writing it was out of his comfort zone. We ended up getting that question pulled from the exam.

 

Although saying that. today's teaching ways are all wrong. they don't teach you a subject any more they just teach you how to pass the exam to make them look good.

My physics teacher, throughout the whole exam he was like "The answer is "B" for 33. I didn't teach you that "

[theelitegamer]

So if you don't pass, you don't graduate high school?

 

It's probably not going to be that bad; they can't make it too hard. Even if you aren't among the best and brightest in your graduating class, the vast majority of the dumbasses you go to school with will end up passing that thing somehow. If they can do it, so can you. 

^this is too true. What he said, too many stupid people who don't give 2 cents about school.. by the sounds of it, you care alot about school and that proves that you have a higher chance to pass than those 'dumb' donkeys over there.  Don't stress it man, your mind makes a pebble look like a boulder. 

[Calavera]

You're one of these people that freak about when a test is coming, everyone knows someone like that.

I know it won't help but, don't worry about it - if your teachers saw you work hard throug-out the year, they'll let you redo the test if you fail, so don't worry about it.

[GuruMeditationError]

It sounds like the added stress of the promised upgrade money might be overloading you, and could indicate that your dad might be pushing you too hard (with the incentives etc.).

 

Believe it or not it might be easier to get through it if you didn't have the promise of a new computer in the back of your mind since there's a good chance it raises the stakes even higher and increases the pressure.

 

It's no good getting the best grades in the world (and the best computer in the world) if you destroy yourself doing it.

 

You said you find it hard to relax but have you tried a relaxation or meditation CD or MP3.

 

Also, sometimes it's good just to sleep and let your subconscious work on this stuff. When I get overloaded and I feel like everything's too much for me it often means I need to sleep, to get my energy back, to rest and refresh myself and to give my subconscious the opportunity to work through all of the mental and emotional stuff I've been accumulating.

 

Maybe you could talk to your dad about the pressure all of this is putting on you and explain that it's getting too much for you. Tell him you've been talking about it here and what the people have said etc. It seems he wants you to do well and not to fail but if the pressure you're under could cause you to fail it's just better that you reduce all of that stress as much as possible (incentives etc. can be counter-productive). As for the computer upgrade, maybe just say "screw it it's not worth loosing my mind over".

 

Also, if it's affecting you as much as it sounds like it is I'd suggest talking to a school counsellor (if you have one) and explaining what's going on. It really can help to talk this stuff out with someone specifically trained to help.

[novaboi24]

Have you tried meditation for 10 mins when you wake up, then reflect on your actions for that day for also 10 mins before bed?

Helping keep a schedule to stay on top of your life can help reduce stress and improve productivity.

Good Luck!