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"mikelar? more like Average-lar."

I hate me. I'm such an average person. Today I got the results from an A/S Biology resit I did in January (for which I felt I did plenty of revision for) and before the Tutor told me the results he said

"Have you seen the result? It's brilliant!"

And I thought "YES! this must be something good" then he told me it was a C gone up from a D. Don't get me wrong, I was pleased...but thats so average. Then everyone else around me had got their results which were bloody good (A's/B's one person had gone from a U to an A in one unit). I tried, I really did, in that ******* exam and the best I get is an average grade?

Then later in the day I saw the grade book in English Lanuage (the book that tells us what grades we're expecting) and low and behold, I'm predicted an average C whilst certain other members of the group are getting A's without trying too hard - it's just depressing being average.

I just got 4 module results back yesterday, two A's, a B and a C. I've been told I'm resitting the latter two unless they want them to kick me out for putting in no effort at all.

And I'm currently finding AS level physics to be incredibly simple.

Economics was so easy. The fact that I was also doing two A-Levels in maths only aided my understanding of the basic maths behind some of the theories.

I also got an A. Easiest qualification I ever got.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I wisely chose to study Economics instead.

Did that too. That was fine and I came out with an A.
Physics got me a C but only because I (literally) studied solid for 3 weeks before.

I agree. I never did A-Level Physics myself, but a good friend of mine did, and from day 1 it was way over my head.

I wisely chose to study Economics instead.

I did A-Level Physic, and I also found it difficult.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Actually, once you get to about A-Level, all the formulae are
> explained in full, and the majority of them proven. same with Maths.
> In GCSE, you're just told the formulae and made to memorise them, but
> at A-Level, especially during work on integration and differentiation,
> all of the formulae make more sense because you can see where they
> were derived from.

Funnily enough, I did A-Level physics and the explanations of the formulae just got me more confused. I flew through GCSE and didn't understand a word of A-Level.

The 'gap' between the two was enormous.

Blank wrote:
> From what I hear, Physics is just formula after formula, leaving you
> with not much idea of WHY the formulae actually work.


Actually, once you get to about A-Level, all the formulae are explained in full, and the majority of them proven. same with Maths. In GCSE, you're just told the formulae and made to memorise them, but at A-Level, especially during work on integration and differentiation, all of the formulae make more sense because you can see where they were derived from.

El Blokey wrote:
> The way I see it, Biology is absolutely worthless for most people
> studying it.
>
> It's highly specialized after you learn about sex and periods and
> general knowledge stuff, things like chambers of the heart and
> osmosis, stuff nobody cares about unless they want to be a doctor or
> scientist or biology teacher.
>
> AND, unlike Physics or Chemistry where you start off with something
> and use formulae or rules to get a result, Biology is pretty much all
> just regurgitating facts.
>
> I hate it.

Thats what I thought. But my girlfriend is a biologist and it really is quite interesting.

Once you get past the required factual learning, the research is quite interesting.

My really clever mate got two Us at Chemise et Physique (if thats not Shirt and PE) er........no idea why.

He revises loads, and is naturaly clever anyway.

Odd. I took no exams.

More for the summer.... :(

From what I hear, Physics is just formula after formula, leaving you with not much idea of WHY the formulae actually work.