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Hey everyone I'm committed_nerd,
My hobbies include judo, painting (WC) and reading.

I'm taking 11 GCSEs :
English literature OCR- Predicted 8
English language OCR- Predicted 8
Maths AQA- Predicted 8
Further maths AQA- Not sure as I start it in year eleven
Chemistry AQA- Predicted A*
Biology AQA- Predicted A*
Physics AQA-Predicted A*
Japanese EDEXCEL- Predicted A
History SHP AQA- Predicted A*
Latin OCR- Predicted A*
Geography OCR- Predicted A
I'm so nervous for year eleven, the hardest thing for me will be to actually just sit down and work without getting distracted, would love some tips on it!
My favourite subjects are the sciences and History and I'm currently thinking that for a-level I'll take:
Chemistry
Biology
Maths OR History (or maybe both, don't really know yet)

My dream career would have to be medicine, especially in paediatrics, hopefully in Birmingham as its close to home.
Original post by committed_nerd
Hey everyone I'm committed_nerd,
My hobbies include judo, painting (WC) and reading.

I'm taking 11 GCSEs :
English literature OCR- Predicted 8
English language OCR- Predicted 8
Maths AQA- Predicted 8
Further maths AQA- Not sure as I start it in year eleven
Chemistry AQA- Predicted A*
Biology AQA- Predicted A*
Physics AQA-Predicted A*
Japanese EDEXCEL- Predicted A
History SHP AQA- Predicted A*
Latin OCR- Predicted A*
Geography OCR- Predicted A
I'm so nervous for year eleven, the hardest thing for me will be to actually just sit down and work without getting distracted, would love some tips on it!
My favourite subjects are the sciences and History and I'm currently thinking that for a-level I'll take:
Chemistry
Biology
Maths OR History (or maybe both, don't really know yet)

My dream career would have to be medicine, especially in paediatrics, hopefully in Birmingham as its close to home.


Hi, committed_nerd! Getting distracted is so easy, I find the best way to avoid it is by doing revision in small chunks, rather than in long sessions. This prevents you from becoming too disinterested, and finding distractions. It also helps if you revise in an enjoyable way. Good luck with achieving, and potentially exceeding, those predictions!
Original post by _gcx
Hi, committed_nerd! Getting distracted is so easy, I find the best way to avoid it is by doing revision in small chunks, rather than in long sessions. This prevents you from becoming too disinterested, and finding distractions. It also helps if you revise in an enjoyable way. Good luck with achieving, and potentially exceeding, those predictions!


Thanks for the advice, i'll try doing it in small chunks but the worst is just getting started, one i'm in the 'zone' i'll be able to continue until i get tired, lol :h: for a start though i've been giving my mum my phone which most of the time motivates me to get on with my work!!
Original post by committed_nerd
Thanks for the advice, i'll try doing it in small chunks but the worst is just getting started, one i'm in the 'zone' i'll be able to continue until i get tired, lol :h: for a start though i've been giving my mum my phone which most of the time motivates me to get on with my work!!


Well I'm glad you've found a way around it! :smile: Don't be afraid to post here if you still can't concentrate/get distracted, or just need more general advice! :smile:
Original post by _gcx
Well I'm glad you've found a way around it! :smile: Don't be afraid to post here if you still can't concentrate/get distracted, or just need more general advice! :smile:


Don't worry this definitely isn't the last you'll see of me, i'll probably bombard you guys with messages as exams get closer and i start to panic eep :tongue:
Original post by committed_nerd
Don't worry this definitely isn't the last you'll see of me, i'll probably bombard you guys with messages as exams get closer and i start to panic eep :tongue:


Well, we're be here to help :wink:
Woah. That does sound quite boring.
Japanese and Latin? Well done ive always wanted to learn them but my school doesnt do either. Oh well :s-smilie:
Original post by Cxesar
Japanese and Latin? Well done ive always wanted to learn them but my school doesnt do either. Oh well :s-smilie:


Yeah, they're quite obscure languages to be taught at GCSE. Latin is pretty useless unless you want to study classics or similar. (as it's not spoken anywhere anymore, unless you happen to live in Vatican City lmao) I think my school offered Latin in the form of an afterschool club, but no-one wanted to take it. XD
Original post by committed_nerd
Hey everyone I'm committed_nerd,
My hobbies include judo, painting (WC) and reading.

