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Hiya! I'm elareare, welcome to my fairly fab GYG!
I'm studying my a-levels from home with distance-learning courses, because I'm Irish and there's no sixth-form colleges here, sadly... :sadnod:
But I'm sure I can slay the day away and get my target grades! :dumbells:

This is what I'm studying:

AQA English Language, with Oxford Open Learning.

Edexcel Spanish, also with Oxford Open Learning.

OCR Classical Civilisation with Humanatees Tutoring.

I'm also sitting the TEG Irish exam to the B1 CEFR level.

I plan to take these exams in 2026, and go to uni in the same year.
I hope to study either Speech and Language Therapy or Global Languages.

My Target Grades are:

A*A*A*, and a pass in the TEG B1 exam. If I don't get 3A*s (possible), there is another course I'm interested in (which required a BBC).

About me:

I like painting, reading, watching tv and believe it or not, studying...
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Reply 1

(somebody move this to gyg it wasn't an option 😭)

👉 so today i opened my english book and read the first lesson which was 'lexis and semantics'.
👉 i then made notes for the whole lesson, it took ages.

hopefully within the week i will complete lesson two AND my first tutor marked assignment!

i haven't started spanish yet (i need to email my tutor...) and i've done irish AAALL thru the summer. classics'll start in september (there's a live class for that one) but i might read ahead a bit, so i'm not overwhelmed when i'm doing all 4 topics, yk

Reply 2

31/7/2024

Why hello dear reader 🥹... i woke up at 2pm cause im an actual failure (and cuz on sunday was travelling all night and slept monday 9am-6pm... it's at times like these i'm glad i'm homeschooled tbh....)
I started studying at 5pm. Considering i did like 3/4 hrs studying i have no idea why i'm finishing at half 1- i was on a call with my bestie for like 4 hrs but still... 😩

👉 for irish, i did about an hour's work. I did
chapter three of the Christian brothers book
Lesson 4 of Mícheál ó siadhail's book
some of the language gym book

👉 for spanish i did more than an hour's work. I lost track of it tho.
i did activity 1's questions 1 & 2, and made a vocab list

👉 for english i did an hour's work.
i typed out yesterday's lesson notes and put them on getrevising: here and here.
also did some seneca.

I'M SO TIRED 😫😫😫 i became so lazy over summer help anyway here's to getting in some classics too tomorrow? 🤞🤞🤞
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Reply 3

AIGHT TODAY!
i woke up properly at 2 again... i'll try to improve tomorrow... 😩
i did get in some good work today....!!!
i didn't mention before, but on tues i got a wolf cut and is making me very happy in general (also goodbye hairties with no elasticity...!!)

👉 1hr irish
some of the language gym book
ceacht a ceathair (christian brothers)
lesson 5 (mícheál ó siadhail)
duolingo (1 lesson)

👉 1hr spanish
did question 3 of activity 1.
made verb sheet
did activities 2 & 3, read part of chp 1
duolingo, 1 lesson

👉 1hr english
did some seneca
read lesson 2 and made some notes (but not for the whole chapter)

👉 1hr classics
read and made notes for 'composition of the epics', emailed my tutor with QUESTIONS.

i have an online halaqa later but it's from 00-01 IDK IF I CAN DO IT FAM I NEED TO SLEEP... my plans for tomorrow are 1 hr of each subject again and maybe some qur'anic studies i need to memorise surah al-fatiha, and keep up my arabic skillz fam yk
ciao ciao ciao
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Reply 4

DEAREST READER HIHIHI it's midnight 😭 20 past to be exact... thought it was 11, got the shock of my life when i saw the time....

anyway today i did
👉 1 hr of irish
ceacht a cúig (christian brothers)
lesson 6 (mícheál ó siadhail)
1 duo lesson

👉 1 hr of spanish
1 duo lesson
seneca
the book is so hard... help me fam...

👉 1 hr of english
did activity 1
covered 'aspect' and 'mood', made notes for that.

👉 40 minutes qur'anic studies
wrote out surah al-fatiha in arabic, romanisation and english translation (i am so, so slow at writing in qur'anic arabic. like... 40 minutes... for a short surah... anyway...)


