Higher English 2012 Discussion

Indeed, my next exam is maths. I am studying for it right now. I am scared that some really weird question is going to come up in the paper. They always seem to throw in something odd in each year.

My dream of getting 5 A's is probably not going to come a reality. I will probably get 4 A's and a B in English. Maths is also not one of my strongest subjects. I used to be good at it but I just started to go downhill all of a sudden. I will probably be fine since we have got 3 days to revise for it though.

I've got a gut feeling that I haven't done as well as expected in English
My answers to Section One weren't that great, and although I did answer every question in the paper, my expression was awful! Also, all complicated language I knew went out the window

You sound very similar to me for maths, I worry that they always throw in a rogue question in paper 2, and it's usually worth 8 - 10 marks overall But I generally make it up with my mark in paper 1, so hopefully it'll be all good.

Did you get 5 A's in your prelims?

Nope, I got 4 A's and a B. I got a B in maths but only because I kept making extremely stupid mistakes which I would usually never do. I should have got an A but things don't always go to plan as I know too well.

How did you do in your prelims?

I don't know if my last message worked properly(it didn't show up in your quote) as I had to edit it because I forgot to answer your question It says:

For my essays I done a poem called "To his Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and a non fiction text called "A Hanging" by George Orwell. I doubt you will have done them. They are pretty strange pieces. Unique. I don't know anyone else other than the people in my class who have done them. They were not my first choices btw but I still think I managed to write good essays with them. Who knows, maybe the rarity of people doing them will push up my mark.

What did your write about?

I got 4 A's and a B, the B being for English, and I'd take that in August if I'm honest.

I did "Lord of the Flies" as my fiction prose, very obvious, and "A View from the Bridge" as my drama. I did questions 1 and 5, but I realise now that 8 could have been done as well for LOTF. But my major concern is that I didn't write enough, I only wrote about 4 or 5 pages per essay, people were coming out of my exam saying they had used up the 16 page booklet and needed more paper

Those people were probably fooling you or exaggerating

Yep I was one who asked for more paper the time just seemed to drag Along. I stop and thought hey A conclusion in ten minutes I need to slow down

Probably, although there are some people who I did see in the exam room asking for more paper. Quality over quantity though I guess - whether what I wrote was quality or not is a different matter

Not necessarily. Ive found the more you write the higher the mark out of 25 is likely to be.

Not necessarily. Ive found the more you write the higher the mark out of 25 is likely to be.

I got 4 A's and a B, the B being for English, and I'd take that in August if I'm honest.

I did "Lord of the Flies" as my fiction prose, very obvious, and "A View from the Bridge" as my drama. I did questions 1 and 5, but I realise now that 8 could have been done as well for LOTF. But my major concern is that I didn't write enough, I only wrote about 4 or 5 pages per essay, people were coming out of my exam saying they had used up the 16 page booklet and needed more paper

They're usually months off yet.

throughout this whole year of higher english my essays have been 2-3 sides of A4 - maximum 3 sides of A4 and i mostly get 21/23 sometimes even 25!

We get results 9th August.
Didn't they release the marking instructions on October time last year?

As long as you don't ramble or waffle then yes, than can be the case. Trouble is I tend to waffle when I try to write long essays. I thought 5 pages per essay was genuinely quite a lot given the timing and pressure conditions, but in the scheme of things it might not have been

Is it not the 7th we get our results?