manu's stressful journey through gcses

hello! my name's manu and i'm currently doing my gcses this year. i'm sixteen years old, and have no family that speak english as their first language- my mom's indonesian and my dad's french so that's pretty cool.



what i'm doing for my gcses and target grades:
maths [aqa] 8- | 7/8
english [aqa] 8- | 8 (at least a 7)
religious education [edexcel] 8- | 6/7
geography [wjec] 8- | 7
chemistry [ocr] 8- | 7
biology [ocr] 8- | 7/8
physics [ocr] 8- | 6
french [aqa] 8- | 6/7
computer science [ocr] 8- | 5
business studies [edexcel] A*- | B/A

targets set by the school are in bold, my personal ones are in green- yes, they are lower.

chose english lit, psychology and maths for a-levels though i'm having a think as to whether i should change one of my options. i'll see when results day comes, i guess? i want to work in something to do with mental health when i'm older- maybe developmental psychology.

i personally don't think you should expect too much from me: semi-decent grades and rants about my dislike for physics and all the goddamn formulae we have to remember.


important dates:
(there's a lot okay i'm really sorry)

27th november - french speaking and listening assessment [x]
29th november - mock results day [x]
30th november - parents evening [x]
29th december - birthday!! [x]
10th january - biology exam [x]
11th january - physics and french writing exam [x]
12th january - chemistry exam, english language exam and geography exam [x]
1st march - french listening mock [x]
w/c 5th march - mock week [x]
5th march non-calc maths, physics + higher french reading mock [x]
6th march - english lit + computer science mock [x]
7th march - biology + chemistry mock [x]
8th march - business + maths mock [x]
9th march - re + geography mock [x]
27th april - avengers infinity war comes out [x]
30th april - gcse french speaking exam [x]
14th may - gcse examination series begins [x]
14th may - gcse computer science + religious studies: christianity [x]
15th may - gcse french higher reading and listening + biology [x]
16th may - gcse religious studies: sikhism [x]
17th may - gcse computer science + chemistry [x]
18th may - gcse higher french writing [x]
22nd may - gcse english lit paper 1 + geography: landscapes [x]
23rd may - gcse business studies + physics [x]
24th may - gcse maths paper 1 [x]
25th may - year 11 leavers eucharist + gcse english lit paper 2 [x]
5th june - gcse english lang paper 1 + geography [x]
6th june - gcse business studies [x]
7th june - gcse maths paper 2 [x]
8th june - gcse english lang paper 2 [x]
11th june - gcse biology + geography [x]
12th june - gcse maths paper 3 [x]
13th june - gcse chemistry [x]
15th june - gcse physics (final exam!!) [x]
30th june - prom (ughhh) [x]
23rd august - gcse results day


mock and other exam results:


revision guides/resources i use:
(someone pm'd me about this uh so here they are- try counting them lmao)



actual gcse results

monday 27th november 2017

what i'm listening to right now: jeremy zucker - idk love


QOTD: what's your favourite food?

important things today: french aural mock and careers advisor meeting

tag(s?): @mez_merising


schedule:
maths
maths
break
french
lunch
geography
english
biology

general overview:
hello! feels like a while since i've banged out a post, simply because i've been so busy revising and practicing for my french aural mock. it was the first proper gcse-style one i've done, so i had the roleplay, the photo and the general conversation; i did a general conversation practice last year and that didn't go to well because i panicked and forgot some of my answers. i got up at 5:15 today, which will probably become something of normal because there's too much to do. so yeah, i got up early this morning, and practiced my french till 6:00.

in comparison to previous french speaking assessments, i think this is one of my better ones i'm pleased with how it went well today though it was very nervewracking in the room despite the fact that i was doing the exam with my teacher. thank god for the prep time and the fact that i revised structures, because a good theme came up and was able to say some decent things about the photo. i'll likely not get my results till next week, at the earliest, so it's a wait till then. my teacher said i did well, i just need to practice my past tense a little because i didn't use it very much.

anyway, enough about french. i missed peaky blinders and blue planet ii because i was revising hopefully watching peaky blinders tomorrow, and i need to sort out my sixth form application soon ughh.
i also had a careers meeting today, and she seemed pleased with what i said so just need to get those grades now [i want to study sociology, psychology and either english lit or maths at the moment for a-level, though i'm leaning more to english lit]
the rest of the day wasn't eventful, the pictures attached are french structures i wrote down, some presents i got on friday and some physics notes i made with my tutor on the weekend.

what i'm planning to do tonight:
re homework- research the 5k's
computer science homework- complete sheet and revise

if i have time i'd like to:
revise inequalities [maths]
watch peaky blinders
play animal crossing [not a necessity lmao]

- manu x