ALSO HELP THE CHRISTIAN BROS IRISH BOOK IS SO OUTDATED THEY EVEN SPELL GAEILGE DIFFERENTLy like whatttt.... and they have diff words for boy and girl, tbh i'm half surprised they don't do dots over fem words instead of séimhiú-ing them 😭😔

yes anyway it's gone from 20 past to 25 past 12 i can SEE my sleep evaporate. i got up at 9 today, cuz there were builders in, but ended up falling asleep watching tv with my siblings anyway. so i dont think i ✨truly✨ got up at 9. anyway.. that's my day fam. didn't even leave the house. tomorrow i might go to a palestinian protest i think there's one on. we'll see... 👀
ciao
ciao
ciao

Reply 5

4/8/24
i took a break yesterday. i went out to town with my little siblings. (i'm broke now thanks to them... 😑)
i think saturdays should be my break days from studying from now on 💪
i also need to make a proper timetable. but i haven't done it yet. maybe some time later not now or today im tired haha but it's only 9.33 so like im doing good rite
but today i persevered at the studying... yay...

i did
👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a (christian brothers)
lesson 7 (mícheál ó siadhail)
1 duo lesson
1 page from the language gym workbook.

👉 1 hr classics
covered 'structure and plot for the odyssey', made notes for that.
made notes for books 1-7 of the odyssey.

👉 1 hr english
made notes for the subjunctive and adjectives. yes it took me that long.

👉 1 hr spanish
1 duo lesson
did activities 4 & 5 from the book
made some notes on adjectives. (they rlly made me do adjectives in all lingos huh today 😭)

anyway im gonna go watch love between fairy and devil because i want to yippee 🥹🥹🥹
👋 congrats for reading this fairly dry entry

Reply 6

heyyyy
i did studying today... despite the fact that it's a bank holiday monday 😔 (i am... i am a saint. despite the fact that i'm a jobless homeschooler... anyway,)
i did
👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a seacht (christian brothers)
lesson 8 (mícheál ó siadhail)

👉 spanish
finished notes of adjs
did activity 6
q1 of activity 7
1 duo lesson (OH YEAH I HAVE A 999 DAY STREAK FR!)

👉 english
made notes for adverbs, pronouns, etc

👉 classics
made notes for books 7-18 of the odyssey.

yeah 999 day duolingo streak!! tomorrow's 1,000 🔥😎
that's like it, i didn't rlly do anything else today and don't rlly have any plans, might read. i have some special interest girl guides badges to work thru, might do some of them b4 september...
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Reply 7

oh guys... i'm an idiot... yesterday night i did my henna, just a simple practice design on my hand... i went to sleep and the design is on my right jawline/cheek, it musn't have dried properly before i went to sleep... i'm thanking God for concealer rn :thumbsup:
also i saw twister in the cinema with my fam this evening, it was pretty slay!

anyway after applying a lotta concealer this morning (afternoon let's not lie) i did...
👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a hOcht (christian bros)
some language gym exercises

👉1 hr classics
notes for 19-24 of the odyssey
notes for time, chronology type stuff of the books

👉1 hr english
notes on clauses, etc. finished notes for lesson 2... mostly.

👉 1 hr spanish
had an induction phone call w my tutor
finished notes for lesson 1
did activities 7,8,9
1 duo lesson (i have a 1,000 day streak guys....!!!!) 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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today's study motivation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XMF6NpidewdaTz2vtw3Ns?si=d9aba4a3f5d14379

