The panic thread!

Could you post the question please? I can't seem to find it.

It should have been a problem solving question. It was actually under the KU section. Out of interest how do you do it without higher knowledge? I remember sitting there and thinking something like
"Well I have to put $x^2 - 10x + 18$ in the from $(x-a)^2 + b$ so $a=5$ in order to get the 10x and just kind of worked from there. Definitley a mistake on the SQA's part for putting it as a KU Question though as it was outiwth the knowledge gained through Standard Grade, although putting it as a problem solving question would be fine.

Edit: Maths is great. Much better than writing an essay. :tounge:

Paper 1 Q8b perhaps? Link (PDF)

I'll be honest, I can't see why this wouldn't be Standard Grade level. It is problem solving, granted - but it's easily done without any further knowledge:



Of course, this could be the wrong question!

Thanks for the link but I think it was question 12

Thanks for the link but I think it was question 12

You have x^2-10x+18 = (x-a)^2 + b

Find a and b

Now all you have to do is expand out (x-a)^2 +b to get x^2 - 2ax + a^2 + b

Since -2a is the only coefficient of x on the right hand side it must be 10 so a = -5

b can be figured out by tidying everything up. No higher knowledge whatsoever and it isn't even that problem solvy

Ah, I didn't look further through the paper. But now I'm confused - that's almost exactly the same approach as question 8 requires. Why would you have problems with one but not the other, or am I forgetting something?

I'm currently not doing any revision I have been finishing investigations etc though. Don't plan to do much til after the holidays really, need a little rest. Coursework was far more streneous than the prelims for me. I want AAAAA though so hopefully I haven't forgotten too much.

Have you taken another five Highers in sixth year?

LIES!
Bah, silly people that fancy maths :P I don't understand why you like them lol, there's no personal twist on maths, it's all the same answers and rigid

Haaaa, 26 full days of school left!!! I'm so excited. Well, after the spring break i'll be on here having a breakdown and crying over how i'm going to fail and not get to go to university in september and give up on life and end up in a crap job with my parents forever...

Oh man, i'm going to get english books out in 10 minutes and revise. That's a bloody terrifying thought, especially after the epic fail that was prelims

Wow,, I just wrote an essay, haha I like them so much I even write them when I don't need to

He's doing another five advanced highers. Which is pretty damn impressive.

You could do it that way

FOR THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR????!!!

Ah, I didn't look further through the paper. But now I'm confused - that's almost exactly the same approach as question 8 requires. Why would you have problems with one but not the other, or am I forgetting something?

FOR THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR????!!!

You sound like me. Glad I'm not the only one having a nervous breakdown.

Yep
Of course, it's looking like an impossibility, I just did the easiest textual analysis in my revision book and got 8 out of 20. Oh lord of the land of higher english land, HELP ME

Yep
Of course, it's looking like an impossibility, I just did the easiest textual analysis in my revision book and got 8 out of 20. Oh lord of the land of higher english land, HELP ME

Take it easy Ronar It's good you're revising hard already, there is nothing worse than last minute cramming. I struggled with Higher English, especially close reading/textual analysis but the key is merely practice. I found looking at answers is a good indicator of what they're looking for as English is annoyingly subjective at times. I wish you the best in your exams. Are you applying for deferred entry?
As for me, this thread is starting to apply to me even more as my work have put me on 5 days a week during the Easter holidays, stupid hours like 11-8, which leaves no good time for study in the morning or the evening. My coursework isn't even finished and I've got revision right on top of that

That's why I am especially looking forward to AH English - I feel as though we've been really deprived of creative writing this year.
Higher has just been constituted of close reading, analysing language structures and writing critical essays... although I actually quite enjoy the last, the others have begun to bore me