Current Year 11 Thread Mark II

Hi all. I hope everyone is OK. I'm now back and ready to return to normal service.

My school were incredibly supportive after the death of my cousin, and allowed me to have two days off school, to attend the funeral in the States. I flew out to LA and back within three days, which left me very jet-lagged, but I wouldn't have missed my cousin's funeral.

Anyway, I don't want to make everyone miserable, but when I was last on here I made a comment about how bullying sucks as it destroys lives. Well the reason I said that, is because that's what happened to my family. My cousin committed suicide because he couldn't cope with the bullying anymore. He had changed schools, but they continued to bully him online, and he just didn't want to go on.

In the States, people can be prosecuted for driving someone to suicide because of bullying, especially if they use words like "go kill yourself". My cousin had obviously planned his suicide to the last detail, because he had printed out screen dumps of the abuse that had been sent his way during his last week, as he knew the kids behind it would delete everything. Sure enough, in those messages, he was being told to "kill yourself, as no-one will miss you, not even your family."

So yeah, the four main perpetrators are being investigated, and have been told it is "very likely" they will face charges.

Like I said, I don't want to make anyone miserable, but I thought I'd explain why I'd been absent for about a couple of weeks.

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Right now that's out the way...

Had my first exam yesterday - English Lit - went OK I think.

Now on study leave, did some studying earlier, as I woke up at 7am. Having a break now.

To those that are doing AQA English Literature Unit 2: poerty across time....

How are the questions going to be structured?
After having a glance at the past paper, one question is based on the poems we have studied and you need to compare, and the next question is the unseen poem in which you don't need to compare? Is this right or am I getting something wrong?

Thanks
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Ouch, someone in my year got permanently excluded (not allowed to take his exams at school, or go to prom) for making a false profile about a member of staff on Facebook and putting stuff like 'fluent in Chinese and bull****'. He would have left in a week... :/

They can ban people from taking exams? Didn't he pay for them already and everything? I understand how they'd exclude him from prom...but it's pretty harsh to not allow him to take his GCSEs!

I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin passing away, my condolences do you and your family.
Glad you arrived there and back safely, and I wish you the best for all your exams these next few weeks.

They can ban people from taking exams? Didn't he pay for them already and everything? I understand how they'd exclude him from prom...but it's pretty harsh to not allow him to take his GCSEs!

You can ban him from taking exams in a certain place, so he'll just have to go to the exam centre.

And he doesn't pay, state school.

You can ban him from taking exams in a certain place, so he'll just have to go to the exam centre.

And he doesn't pay, state school.

Oh whoops, where I live we have to pay for them :/ I guess it's not that bad if he just has to go to the exam centre...

and blueray- nice to meet you too! (:

I think he could pay to sit as an external candidate.

Hey nice to meet 2 new members

Oh whoops, where I live we have to pay for them :/ I guess it's not that bad if he just has to go to the exam centre...

and blueray- nice to meet you too! (:

Haha, hey there! Nice to meet you too!

Hi all. I hope everyone is OK. I'm now back and ready to return to normal service.

My school were incredibly supportive after the death of my cousin, and allowed me to have two days off school, to attend the funeral in the States. I flew out to LA and back within three days, which left me very jet-lagged, but I wouldn't have missed my cousin's funeral.

Anyway, I don't want to make everyone miserable, but when I was last on here I made a comment about how bullying sucks as it destroys lives. Well the reason I said that, is because that's what happened to my family. My cousin committed suicide because he couldn't cope with the bullying anymore. He had changed schools, but they continued to bully him online, and he just didn't want to go on.

In the States, people can be prosecuted for driving someone to suicide because of bullying, especially if they use words like "go kill yourself". My cousin had obviously planned his suicide to the last detail, because he had printed out screen dumps of the abuse that had been sent his way during his last week, as he knew the kids behind it would delete everything. Sure enough, in those messages, he was being told to "kill yourself, as no-one will miss you, not even your family."

So yeah, the four main perpetrators are being investigated, and have been told it is "very likely" they will face charges.

Like I said, I don't want to make anyone miserable, but I thought I'd explain why I'd been absent for about a couple of weeks.

******

Right now that's out the way...

Had my first exam yesterday - English Lit - went OK I think.

Now on study leave, did some studying earlier, as I woke up at 7am. Having a break now.

How are you?

I'm fine thanks, tired of revision but it's all worth it aha. How about yourself?

My school are making all the year 11s create yearbook comments, i have not got round to writing my piece but i did however read others.
This is how my friend started off
Where you want to see yourself in 10 years
Hopefully a billionaire or his wife i'd go either way
Describe yourself in 3 words
Irreplaceable, unforgetable and irresistible
My other friend wrote in the favourite food section
I love me some KFC

Where's that?



Probably, although he's just said he's going to another school to finish school off.

Feeling like you What you revising?

I've been revising RE, due to the lack of it I did during Easter since I was more focused on history and other subjects aha.
What have you been revising?

Same! You doing the second exam?