Reply 8

Original post by elareare
DEAREST READER HIHIHI it's midnight 😭 20 past to be exact... thought it was 11, got the shock of my life when i saw the time....
anyway today i did
👉 1 hr of irish
ceacht a cúig (christian brothers)
lesson 6 (mícheál ó siadhail)
1 duo lesson
👉 1 hr of spanish
1 duo lesson
seneca
the book is so hard... help me fam...
👉 1 hr of english
did activity 1
covered 'aspect' and 'mood', made notes for that.
👉 40 minutes qur'anic studies
wrote out surah al-fatiha in arabic, romanisation and english translation (i am so, so slow at writing in qur'anic arabic. like... 40 minutes... for a short surah... anyway...)
ALSO HELP THE CHRISTIAN BROS IRISH BOOK IS SO OUTDATED THEY EVEN SPELL GAEILGE DIFFERENTLy like whatttt.... and they have diff words for boy and girl, tbh i'm half surprised they don't do dots over fem words instead of séimhiú-ing them 😭😔
yes anyway it's gone from 20 past to 25 past 12 i can SEE my sleep evaporate. i got up at 9 today, cuz there were builders in, but ended up falling asleep watching tv with my siblings anyway. so i dont think i ✨truly✨ got up at 9. anyway.. that's my day fam. didn't even leave the house. tomorrow i might go to a palestinian protest i think there's one on. we'll see... 👀
ciao
ciao
ciao

hey! I really liked this documentation of your journey, and I seriously admire the learning two languages.
anw, I wanted to know how's Spanish in a levels, and is it a good idea to take it up or not. I'm confused between Italian and Spanish so idk.
also by your posts I think ya know Arabic. how did you learn it, bcz I wanna too so I can understand the quran

Reply 9

Original post by pretty_in_purple
hey! I really liked this documentation of your journey, and I seriously admire the learning two languages.
anw, I wanted to know how's Spanish in a levels, and is it a good idea to take it up or not. I'm confused between Italian and Spanish so idk.
also by your posts I think ya know Arabic. how did you learn it, bcz I wanna too so I can understand the quran

hii! tysm!! 😄😄
so far spanish in a-levels so far requires a lot of random vocab (and confidence) and they literally spoon-feed you the most basic grammar concepts (like adjectives...), or at least with my course they do.
italian is such a cool language, i love it sm. which language do you know more (and are more confident) of? (because i went with spanish over latin simply because i find it easier.)
i do recommend it as an a-level, if you enjoy languages
i don't know arabic 😭 i learned to read it when i was younger, and i'm very slowly teaching myself. the way i'm learning to understand the qur'an is write the arabic then the english translation (sentence-by-sentence)
best of luck with ur a-levels and studying the qur'an
xx

Reply 10

Original post by elareare
hii! tysm!! 😄😄
so far spanish in a-levels so far requires a lot of random vocab (and confidence) and they literally spoon-feed you the most basic grammar concepts (like adjectives...), or at least with my course they do.
italian is such a cool language, i love it sm. which language do you know more (and are more confident) of? (because i went with spanish over latin simply because i find it easier.)
i do recommend it as an a-level, if you enjoy languages
i don't know arabic 😭 i learned to read it when i was younger, and i'm very slowly teaching myself. the way i'm learning to understand the qur'an is write the arabic then the english translation (sentence-by-sentence)
best of luck with ur a-levels and studying the qur'an
xx

thanx bro. also love the way you're studying Arabic, rlly cool.
I might take Italian or spanish then bcz for me I think they are of the same level. if not those, mandarin is an option which I already have some knowledge of.
good luck with ur a levels then

Reply 11

Original post by elareare
oh guys... i'm an idiot... yesterday night i did my henna, just a simple practice design on my hand... i went to sleep and the design is on my right jawline/cheek, it musn't have dried properly before i went to sleep... i'm thanking God for concealer rn :thumbsup:
also i saw twister in the cinema with my fam this evening, it was pretty slay!
anyway after applying a lotta concealer this morning (afternoon let's not lie) i did...
👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a hOcht (christian bros)
some language gym exercises
👉1 hr classics
notes for 19-24 of the odyssey
notes for time, chronology type stuff of the books
👉1 hr english
notes on clauses, etc. finished notes for lesson 2... mostly.
👉 1 hr spanish
had an induction phone call w my tutor
finished notes for lesson 1
did activities 7,8,9
1 duo lesson (i have a 1,000 day streak guys....!!!!) 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Screenshot (327).png
today's study motivation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XMF6NpidewdaTz2vtw3Ns?si=d9aba4a3f5d14379

thanks for the playlist!! I was too lazy to compile the neighbourhood songs by myself

