revising during Easter holiday!!

whatever,
I have this friend in my school and he has told me that he has 'Just' started revising. And next month is the exams. He is doing ONLY one GCSE which is a retake. I need some advice to give him, I was planning on saying to him 'You might as well fail and stop revising' I am not sure I need some help?

Reply 1

Changing Skies

22

I wouldn't worry about it, people have different revision methods and learn differently! Focus on your own work as that's more important :h:

Reply 2

TheEnchantress

19

Why would you say that to your friend 🤨😒😐

Reply 3

year 11 revise

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Original post by yourmomhascancer

whatever,
I have this friend in my school and he has told me that he has 'Just' started revising. And next month is the exams. He is doing ONLY one GCSE which is a retake. I need some advice to give him, I was planning on saying to him 'You might as well fail and stop revising' I am not sure I need some help?

Make sure that he revises for the exam but make sure that u are also revising see if you could do sessions together or revision and let him know that if he needs help you are there for him

Reply 4

yourmomhas

OP

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Original post by TheEnchantress

Why would you say that to your friend 🤨😒😐

As a true and loyal friend, I earnestly tell the truth regardless of the trouble he is about to be in. I was being honest saying that he has plenty of time and things will be alright is a huge lie, could be lying to myself which is disloyal ; ) )

Reply 5

dx31

15

One month is plenty of time looool considering hes only doing one gcse

Reply 6

laffytaffy123

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one month is probably enough for ten GCSEs.

Reply 7

Baza2002

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Original post by laffytaffy123

one month is probably enough for ten GCSEs.

no...it would be for 7 though

Reply 8

Ray_Shadows

21

if you said that to me you'd be out of my life for good

mind your own business

Reply 9

laffytaffy123

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Original post by Baza2002

no...it would be for 7 though

do you seriously believe that no one has ever started revising for their GCSEs a month before the exams and come out alright?

Reply 10

thotproduct

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Original post by Baza2002

no...it would be for 7 though

I did mine 2 weeks before they started. You can if you have the right attitude.

Reply 11

tkty

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If your friend learnt the course 1 month of revision is plenty

Reply 12

Baza2002

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Original post by laffytaffy123

do you seriously believe that no one has ever started revising for their GCSEs a month before the exams and come out alright?

It all depends on the subjects. For me I need 3 months revision if I'm going to get grade 7s, 8s and one or two 9s. I do history, geography, french, computer science, english language, english literature, chemistry, biology, physics, maths and further maths.
With history there are 4 topics, each with their own textbook. My school chose the development of the USA, the Elizabethan age, medicine and Nazi Germany.
The AQA geography textbook has just under 400 pages.
Computer science doesn't have as much content but it is a lot harder than most subjects.

I need 3 months revision to get 7s, 8s and a few 9s. I started at the start of February.

Reply 13

Baza2002

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Original post by AryanGh

I did mine 2 weeks before they started. You can if you have the right attitude.

The right attitude is not starting 2 weeks before the exams. What grades did you get?

It all depends on the subjects. For me I need 3 months revision if I'm going to get grade 7s, 8s and one or two 9s. I do history, geography, french, computer science, english language, english literature, chemistry, biology, physics, maths and further maths.

With history there are 4 topics, each with their own textbook. My school chose the development of the USA, the Elizabethan age, medicine and Nazi Germany.

The AQA geography textbook has just under 400 pages.

Computer science doesn't have as much content but it is a lot harder than most subjects.

I need 3 months revision to get 7s, 8s and a few 9s. I started at the start of February.

Reply 14

thotproduct

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Original post by baza2002

the right attitude is not starting 2 weeks before the exams. What grades did you get?

It all depends on the subjects. For me i need 3 months revision if i'm going to get grade 7s, 8s and one or two 9s. I do history, geography, french, computer science, english language, english literature, chemistry, biology, physics, maths and further maths.

With history there are 4 topics, each with their own textbook. My school chose the development of the usa, the elizabethan age, medicine and nazi germany.

The aqa geography textbook has just under 400 pages.

Computer science doesn't have as much content but it is a lot harder than most subjects.

I need 3 months revision to get 7s, 8s and a few 9s. I started at the start of february.

9, 9, 8 9 a* 3a

Reply 15

Baza2002

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Original post by AryanGh

9, 9, 8 9 a* 3a

and what is your response to what i wrote?

Reply 16

thotproduct

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Original post by Baza2002

and what is your response to what i wrote?

For subjects like Maths, Geography and Computer Science. They came naturally so revision was not needed. Additional Maths was just a few days of practice before the exam. I taught myself Chemistry to an AS standard, so the GCSE itself wasn't a problem. Physics was just plugging and chugging. Granted, your year don't have the formulas but they come intuitively eventually.

Granted, English Literature and Language needed some more time. I had technique and knew how to structure essays since I practiced endlessly in class and worked hard. All that was left was just a few days to review some quotes and themes and come exam day, just taking what I had and rolling with it. I got a 9.

Subjects like Biology were very content heavy, that was the brunt of my two weeks.However since I had listened enough in class. Most of that was past paper practice. As opposed to pointlessly rewriting flashcards. Geography was just learning the case studies, some creative thought and a hint of common sense, along with knowledge of assessment objectives.

We all work at different paces, but for one GCSE a MONTH should more than suffice. You asked for my grades and I gave them to you, we shouldn't make assumptions now, because if i didnt have the attitude, I wouldn't have gotten those grades.

It all boils down to revising smart, not inherently revising hard that prevents ultimate burn out and exam failure, while that probably won't be the case with someone as seemingly bright as you are.

Reply 17

Baza2002

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Original post by AryanGh

For subjects like Maths, Geography and Computer Science. They came naturally so revision was not needed. Additional Maths was just a few days of practice before the exam. I taught myself Chemistry to an AS standard, so the GCSE itself wasn't a problem. Physics was just plugging and chugging. Granted, your year don't have the formulas but they come intuitively eventually.

Granted, English Literature and Language needed some more time. I had technique and knew how to structure essays since I practiced endlessly in class and worked hard. All that was left was just a few days to review some quotes and themes and come exam day, just taking what I had and rolling with it. I got a 9.

Subjects like Biology were very content heavy, that was the brunt of my two weeks.However since I had listened enough in class. Most of that was past paper practice. As opposed to pointlessly rewriting flashcards. Geography was just learning the case studies, some creative thought and a hint of common sense, along with knowledge of assessment objectives.

We all work at different paces, but for one GCSE a MONTH should more than suffice. You asked for my grades and I gave them to you, we shouldn't make assumptions now, because if i didnt have the attitude, I wouldn't have gotten those grades.

It all boils down to revising smart, not inherently revising hard that prevents ultimate burn out and exam failure, while that probably won't be the case with someone as seemingly bright as you are.