Maybe I'm just being biased because I do foundation but it's so irritating because half the time when people say this they're on higher. Like yes... foundation will be easier for you because your on higher. Not everyone is on that same level. As someone with dyscalculila I just think it's really rude of people to just assume people doing foundation are stupid.

So in June I did my Combined Science paper exam, and didn’t know any of the answers so I guess Im most likely gonna fail in August. But who really cares I’m not gonna be a scientist when I’m older anyways 🤭😉

Should show who’s expected to win the vote!

For context i took both and have been predicted a 9 in both. Here are my reasons for why geography is harder -

- You have to guess what the question is asking - you never know whether it’s asking about the case study you learnt or just your general knowledge. In history you can write basically anything even if it’s only linked loosely to the question and still get marks.

- There is no actual layout for the paper. In history you know exactly how many questions you’re gonna get as well as how many marks each one is worth. You also know the actual question (e.g. how is source x useful to historians or explain the significance of event y). In geography you genuinely have no idea what to expect.

- The timing is also worse for geography. In history the timing is bad but everyone knows that so you work on it and write quickly whereas with geography there is way more writing than people think so timing ends up being a huge issue and because you don’t realise you don’t write quickly enough which means you run out of time.

- There is also way more content in geography. History seems like the content heavy subject but you can sort of pick and choose what you write about but with geo you have to know so much.

Thanks for reading. Did anyone else pick geo thinking it would be an easy gcse?

Leader of the SDPA here - Sorry for the spam :(

With the potential removal of the Ban Sparx Party, I believe that each party should have a backup party that we hand our reigns to in case something happens to us / our party.

For example, I would be happy to pass of my votes to the Lore Droppers if all members of the SSAA got removed from the election.

Edit: Thanks to the contribution of u/klnop_ I have come to the conclusion that the best way to impliment this is via ranked choice voting

Thanks and Vote SDPA!

Leader of the SDPA here.

What is the situation with the Ban Sparx Party?

I have been informed that they have broken some sort of rule, possibly promoted terrorism, and may be banned by the mods. This information is debateable whether it is from a reputable source.

What are the facts, and how can we reliably confirm them?

Leader of the BSP - Please give us some more info

Also, how is this going to effect the election?

Is this a symbolic message from the mods saying that the election is off?

Thanks in advance

Can someone elaborate the election in more detail please I am trying to do so but I am currently having a hard time!

(We also do not condone what's been happening to BSP and are glad to see that they r back in the running as we view them as worthy competition!)

i have a laptop but i want my phone or ipad😑😑

if y’all wanna know why i got grounded read my rant post here

I got around 212

i would personally say DO NOT listen to ur parents forcing u to pick cs, instead do what you actually like (don’t do physics either)

tbf for physics i missed months of school due to depression but still

so i had a mathematics tutour at like the start of y10 and he did NOT even teach gcse, he taught some other random curriculum, but maths is kinda universal and he was an old friend of my aunt’s so i studied from him for about 6 months.

i think i must have stopped classes in around june, but last night, my mother was on the phone with him cause she wanted to hear about my maths clas, since i got a grade 6 in my last mock (bruh i js finished y10 btw)

apparently, this teacher told her that i have been super uninterested, and unmotivated in the maths classes?! which is not true

then my mum asked him to help me w my maths grades again, and he says he saw my maths test paper, and he’s apparently taught me everything in that paper, but i ‘didn’t revise’ so i got a grade 6.. fyi i DID revise.. the average for my class was a grade 4/5, i’m in set 2 so getting a grade 6 is above average (my maths teacher gives us a level papers idk why instead of gcse??)

anywho, this teacher also told mum that i’ve never given him anything relevant to gcse syllabus🥹🥹like bruh where are we y’all, he’s js making things up atp.

he ALSO then asked for maths past papers from mum, which i sent him last night after their phone call.

oh yeah and he said i would constantly ask him to end the classes early, and that id love cancelling on him 24/7🫩🫩🙏🏼🙏🏼🤣🤣 — btw i cancelled a few for being sick WHICH MY MUM KNEW ABT.

and mr dude also said i never did any homework and blamed it on not having enough time to..

sorry mum!! but i showed my mum all the hw papers and there’s like a gazillion of them but she doesnt care or believe me for some reason bro.