Reply 12

ok!! today i did 2 girl guides badges with my sister (she's in girl guides 🥹 in in senior branch cos im aging fam)
then i went to town to the library. i have a LOT of books!!! yayyyy, tomorrow imma try starting studying at maybe 11 or smth early so i can finish early and then spend the evening reading... blissful, no?
well, today i did:
👉1 hr english
did activity 2
made notes on 'utterances',

👉1 hr spanish
activities 1 & 2 from lesson 2
flashcards for radical-changing verbs (good fun,aint it)

👉1 hr classics
chart of chronological order of oydssey
1 page abt techniques in odyssey (parallel scenes, epithets, formulae, etc)

👉40 mins irish (wimped out)
ceacht a naoi as an leabhar christian brothers

also my fam are tryna make me have good english grammar when im talking...!!! welp, im irish for context... it's a failing fight on their part tbh.
GOODNIGHT i feel like sleepy jelly with a lot of knowledge 🥲

Reply 13

ohhh fam finishing at half 10 i am doing GOOD aren't i...
okok so this is what i did
👉1hr irish
ceacht a deich
language gym

👉1hr english
started copying L2 notes to getrevising

👉1hr spanish
activities 3 & 4
notes for ser/estar

👉1 hr classics
made notes

aight im doooone yay so happy

Reply 14

GUYS I FINISHEEEED
so pleased 🥰 tomorrow is saturday, my break day. quite happy abt that because i'm tired and want to read. and bake. i did henna earlier today 😄 just to cover it up with gloves... how pointless (yet fun)

as for studying i did
👉1 hr irish
ceacht a hAon déag

👉1 hr spanish
activity 5, little bit of activity 6
duolingo

👉1hr classics
notes on heroes and ithaca because yipee
👉1hr english
typed out book notes into getrevising: https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/lesson-two-grammar

ciao im gonna eat maybe 😄🥰

Reply 15

yooo
yesterday was saturday (my break day) which was utterly fab, i read 'to gaze upon wicked gods', which was amazing. i also started 'soulmates and other ways to die'. i was reading until 2am 🤭. i also made chocolate chip cookies 🍪

and today i vibed a bit, read a bit, chatted with my friend... and obviously studied because i must...
today i did:
👉 1 hr spanish
activity 5
comparative/superlative (+irregulars)

👉 1 hr english
started working on TMA 1

👉 1 hr classics
notes on ody, characterisation, cyclops, phaecians, characters.

👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a déag

i will go to sleep now. maybe. im hungry might eat.

Reply 16

mkay today i did...:

👉1 hr spanish
→notes for advbs etc

👉1 hr english
did quizlet flashcards, TMA is SCARY

👉 1 hr classics
ODY

👉 1 hr irish
ceacht a trí déag

today i had pasta for lunch and different pasta for dinner, it's like italy today in my house 😨
despite that i'm hungry which is crazy, i must be growing or smth 👏😊

Reply 17

BRUH I hate typing rn. I'm TIRED. :coffee: Like really tired... (idek why i'm always sleepy and hungry nowadays. it's wholly mid. :///// )

anyway i did

an hour spanish, did activity 7 which was translation sentences

an hour irish, ceact a ceathair déag

english scared me, did some of that i cant be bothered with classics rn, especially cause my actual classics course hasn't started yet.

so classics is not my problem right now.
Zàijiàn- 再見
(duolingo mandarin :lol:)

Reply 18

eh no classics today

irish (half of ceacht a cathaoir déag)

worked on the english TMA read older notes

activity 7 of spanish

man it doesnt look like much typed out 😭

Reply 19

okay today i did

okay yesterday was half of cuig déag i wrote it wrong thought it was cathaoir déag but i cant count okay, anyway i finished ceacht a cuig déag.

kinda stared at my english notes

read some odyssey

activity 8/9 of spanish


also im either growing or something im actually hungry almost all the time despite eating well (like i had porridge, pasta with meatballs, got hungry again so i had porridge again an hour ago now im starving like what??? wow maybe i'll be 5'7 by the time in 17 :unsure:)

vibes, for free. https://open.spotify.com/album/2T7LuxZRr6SQMgABLtoYTH?si=jVNtWkyIS_G8lAQV179faQ
listened to it today. brilliant album imo
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