I'm taking 11 GCSEs :
English literature OCR- Predicted 8
English language OCR- Predicted 8
Maths AQA- Predicted 8
Further maths AQA- Not sure as I start it in year eleven
Chemistry AQA- Predicted A*
Biology AQA- Predicted A*
Physics AQA-Predicted A*
Japanese EDEXCEL- Predicted A
History SHP AQA- Predicted A*
Latin OCR- Predicted A*
Geography OCR- Predicted A
I'm so nervous for year eleven, the hardest thing for me will be to actually just sit down and work without getting distracted, would love some tips on it!
My favourite subjects are the sciences and History and I'm currently thinking that for a-level I'll take:
Chemistry
Biology
Maths OR History (or maybe both, don't really know yet)

My dream career would have to be medicine, especially in paediatrics, hopefully in Birmingham as its close to home.


Hi there! Good luck for year 11 :smile:
2 weeks and 1 day till I start year 11... How's everyone feeling?
Original post by buzzyambee
2 weeks and 1 day till I start year 11... How's everyone feeling?


I'm feeling good. I think I'm pretty prepared to work hard at Year 11. :h:
Original post by _gcx
I'm feeling good. I think I'm pretty prepared to work hard at Year 11. :h:


That's great! I still can't quite believe it - I still feel like a year 9 :tongue:
Original post by Cxesar
Japanese and Latin? Well done ive always wanted to learn them but my school doesnt do either. Oh well :s-smilie:


Yeah, in my school you have to take latin from year 8 (but it doesn't count as a language as you just have to be able to translate) as well as a modern language like french or german plus a language with a diffferent writing system like japanese or russian from year 7 (the school picks the combination) and continue one for gcse
Original post by buzzyambee
Hi there! Good luck for year 11 :smile:


Thanks for the good wishes, hope you do great too! :biggrin:
Original post by committed_nerd
Yeah, in my school you have to take latin from year 8 (but it doesn't count as a language as you just have to be able to translate) as well as a modern language like french or german plus a language with a diffferent writing system like japanese or russian from year 7 (the school picks the combination) and continue one for gcse


You have to take Latin? That's the first time I've heard of that! Is your school relatively large?

Original post by buzzyambee
That's great! I still can't quite believe it - I still feel like a year 9 :tongue:


Year 10 felt like ages for me. I didn't concentrate that much and I struggled quite a bit. Luckily, I improved, to some degree, for my mocks, and now I have significantly higher aspirations. :h: I hope Year 11 will go as slowly as possible, I don't want to start A-levels yet!
Original post by _gcx
You have to take Latin? That's the first time I've heard of that! Is your school relatively large?



Year 10 felt like ages for me. I didn't concentrate that much and I struggled quite a bit. Luckily, I improved, to some degree, for my mocks, and now I have significantly higher aspirations. :h: I hope Year 11 will go as slowly as possible, I don't want to start A-levels yet!


That's good you improved for mocks! For some things, I do wish I'd worked a bit harder for but hopefully it will be ok! I actually can't wait for a-levels, I'd be able to study what I really love and most the people who don't care about their grades would have gone for an apprenticeship or something :tongue:
Original post by _gcx
You have to take Latin? That's the first time I've heard of that! Is your school relatively large?



Year 10 felt like ages for me. I didn't concentrate that much and I struggled quite a bit. Luckily, I improved, to some degree, for my mocks, and now I have significantly higher aspirations. :h: I hope Year 11 will go as slowly as possible, I don't want to start A-levels yet!


you can drop latin for gcse but you do have to take it for two years,its not a huge school, its a state grammer, but it's average :smile: and i'm pretty sure it was considered to be a specialist language school ... so mabye that's the reason :smile:
Original post by buzzyambee
That's good you improved for mocks! For some things, I do wish I'd worked a bit harder for but hopefully it will be ok! I actually can't wait for a-levels, I'd be able to study what I really love and most the people who don't care about their grades would have gone for an apprenticeship or something :tongue:


Well, mocks don't mean much, their intention is to just identify your gaps in the knowledge. A-level sees a large difficulty gap, which I would like to think I'm prepared for (having looked at, and done some A-level work), but I still have a dodgy feeling about it. Perhaps this will subside, or increase, once I actually start preparing for my ASs.
LMAO. Im intrested in Japanese but your correct no one speaks Latin any more.

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