Current Year 12 Thread Mark I (2013-2014)

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Saw someone else post about their favourite subjects so I will go and do that now (sorry for editing, I accidentally pressed send.)

Most Enjoyable Subjects (1 = favourite)

1. Spanish! Love the content of the lesson and my main teacher is fantastic, she explains things well yet also pushes us to understand complex things. I already love being able to use my Spanish more than before and find languages mesmerizing.
2. French - although some things are harder than Spanish, I still love it because it's varied every lesson and it's really cross-curricular too for different things. The class is quite small and it always feels relaxed.
3. English Literature. I find it really interesting but at the moment we're studying plays and I'm not a huge fan of Shakespeare, although I'm still ok at analysing most things. I think when we move onto studying the novels it's going to be amazing!
4. English Language - It's easy but feels like a load of facts being put together, although my teachers are good so it's ok.

Hardest Subjects (1 = hardest)
1. French. The grammar is quite complicated and because I've not studied French as long as Spanish sometimes I feel like I'm behind. But this week I have been doing a lot of independent study of the tenses and it's paid off, so I'm happy with that.
2. English Literature - I think analysing stuff is fairly easy once we've gone through things, but initially I sometimes feel unsure because of the Shakespearean language; sometimes you really have to think a lot about what things mean.
3. Spanish. Not my easiest subject, but I find it considerably easier than French. I think the teachers are better at explaining, but I also feel much more spontaneous with Spanish when I talk - I can come up with things much easier than French. I'm really glad that it's going well so far!
4. English Language - As I said before, it's just learning lots of facts and terminology. There are a lot but they're not particularly complex and I feel like although it's not as enjoyable as anything else, I feel more confident that I'll do well...

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Reply 4921

mollyh77

Feeling like a boss - aced my Bio test today :cool:

Thought I was struggling but apparently not :top:

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Reply 4922

Tibbz2

Original post by techno836

Ahhhh I hated lenses at GCSE :rolleyes:

glad i'm not doing that :lol:

I think all of OCR:A AS is mechanics or kinematics :lol:

Yeah it's stupid, nobody likes it! Unit 3 and 4 are more interesting, Quantum mechanics and space/time, but the first 2 units suck :frown:

Reply 4923

techno836

Original post by Tibbz2

Yeah it's stupid, nobody likes it! Unit 3 and 4 are more interesting, Quantum mechanics and space/time, but the first 2 units suck :frown:

I won't be doing A2 physics :nah:

Maths, Chemistry and Biology will be My A2's :yep:

Reply 4924

Tibbz2

Original post by techno836

I won't be doing A2 physics :nah:

Maths, Chemistry and Biology will be My A2's :yep:

Sorry, didn't mean A2! There are 4 units in the AS course for us, then another 4 in A2 :wink:

Reply 4925

Glitch96

Well, I didn't think i'd get pulled up for late/poor quality Math homework (which by the way being set every day for the next day is ridiculous), i'm also struggling somewhat with C1, and to think Math was my strongest subject in GCSE since I did get A*AA in the exams, it also gets harder :afraid:

I haven't felt this stupid in aaaaaagessss.

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Reply 4926

techno836

Original post by Tibbz2

Sorry, didn't mean A2! There are 4 units in the AS course for us, then another 4 in A2 :wink:

Oh dear

Reply 4927

Decerto

So on Wednesday, I started AS World Development. I know it isn't the most respected A Level, but I am proud that I am able to try and get a good grade in this a year earlier than most do. I love my class - it is small and full of people I like. Likewise, the teacher I have is also one I like and get on well with.

Reply 4928

Lucas.

Original post by techno836

You started on that :redface:

and it's not so hard .. i like using pascals triangle :biggrin:

We started just on basic algebra skills, have an entrance test next friday :rolleyes:

Is it bad that we started on that...? :colondollar:

Yeah I found it a piece of cake, but honestly some people in my group struggled with it and they looked like they weren't enjoying it at all. :frown:

I sit behind this girl in Decision and she's so bloody hot so I made sure I sat behind her in my Core. (We have the same group, but different a teacher/room for Decision/Core) :cool:

Hahaha, good luck! Would hate to do an entrance test. :wink:

Reply 4929

mollyh77

HA only one hour for maths tonight - I'm on fire :wink:

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Reply 4930

cmorga1

Really don't get how we are supposed to do so much extra reading/work excluding lessons and homework, I get home pull out my books and it takes me 10 minutes to go over each lesson? HELP :s-smilie:

Reply 4931

iLOVEmusic1234

Ah, today was so boring :frown:

Reply 4932

Leechayy

Original post by Lucas.

I sit behind this girl in Decision and she's so bloody hot so I made sure I sat behind her in my Core. (We have the same group, but different a teacher/room for Decision/Core) :cool:

There's two in my class :wink:

Sadly, one of them moved college and she was like my welcome buddy :')
Still sit next to the hottest potential doctor in the making however :smug:

Our classes are just going over high end GCSE stuff I just wanna go in and get started :biggrin:

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Reply 4933

NikolaT

^ Damn you guys and your fearlessness of approaching attractive girls...

Reply 4934

techno836

Original post by Lucas.

Is it bad that we started on that...? :colondollar:

Yeah I found it a piece of cake, but honestly some people in my group struggled with it and they looked like they weren't enjoying it at all. :frown:

I sit behind this girl in Decision and she's so bloody hot so I made sure I sat behind her in my Core. (We have the same group, but different a teacher/room for Decision/Core) :cool:

Hahaha, good luck! Would hate to do an entrance test. :wink:

Well Binomials in the MEI course is in UNit one chapter 6 or 7 i believe (after polynomials) ... And i find all of C1 easy,

Haha :lol:

my school isn't the best for those 'hot' people I'd say there are 2 or 3 Good looking ones in my year and like 5 in year 11 :rolleyes:

Reply 4935

techno-thriller

Original post by Lucas.

Is it bad that we started on that...? :colondollar:

Yeah I found it a piece of cake, but honestly some people in my group struggled with it and they looked like they weren't enjoying it at all. :frown:

I sit behind this girl in Decision and she's so bloody hot so I made sure I sat behind her in my Core. (We have the same group, but different a teacher/room for Decision/Core) :cool:

Hahaha, good luck! Would hate to do an entrance test. :wink:

Hot in what way :eek:

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Reply 4936

IntoTheWater

Hi guys, I'm 16 and I'm going to a college where more than half of the people seem to be adults (well, nearly all the people I managed to talk with were). It's been a week and I haven't had a conversation that is longer than 1 min

On the other hand, the lessons are not as bad. Anybody here doing Lancastrians, Yorkists and Tudors in AS History? I wanted to do some more modern stuff with more politics like WWII, Russia,... but this turned out to be pretty interesting