Current Year 12 Thread Mark VI

Is that excluding all the combinatorics questions? I can never tell whether I've got the right answer with those.

It isn't always a prove that question and certainly in STEP II there are ones where you form an expression, not knowing what it's meant to look like.

There was something on the STEP prep thread about one of the guys had his paper marked by and examiner and the arithmetic error was penalised heavily. Which surprised everyone.

I didn't mean to say excuses I mean cases.

Yes I am. Thank god it wasn't just me.

What "other" things? At least we don't have to make a decision until fairly late on.

Thanks. I've been helping out with the housework and cooking for years as my family (including my extended family) come from traditional backgrounds. As the eldest daughter, it is my duty to be able to do any housework and cook.

However, it does mean that I can never get out of doing chores unless I have a broken arm or something. My parents came from poor families living in rural areas, so I can't use the "I'm studying for exams - let me off!" excuse because they'll just say: "When I was younger, we had to collect firewood, walk miles to the river to fetch water, hand wash all of the laundry and do the cooking... all while studying. "

I don't mind, though as it's good preparation for when I am independent. Also... I kinda like housework? Cleaning is quite relaxing. Also, it gives me a good feeling to know that the house is clean and that people have food to eat when they get home from work/school.

Surely there is? Just gather the ingredients and see if you can make some sort of on the spot dish with them.

I don't mind maths exams.

The main reason is (I think if anyone can understand this it may be you guys):

I want to prove (to myself) that I'm choosing not to do maths not because I'm not good enough, but because I want to do something else instead. It was something my Physics teacher mentioned offhand, but it really stuck, and it made me wonder. I want to choose the best subject, or what I'd enjoy the most regardless of difficulty. But I'm not sure if part of the reason I'm drifting away from maths is because it can be difficult or whether I genuinely prefer Science. But in either case, I don't want to shy away because it's too difficult. If anything, I feel like I have to do STEP 1 just to feel like I've beaten that demon.

The main reason is (I think if anyone can understand this it may be you guys):

I want to prove (to myself) that I'm choosing not to do maths not because I'm not good enough, but because I want to do something else instead. It was something my Physics teacher mentioned offhand, but it really stuck, and it made me wonder. I want to choose the best subject, or what I'd enjoy the most regardless of difficulty. But I'm not sure if part of the reason I'm drifting away from maths is because it can be difficult or whether I genuinely prefer Science. But in either case, I don't want to shy away because it's too difficult. If anything, I feel like I have to do STEP 1 just to feel like I've beaten that demon.

How did Latin go today? - It was Latin, wasn't it?

Yes, a nice break. Then A2!

The main reason is (I think if anyone can understand this it may be you guys):

I want to prove (to myself) that I'm choosing not to do maths not because I'm not good enough, but because I want to do something else instead. It was something my Physics teacher mentioned offhand, but it really stuck, and it made me wonder. I want to choose the best subject, or what I'd enjoy the most regardless of difficulty. But I'm not sure if part of the reason I'm drifting away from maths is because it can be difficult or whether I genuinely prefer Science. But in either case, I don't want to shy away because it's too difficult. If anything, I feel like I have to do STEP 1 just to feel like I've beaten that demon.

Except those deities doing further maths

That's a really impressive attitude you have there Llewellyn!
I understand what you mean, though personally I'm not doing STEP. You're all much better than me anyway, though I'm not putting effort into that stuff because I'm to be an economics applicant anyway.

I made a marble cake today and it is

Ahhh. I used to do a lot of the cleaning and chores like that with my grandmother for similar reasons, the eldest girl in a strongly Catholic household where the matriarch was disabled But they never trusted me with cooking or ironing :L
Ouch :/ At least you don't have to do that too I suppose!
It is good preparation indeed everyone will love you at uni if you can cook I like cleaning too! It's just nicer to be in a nice environment
My mum isn't really big on cooking so we tend to eat shop bought food/ready meals quite a lot, hence not having anything you can make stuff out of.
I thought so

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You make economics sound like the easy route.

Mate, there was something about mechanics I wanted to ask you but I can't remember right now and I'm focusing on FP3 so could you remind me after friday, please? Thanks

Hope exams have been going well for you, btw

Maybe you're just a... prune

"Makes me feel sick that i've been held back by missing key things in stupid lectures. Technology and Khan wins. Legend.
I'm doing my degree and i didn't know differentiating is for gradient!"


You've got to wonder.