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Demotivated because I'm finishing GCSES later than my friends?

username1934763

All my friends are finishing this week (friday) and I have an additional week which means I'm done way later. I'm just so frustrated and upset that they can start their summer plans earlier than me. Anyone in the same situation?

Sucks being clever :frown:

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Reply 1

Magnus Taylor

Original post by sagelolz

It is only one week and you get a substantial summer break, deferred gratification is a virtue- embrace it

Reply 2

vincentvangogh

Original post by sagelolz

Sorrrry, but some of my friends doing product design have their last exam on the 27th of June... so at least you're not doing PD :smile:

Reply 3

username1934763

Original post by Magnus Taylor

It is only one week and you get a substantial summer break, deferred gratification is a virtue- embrace it

But I can't!!!!! Im gonna flop further science :frown:

Reply 4

Magnus Taylor

Original post by sagelolz

But I can't!!!!! Im gonna flop further science :frown:

Go and revise!! :P

Reply 5

username1934763

Original post by vincentvangogh

Sorrrry, but some of my friends doing product design have their last exam on the 27th of June... so at least you're not doing PD :smile:

What on earth is product design?! I actually feel for them... I'd probably jump off a cliff if I finished so close to July lol

Reply 6

username1934763

Original post by Magnus Taylor

Go and revise!! :P

I have 5 other exams before than. Starting with history which I need to ace so I'll only have the next weekend to revise the whole of unit 3 science :frown:

Get over it?

Original post by sagelolz

What on earth is product design?! I actually feel for them... I'd probably jump off a cliff if I finished so close to July lol

Haha, it's like a part of Design & Technology but more focused on designing products for customers and stuff. Yeh they're so unlucky!

Reply 9

amingo26

I feel you.

I am starting A-Levels a year behind my friends because I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do or subjects to take so I have had a year of figuring it out and doing everything so I have no qualifications for this year :frown:

So I will be starting uni a year behind and finishing a year behind all my friends which is crap! I wish I'd figured out what I wanted to do with my life sooner.

Reply 10

username1934763

Original post by Vikingninja

Get over it?

dunno if this was advice or being rude but that itself is difficult to do LOL!

Reply 11

username2324315

Original post by sagelolz

There are some people in my year who finish on the 15th, and some who do Further Maths who finish on the 24th. Trust me though, I'd rather be clever and have a longer exam period than not being clever and finishing way earlier :tongue:

Reply 12

Vikingninja

Original post by sagelolz

dunno if this was advice or being rude but that itself is difficult to do LOL!

It was both. So what you get one week less than your friends?

Reply 13

username1934763

Original post by amingo26

So I will be starting uni a year behind and finishing a year behind all my friends which is crap! I wish I'd figured out what I wanted to do with my life sooner.

Awhhhhh its okay though!! So what did you do in that year when you were deciding what to do? like a gap year

Reply 14

Lalarw

TAKE MY ADVICE, watch some motivational stuff eg the satisfaction of opening your results and seeing A*/A's everywhere, or a few YouTube videos of them doing it tbh will motivate you
No one take offense to this
Watch a few of Hitler's speeches, he was very motivational even though what he did was wrong

Reply 15

mxskaan

same I finish a week later but not really demotivated because I know I'm getting an extra gcse for an additional week

it's 5 days you'll be fine

Reply 16

username1934763

Original post by Lalarw

LMAOOOOOOOOOO listen I choked on my food when I read the last thing. And thanks for the advice, sounds like my type of procrastination :smile:

Reply 17

amingo26

Original post by sagelolz

Awhhhhh its okay though!! So what did you do in that year when you were deciding what to do? like a gap year

No, you have to be in education until your 18th birthday so I went to college, hated it. Went to my sixth form, hated it. Now I am in a finance apprenticeship and it's the WORST so I am resigning in July!

Along the way though, I have figured out what I wanted to do which is civil engineering so I suppose I haven't completely wasted a year! It's just annoying that all my friends from school are going to open days and doing UCAS but I'm only just starting my level 3 study.

Reply 18

CorpusLuteum

Bruv, I'm siked about finishing later than everyone. It's exciting to be doing something formal whilst everyone else is slacking about.
IMO you should feel cool af B)