Exam season is here. Over the last 2 weeks, teenagers up and down the country, of all abilities and none, will have shown their knowledge, or lack of it. Yes, once again, the days of frantically revising over the cornflakes you'd never normally eat, reciting flash cards so often that you want to gouge your eyes out and frantically asking friends whether they put 6 for question 4b has arrived. Hence my blog hiatus. Thankfully, for the first week of exams, I had none whatsoever. My days were spent on study leave 'revising' in 45 minute chunks and watching the news during my revision breaks. The second week however, was another matter. Five exams later and I'm still alive....just. Thank goodness for half term.
I've learn many things over my first week of exams. Firstly, shaky tables are annoying. Especially when you have a pencil case that uncontrollably rattles away while you're trying to remember the cosine rule. Paper underneath the table or just having a less rattly pencil case usually does the trick. Secondly, not taking your phone to school is far more worrying that simply taking it and giving it to the invigilator. As my exams are undertaken in a separate room, I'm allowed to leave my bag in there. Even when I am 100% I didn't bring my phone, the paranoia of my phone - or something - going off is high. Not helpful. Thirdly, assume your examiner can only read the clearest writing ever - nothing else. That tip usually works for everyone but me. Thanks, joined up writing. Being an invigilator must be the most interesting but dullest job in the world. Being paid to hand out papers, watch humans with beady eyes while simultaneously staring into space wishing you were a millionaire must be a fascinating experience. I'm sure some invigilators dream of a phone going off or someone collapsing simply for the thrill and excitement. After all, the only other forms of entertainment seem to be walking along the sports hall lines as a tightrope walker or playing 'Who's most likely to be arrested in the 4th row?' The most pleasing thing about exams is knowing they will soon be over. Telling yourself 'I only have to know the difference between oceanic and continental crust for 12 more hours' is a great incentive for just learning it. The joy of taking a break after an exam - mainly by collapsing on the sofa - can never be beaten. But don't worry: while half term is upon us, this time tomorrow I'll be in the library scribbling away, as if I never wrote this blog.
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