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Still doing my Maths GCSE retake in May In Year 13.

Since I left Secondary school in 2022, I've been retaking Maths GCSE up until now, and my last chance to pass is in May. I know that retaking Maths GCSE Foundation (I know some people would laugh and say its embarrassing T.T) is quite horrendous and I remember getting my results on January, just to end up with a 2, and bawling my eyes out at home, thinking the effort that I made for revision was useless, and at this point I was planning to make an appointment with a GP because of my struggle with Maths and also revision in general. When I do revision (even without my phone present) I get distracted by my nails or hair or just zone out. Plus since I study HSC BTEC, I had an Anatomy and Physiology exam in January, and I felt overwhelmed by all the information I had to grasp for the exam when doing holiday revision and cried once. I don't know what it is about revision but now I just feel like I can't do it - and if I do sit down and do revision, when I open the exam paper on exam day, everything that I revised for doesn't even show up in the paper and I panic on the spot. I asked friends for advice, and they said to watch videos and do exam papers, but now I feel like I can't bring myself to do revision, because I'm procrastinating and I'm feeling anxious. I've done tutoring in the past, but it doesn't help either, and Maths has been stressing me out since because I have coursework that I need to get out of the way, and I also have creative work that I'm doing in my own time, but Maths just eats up everything. Please help.

(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 1

DisasterStrike

Sounds like you might not be revising in a way that works for you, if you're struggling to keep your attention, then maybe try a different schedule of revision, say for example, two past paper questions then go make a drink and chill for a bit and come back. Videos and things of the sort can help when you're stuck on specific things, but revising using them is only going to show you the basic concepts you need to grasp, which might be why you're thinking your revision is useless in an actual test. The absolute best way to revise maths, and it can be a bit painful to do at times, is to just force yourself to power through some past paper questions, regardless of if you think you know it or not, just attempt them, then when you're marking, pay attention to how they got there and I find that's when you tend to learn the most.

Reply 2

Elecruhawk

I used to be really bad at maths when I was in grade 7 and 8 , but everything changed in year 9 when I had a target: making sure that nobody would look down on me for being bad at math. As long as you have a goal in mind studying will be a lot easier.

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