The 'Welp, I tried' A-Level blog

Heyyy, my name is Meghan, I’m back at it again because evidently I just can’t get enough of ranting about my problems on the internet, and I’m trying to be more organised while embarking upon my first year of A-levels, but we’ll see how that goes.

This is my second GYG blog: I had one last year which documented the trials and tribulations of my GCSEs, which was kinda a success?? Idk, I had a load of fun writing it, although I did disappear for weeks on end as exam season approached, but if you’ve got approximately four days to spare (those posts were loooong omg), then you can find it here
But if the Muppets Most Wanted is anything to go by, we all know the sequel is never quite as good (although Shrek 2 is deffo the best don’t @ me).

This morning I changed my ‘current level of education’ thingy from GCSE to AS level, and let me tell you, it was a magnificent feeling. Although, I must say, I spent the entire holiday umming and ahhing over whether to change it to AS or A level, but I’m pretty sure I’ve made the right choice. Uni who? Nah, mate this was the decision of the decade.

To anyone that’s stuck with me: welcome to another year of pointless rambles, avoiding the TSR swear filter, me nerding out over personification and taking three weeks to reply.

So, uh yeah, I guess we better get on with it

The subjects I’m halfheartedly willing to devote the next two years of my life to:

OCR English Literature:

AQA History:


AQA French:

"GcSEs ArE tHE mOsT iMpORtANt eXaMS oF YoUr LivES"

The future?? Who???

As per usual, I don't really know what I'm aiming for. My best, obviously, but I guess AAA would be nice, though I think a B in French might be more realistic. I just don't know how this year's gonna go. It's going to be hard academically: I've heard all the dreaded 'A* GCSE student gets Ds at A-Level' rumours, but I'm also starting at a new sixth form college thingy, so that's only mildly terrifying

Last year, I know I worked hard and spent so many hours sweating away at my desk I didn’t know what to do when it was over, but at the same time, everything felt a little rushed and disorganised. I really want to try and focus on doing stuff as I go along, but I really don’t know how effective that’s going to be, because I’m sure I’ll have a productive September and then I’ll become a sausage roll until April where I’ll emerge from hibernation and do a years worth of work in a month.

Random snippets of my personal life no one asked for:

“Wait, so I have to read more dry classics in my spare time??”
(a cheeky log to track my futile attempts at 'wider reading'



Cheeky lil index:
(is this what the kids do these days?)


Tagz:
Just tagging a few peeps who may be interested (if you're not interested, by all means ignore me), but I'm not sure if I'll tag all posts because I'm sure y'all don't want me screaming incoherently in your notifications every few days


Join me on my adventure of figuring out which enrichment option looks the least mentally scarring, dealing with the self-hatred that comes with not wanting to do medicine, and somehow figuring out how to make friends at a big scary new place while being an awkward cauliflower. Oh, yeah, and there’s the actual A-level part too. I heard that’s pretty tricky.

So also join me to face a jump rumoured to be even worse than that Channel four skiing competition where that gymnast almost snapped her back in half one year. Is that even still a thing?

And so, to quote Jezza Corbs, we’re back and we’re ready to do it all over again.