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"Extended School Holidays."

Just found out that instead of going back to school tomoro, my school has decided to stay shut until building work is finished on the 12th!! Result.

RastaBillySkank wrote:

> Done on purpose - private joke - was hoping you wouldn't make me
> explain it.

Luck's out buddy-boy, it's explaining time :p

And as for English revision; I'll need to revise the prose and poetry set texts before the tests (I don't normally) simply to make sure I don't waste time in the exam.

I usually flick over grammar and more complex spellings before the test just so I don't lose easy marks that are doled out in the punctuation categories.

Emitime wrote:
> But the people that do well in exams are usually the lazy ones that
> couldn't give a crap about coursework and do it at the last minute.
>
> Like me.
>
> Yey.

And me :-D Though that's cheating for me really - I work well against a deadline so my last minute coursework tends to be my best :-)

tnc wrote:
> I've taken it as read that the English exam was slightly easier than
> it actually is. After all, I've achieved As in the scaled-down
> versions without any revision at all so with a lot of revision and
> adrenaline I should manage an A*.

Hahaha. Don't revise for English. There really is no need.

tnc wrote:
> Good on premise and phonetically, but using capital letters
> INAPPROPRIATELY makes it look as though my name's TES.

Done on purpose - private joke - was hoping you wouldn't make me explain it.

But the people that do well in exams are usually the lazy ones that couldn't give a crap about coursework and do it at the last minute.

Like me.

Yey.

Chr1s wrote:
> Yeah, I got two A* for my pieces of business studies coursework, but
> I cocked the finance test up and got a B or something which brought
> my overall grade down to an A.

Damn, you quoted before the edit(s) :-)

Aww. Poor you. It happens though. Exams are incredibly divisive (and slightly unfair) in the way that they suit some people down to the ground and others buckle under the "pressure".

RastaBillySkank wrote:

> TeaEnSie

Good on premise and phonetically, but using capital letters INAPPROPRIATELY makes it look as though my name's TES.

I've taken it as read that the English exam was slightly easier than it actually is. After all, I've achieved As in the scaled-down versions without any revision at all so with a lot of revision and adrenaline I should manage an A*.

I can but hope. I always seem to fall down on Maths tests so I'm not particularly looking forward to that element. It's the final push though; finish the GCSE in it and I never have to quadralate the equilateral angles in an Isosceles Triangle again.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Yeah, sorry... only noticed after I'd posted it! :-)

NHD :-)

> Still, spelling, grammar and punctuation aren't important in exams
> these days, are they?

I wouldn't go as far as unimportant, but less important certainly. It's more about communication, which is fair enough in my eyes. You still won't hit the top grade with atrocious SPaG though, no matter how well you communicate.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Oh and by the way, TeaEnSie, good coursework is never a guarantee. I
> aced my English Language coursework and still got an A. It all
> depends on what the exam throws at you on the day. I was in a very
> bad mood for mine. I became pretty vitriolic in the "Analyze,
> review, comment" section and probably pished off the examiner
> with mordant tone. But there you go, I don't really care for English
> as a subject anyway.

Yeah, I got two A* for my pieces of business studies coursework, but I cocked the finance test up and got a B or something which brought my overall grade down to an A.