Exams always conjure up my emotions; usually I haven't done any revision and I have to remember most of the material from earlier lessons. Needless to say, this doesn’t work very well for A-level exams. Mathematics Core 2 was unsurprisingly easy and I finished it in 30 minutes but Statistics 1 was very difficult: I hadn’t completed many past-exam papers for Statistics and it really showed. I couldn’t fathom out how to do a couple of the but luckily, when I went back to concentrate on them, I completed them confidently just before the exam finished. It’s a great feeling when you finally figure out how to do something that you were about to abandon which is why I enjoyed the Statistics 1 exam more than Core 2.
General studies was pretty easy. This worries me because it usually means everyone has scored well and there will be higher mark boundaries. The writing tasks were difficult because I haven’t done a comprehension for years; still, apparently an A is only 50 % for the writing papers and I should easily be able to achieve this. In the other exams an A grade requires above 80 % which is far more difficult.
I’m supposed to be writing about exams but Doctor Who was on TV just now and it was so awful I feel obliged to mention it. The writer is using a classic Sci-Fi series to communicate his liberal ideas. This episode was terrible, except for featuring Alexandra Palace where I saw Placebo, because the writer seems to concentrate on attacking fathers, by portraying them as bullying aggressive idiots, instead of telling a good story which is required in a Sci-Fi series.
Anyway, the exams finish halfway through June so I’ll be able to relax afterwards. I am going to do some internet work but, to be honest, going out with my girlfriend is far more fun. Solar Empire is still important and will see some work but seeing her has to take precedence. I haven’t completed the most difficult exams, which take place in early June, so I will concentrate on studying instead of spending time on great but immaterial projects.
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