UPDATE - Tuesday 12th April
Well my first day back at school was crazy! I did three exams (Business Unit 3, German Listening and Science end of unit) and I stayed after school in photography until 5:30. The German exam was absolutely diabolical and I'll probably get the result for that next week so look forward to a fail. The other exams were okay but honestly I was so tired I'm not sure how I did. In photography after school I got my What Why What How analysis completed and a similarities and differences piece. I haven't got much left to do for that and the exam is on Thursday so I'm not as stressed as I thought I'd be.
We also got some grades back today...
In my final German writing assessment I got 26/30(?) which is an A*! I cannot believe I managed to get that on a writing assessment but I am over the moon because I put a lot of effort into it. My coursework levels out at a high A now I think, which gives me leeway on my listening paper. I could probably get a D on that and a B on my reading and still level out at a B, I just have to work at it (Thank goodness the course is 60% coursework).
I also got my English Language grade back, and that was okay. On the reading paper I got 34/40 which was an A*, and on the writing paper I got 26/40 which was a B. I read one of the questions wrong on the writing paper but overall that's definitely something that need to work on before the real exam. I suppose it'd level out at an A overall if I included my coursework so I'm pretty chill with that.
English Literature...not so good. But if you are reading this and you've seen what I wrote when I spoke about my exams just after I'd done them, you know I didn't have much hope anyway. I got a C. I can't remember the score, but it was quite a low C. My teacher put it down on my desk and said "I don't think you'll be happy with this" but honestly, it's only fair. I didn't put in the work, so obviously that's what I'm going to get back. I'm not upset and I suppose I'm not even that bothered (completely the wrong attitude, don't follow in my footsteps). With my coursework at an A* it could probably level out at a B, which isn't bad!
So, what did I learn today? Well I've learnt that I need to put in the work to get back the grades that I want, even if I don't like the subject. I only have two months left so I may as well just suck it up and have grades that I'm proud of rather than grades that make me say "I didn't try" or "I could have done better".
I hope you all had a good day at school! Haha.