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Reply 60

ebyrne2036

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Well done!

Reply 61

fffnnnlllyyy

11/03/2024 Definitely a good day as I slowly start to catch up on stuff. Less distractions. Did Eng. Lang (P1 Q4 &Q5), Geography, Chemistry, Biology and a bit of Eng. Lit.

Going to catch up on myself tomorrow THEN create new plans...

Reply 62

fffnnnlllyyy

12/03/2024 - Maths, Biology, Eng Lang. And Lit. Getting better at Eng. Lang for sure.

Reply 63

fffnnnlllyyy

14/03/2024 - Maths, Eng Lit, Chemistry and Biology. Content.

Reply 64

fffnnnlllyyy

14/03/2024 - Woke up really late. Not good. But I resisted a lot of distractions and did Maths (Quadratic Inequalities and 3D Trigonometry), English Language (Looking at Paper 2 Q4&Q5), History (Invasion of Abyssinia) and Biology (Respiration Investigations and Gas Exchanges) so I can't complain. Now, I just need to improve on this by getting good sleep.

Reply 65

fffnnnlllyyy

15/03/2024 - Bit lackluster unforunately. Did History and Geography again although I'm seriously gonna ramp it up tomorrow.

Reply 66

emm4nuella

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Original post by fffnnnlllyyy

Obviously not an original idea but this is a thread to track my GCSE learning and revision progress. I will come back here at least every day to essentially log what I've been doing.
And I won't ramble on too much, but I'm doing my GCSEs a year late for... reasons. So I'm also trying to catch up as much as possible. Hopefully this thread can also motivate anybody who feels drained to learn and people can share any studying ideas.

@fffnnnlllyyy let me know if you want your thread to be moved to 'grow your grades' :smile:

(as this looks like a study blog!)

Reply 67

fffnnnlllyyy

Original post by emm4nuella

@fffnnnlllyyy let me know if you want your thread to be moved to 'grow your grades' :smile:

(as this looks like a study blog!)

Please do!
Thanks :smile:

Reply 68

fffnnnlllyyy

16/03/2024 and 17/03/2024

History, Geography, Maths, English Literature. Can't complain, but need to catch up on myself.

Reply 69

fffnnnlllyyy

18/03/2024

Good start to the week with English Language, Literature, Chemistry and Maths. Got kinda distracted as I had some booze, but going to get some good sleep so I'm energised by the morning.

Gonna put a learning plan in place for Wednesday-Sunday during my lunch break.

(edited 6 months ago)

Reply 70

fffnnnlllyyy

19/03/2024. Bit gutted yesterday tbh. Only did some maths and geography.

Reply 71

fffnnnlllyyy

20/03/2024 - Biology, English Literature and Maths. Did more Macbeth so I feel much more confident on this part of the Eng. Lit. exam. More focus on exam questions today which was very useful.

Reply 72

fffnnnlllyyy

21/03/2024 - Not done as much today because I went out for the morning. In the afternoon, did some more questions on previous maths topic from yesterday, remembering the Macbeth quotes and started briefly looking at Norman England again, which I'll continue tomorrow.

Reply 73

fffnnnlllyyy

22/03/2024 - Did more than I realise. History (Norman England + Power and the People), Maths (Volume of Spheres and Ratio questions) and English Literature (An Inspector Calls). Good stuff.

Reply 74

fffnnnlllyyy

Weekend

Continued on learning about History and Power and the People, and then followed up by some Human Geography. Today, did Maths, English Language and Biology. Pretty good.

Reply 75

s_19969

Original post by fffnnnlllyyy

Weekend
Continued on learning about History and Power and the People, and then followed up by some Human Geography. Today, did Maths, English Language and Biology. Pretty good.

Hi how many hours do you do a day

Reply 76

fffnnnlllyyy

25/03/2024
Sorted myself out. Overall happy with learning I did, although got distracted later on in the day. Maths, Eng Lit, Eng Lang (where I got distracted), History and Biology. Now I just need to combine all this effort with not getting distracted and reminding myself to do myself proud.

Reply 77

fffnnnlllyyy

Original post by s_19969

Hi how many hours do you do a day

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I've not timed myself, but I reckon it's about 3-4 hours everyday.

However, my situation is not usual; I am actually homeschooled, and during COVID, I embarrasingly missed out and fell out of any motivation for education. As my GCSEs are getting closer, like anybody else, I am really rushing to absorb any information possible to get the best possible grades.

If you're seeking any tips, motivation (or anything else u'd wanna know) then lmk :smile:

Hope you have a good week ahead.

Reply 78

s_19969

Original post by fffnnnlllyyy

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I've not timed myself, but I reckon it's about 3-4 hours everyday.
However, my situation is not usual; I am actually homeschooled, and during COVID, I embarrasingly missed out and fell out of any motivation for education. As my GCSEs are getting closer, like anybody else, I am really rushing to absorb any information possible to get the best possible grades.
If you're seeking any tips, motivation (or anything else u'd wanna know) then lmk :smile:

Hope you have a good week ahead.

Hi lol I’m in the actual same situation I just sit down to revise and then say I’ll do it tomorrow I don’t know how to stop I don’t want to fail

Reply 79

fffnnnlllyyy

Original post by s_19969

Hi lol I’m in the actual same situation I just sit down to revise and then say I’ll do it tomorrow I don’t know how to stop I don’t want to fail

I understand that this is a super long post and a lot of my talking points were potentially cliché however just like knowledge, it has to start somewhere. I've put my key takeaways in bold. Just remember that with every bit of learning you do, the closer you'll get to not failing.It's very difficult to take that first step. However, think about what you can do, and because you can do that, you can do other things. So, because you can sit down at your desk, and contemporarily acknowledge and tell yourself that you need to get the work done, you've already taken a fundamental step to being able to get the work done. But how do you actually get about doing the work?Being able to create a schedule of the work you need to do is, from my own experience, an incredibly useful form of discipline.A good starting point, in my opinion, would be doing 2 subjects and giving yourself an hour to spend time learning/revising the subject/segment of the subject you need to learn. Find resources relating to the content that is part of the exam specification/learning segment the day before so that you're not running round or feeling rushed by the time you get to doing it. Furthermore, eliminate as many distractions as possible; put your phone on charge away from your desk; turn off the computer; do you learning in an environment where you literally can't see the distractions.Because you're able to do that, you will feel a great sense of success. Even if it feels bittersweet at first because you've had to give up distractions and things that give you pleasure, you'll actually (probably) feel even better knowing that you've found a balance between what you need to do (the learning) and what you want to do (have fun).Repeat this cycle over and over again and eventually you will get used to it. Now, think about what I said about "because you can do this, you can do other things". So now you've gotten into a successful cycle of learning that is organised and under control, you'll (probably) realise you can do even more than what you're currently doing. Consider doing three or even four subjects a day instead, or going from one hour per subject to two.My final point would be to look at what you said at the very end of your post, which was "I don't want to fail". Before you get ready to learn for the day and whenever you feel a sense of distraction, tell yourself that you don't want to fail. This way, you'll find yourself winning a war against your distractions and you'll be motivating yourself, a crucial trait that leads to success.