Am I the only one that gets annoyed......

I used to, then I stopped being a p****.

its not being a P****
Its very annoying when you are the only one in your class that tries. And when it comes to test, being the only one to do when. But then having to re-do tests and going back to things, just because everyone else cba to put some effort in. Im not calling these people dumb. They're are very smart, cos in class the seem to get everything, even better than me.

But its annoying to just seem them fail- sigh i feel like a teacher.

When you whole class takes a mock test. For the first Unit of the AS course, and they all fail. I dont claim to be some sort of genius. But I find it really annoying when we do a test, that is meant to be very easy, and I get very high marks, whilst everyone else gets low marks.

I just find it frustrating having to retake test, or go slow just because the otheer 90% of the class doesnt bother to revise and fails. :L .....

Does anyone else feel this way about their classes?

No I went to a grammar school, everyone was clever.
I also did the bio, chem and maths for A2, very few people at my school took them for the sake of it, and most were good at it too.

Maybe they're busy socialising like normal teenagers/working/ill/have personal issues/struggle academically so depsite revising still fail or simply have realised mocks aren't the end of the world.

I got a U on my maths mock and 90% in the exam. I'm thinking getting the best marks in the class won't help you in the real world if you can't understand that not everyone is the same as you, others may struggle so the teacher can't just go at your pace.

QUESTION: Are you streamed? Or at a selective school? Before going to a grammar school I found maths too slow at primary school, so I can get where you're coming a tiny bit, then again I was 9 and a huge geek.

When you whole class takes a mock test. For the first Unit of the AS course, and they all fail. I dont claim to be some sort of genius. But I find it really annoying when we do a test, that is meant to be very easy, and I get very high marks, whilst everyone else gets low marks.

I just find it frustrating having to retake test, or go slow just because the otheer 90% of the class doesnt bother to revise and fails. :L .....

Does anyone else feel this way about their classes?

They just don't try, or care for that matter, that it's not the real exam. That's beside the point for me as I'd rather see how well I do and work from there. It doesn't annoy me because they can do what they like, it does annoy me, however, when they made fun of people who do try hard and try to bring them down (this was apparent in the lower school). Thankfully now my sixth form kicks anyone out who doesn't work.

i do understand where you're coming from here, even if you do sound a little immodest.

i did a-level biology and it was VERY annoying when we had to spend 2 weeks on one topic that i'd got in 5 mins.

what you need to do is read the book. when you're bored and fed up, read ahead and it will pay off in the end when you do really well in your exam.



although remember this:

unless you got 100% in every test, you'll still benefit from re-doing it. and even when you do get 100%, you can still improve your answers by making them more concise and thinking of other possible answers.

streamed. :/ - I can appreciate that not everyone would get everything right away. Thats not the problem. I also dont mind it if they get a poor grade because they genuinely do not understand.

What gets me is when I see people who are clearly capable, do bad because they cant be asked. Especially when they dont care that they got a poor grade. And it does usually mean, having to revisit things and do retakes, when we could be advancing a head, its not like we have a lot of time. Considering we are meant to be doing a full A-level in a year.

No... I think you're bigging youself up a bit, some practice isn't gonna do any harm, is it?

1) If I was you I'd read ahead myself and start my revision extra early, maybe even ask for extra work.
2) I did badly at AS because of a lack of confidence, I had to improve my grades in maths and chemistry by 2 grades during year 13, it was really tough. Other people may have similar problems.
3) You're streamed but do you feel you are you in a high enough set?
4) They may actually try, and just pretend that they're not, the majority of people in my 6th form seemed to have this attitude.
5) Not everyone is ambitious at this age, it's actually relatively rare, it might not have hit them that exams are important, or exams just aren't the be all and end all for them (they're not imho).

I think i will start reading a head and asking for extra work.

Its not possible to move sets. As far as im aware the AS classes are set up so you have a high and low class. As far as I know anyway. I also cant move it another class because we only have on class for the subject I'm talking about. Its only the class for this subject that I do not like.