Thread for new 5th years

Ok, so 5th year is totally random. I could've done without my headmaster telling us at the start that only 40-45% of us would get 3 Highers, seeing as I want 5 Highers at A. Hmmm. Very inspiring...:L But what's everyone thinking of their subjects? Mine are going like this,

Maths- (No idea really, I've only had one lesson so far)
German- Brilliant, actually loving it. There's only 10 people in my class which is fantastic.
Chemistry- Well, it is Chemistry after all, Chemistry's awesome
Biology- It seems ok, although one of my teachers looks a bit like a weasel and the other ones moves through work at the speed of light, which doesn't help. But I guess that's just normal for Higher.
English- Again, no idea, I've only had one lesson so far but I have a bad feeling about all those essays and the fact that my writing NAB is only in a few weeks, seeing as I've learnt nothing yet!

That does not sound promising...

That's exactly what I thought. That was just the statistics for my school. But it's not exactly the best thing to say to make us more motivated for the year to come. I was terrified as it was, but that comment knocked my confidence a little. Now it's time for me to use my special ability of bouncing back no matter what happens. Time to work my *** off...

IGNORE THE TEACHERS TELLING YOU HOW HARD IT IS.

It really isn't as hard as they tell you, if you're hoping for 5A's, then chances are you'll get it providing you have the intelligence and work a bit.

Don't **** yourself.

I hate it when teachers say things like that. How do they know how hard you're going to work, how much effort you put in to get your current grades or any number of other things. If you work hard I'm sure you'll do good and just don't listen to comments like that. They're simply not helpful.

Here are my subject rundowns!

Maths - eh... intimidating. Have had 14 pages of homework after 2 periods, and have mandatory afternoon sessions next week. Hoo-rah! Not hard yet, though, so I'm happeh.
English - teacher has spent a long time informing us of how it's the hardest Higher, blabla. Not actually done any work in it yet, so it makes for happy times.
Chemistry - fiiiine! Just done some practical and write-ups so far, and it's looking good.
Computing - I wasn't sure what was going to happen based on my first period of this: the teacher told us to log on and left us to play games while he browsed his catalogue. Although in today's double period he had a lengthy debate with himself as to whether "binary" had Greek or Latin roots, we got taught, and I am well pleased.
Biology - intimidated! Crashing it, so I'm scared of everything. What's a Golgi and why should I care? Why does the textbook say "building block of life" so much?

It's been an altogether... ramshackle experience. We're not the best school in terms of resources, so everything's really thrown together, and there's going to have to be a lot of effort on my part if I'm going to get the grades I want.

I'm have another induction day tomorrow, so I've not started any lessons yet. I start on Thursday. We were told by a teacher today that 5th year is rubbish, and then that it's not so bad by another teacher.

English : Rather sadly, I think it looks good, love the folio introduction too, can't wait to get stuck into the text we do too

oh sweet young innocent child, how little thou knowst

oh sweet young innocent child, how little thou knowst