FURTHERMORE, it’s not my fault ive had less time, i do science classes 5 days a week, 3h on those 5 days, and when i had the maths teacher, i did 4h horse riding per week, 2h swimming per week, violin, music theory, tennis, painting classes?? and a bunch of other stupid things

anywho now my mums forcing me to take 6 or 7 (no genuinely) more classes with this horrible teacher who just lied to my mother who already doesn’t like me. i’m so done, this guy cant even teach gcse curriculum, he uses weird methods for maths that don’t match the syllabus.

mum said we could stop after the 7 classes with him, but i’m just so done. now i’m GROUNDED for like an eternity, becuase of this lying teacher, and the worst part is that i actually liked him cz he was sweet and nice.

tl:dr the maths tutour (who isn’t even qualified with gcses) i had lied to my mum saying i didn’t properly attend his classes or do any homework, and now my mums believed him and is cross with me.

update: i’m having a lesson with him this week and he ASKED my mum to be present #cooked #holycookedchat #yallihavenodefense

also it’s an online class

Sorry if this isn’t a particularly helpful post, I’m just curious.

Another one that unites the sub!

Upon request I've decided that we'll keep adding things to the bucket list til the end of the month and then in August we will start carrying out the tasks. So top comment wins!

Ive seen a lot of people asking about how much revision they need to do this summer or worrying about year 11 but honestly use this summer to relax!! Unless you NEED grade 9s for EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT you don’t need to be stressing about revision. Ofcourse it’s okay to be revising but don’t speedrun burnout. This summer is the final break you will have to ACTUALLY rest until GCSE summer, yes you have half term breaks but trust me it will be hard to relax because you will probably be worrying about revising and will feel guilt from not revising which only stresses you out. Just remember you haven’t even learnt all the content yet, once you start year 11, keep ontop of revision but you don’t need to revise everyday. Start properly revising (like 2-4 hrs a day) about 6-3 months before GCSES start but obviously as you get closer alter your revision based off the grades you want.

I hope this is useful to somebody and also if anybody thinks my advice is dogshit please let me know i don’t want to misinform anybody!!

I don’t mean finding. job or work experience, I mean revision

i was playing guitar and my mom made me work (despite me doing 2 hours already today)

she said i can’t spend all summer playing guitar

this is the one summer where I can do that??

I’ve tried speaking nicely to her to have a calm discussion, she just shuts me down

as rebellion, i’m on Reddit she would kill me if she knew i had it) when she thinks I’m working

edit: I have just finished year eleven

Dear y10s, you've still got almost a year ahead of you. You do not need to be doing 4 hours a day rn. However, you do need to know yourself and know what's better for you. And here I'm going to demonstrate this because I'm sure each y11 will tell you something different about when they started revising and when they wish they started. And that's simply because everyone is different. There is no "one size fits all" here because everyone learns differently and remembers things differently. Someone might benefit from getting ahead now and then not needing to revise later cause it sticks to their mind. Whilst another person might be able to learn things awfully quickly so they'd need to revise it later to make sure that it's fresh in their minds.

I think that while it's helpful hearing from someone who's gotten thru GCSEs, you need to acknowledge that you definitely know urself and ur revision habits better than anyone else. So if u burn out quickly, consistently revising early might not be for u and if it takes u a while to comprehend things then u should start earlier. Honestly, it rarely has anything to do with how smart you are or the grades u want but rather what works for you.

Ive been applying EVERYWHERE since GCSEs ended and literally nothing. I'm just curious if anyones managed to land a job and if they could give any tips 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I havent given it much thought since i left but i just realised that i never have to experience gcse art again 🥳

Doing gcse art just killed any passion i actually had for creating art (i still appreciate it as a whole but not for me to personally make stuff)

Also the massive folder that i had to carry was annoying although it did serve as an umbrella a couple of times

In the end I got 168/200 which im very happy with, and i will miss the people i sat with but you wouldnt pay me to experience it from the beginning again

DO NOT TAKE GCSE ART

I got like just over 150, maybye 151 or smth . Is that likely a 7?

gosh i am nervous for year eleven

Hello! I’m currently in Year 10, and Year 11 is just around the corner. I’m on holiday abroad throughout all of summer, so I won’t be able to revise at all. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

I’m also planning to start revising every day in Year 11, and want to devise a revision plan. I’ve heard of spaced repetition, but it seems confusing.

Is there any app I can use to track spaced repetition? Because it seems a bit hard to keep track of when to revise each subject.

Should I just do active recall and answer some questions? I like the idea of active recall, but it seems a bit pointless if I’m trying to do questions on something I know nothing about. But if I search up the topic and then do active recall, I think that’s a bit pointless.

Thank you!

lost all hope for good grades in math edexcel higher