Microscopes! The bane of biology lessons!
Ok, so maybe they aren't that bad. Still, leaning over one for the best part of an hour is enough to give anyone backache. Including me! Counting hundreds of cells through a tiny microscope lesson, trying to calculate the mitotic index, isn't exactly the easiest way to spend a lesson. Granted, it isn't the hardest, either.
I've noticed I tend to write most about biology (and physics) lessons. It's not that Maths and History aren't interesting, but rather that unusual things tend to happen more in the science lessons. Apparently.
Anyways, we started doing statistics and mechanics in Maths last week. Two lessons a week on that, and two on pure maths from now on. That's how all my subjects are structured: one teacher teaches a topic at the same as another teaches a different topic. Means I've got to remember to bring the right folder to each lesson, and not start bring my French Revolution folder to English Civil war lessons. (I have done that a few times before. oops!)
In other news, I've started making an effective revision timetable with a key and everything. While you can make digital ones, I prefer having a hand-drawn one. Makes it more real I guess. But I'm putting extra effort into this one, instead of just writing the subject and allocated time under the days. This one's got pretty colours and everything.
I'm aiming to put a lot more work into AS and A-level revision than I ever did with GCSE. While I did do revision for GCSE, it probably wasn't as much or done as early, as I could have done it. Maybe it wouldn't have made a whole load of difference to my grades, but A-level requires a whole load more work. This means starting months, not weeks, before the exams. These notes of mine are going to be neat, easy-to-read, and pretty. After all, I may need most of them for A-level exams the following year.
Obviously, I didn't have a GYG blog last year, so I've got a little more incentive to put extra work into this. *winks*
Here's to exam success and good luck vibes for all. They may seem a long way off but every day counts. It's all about building up and reducing the workload by summer time.
JAC