A Good Day
After a few days of pulling my hair out over trying to learn my German oral presentation, I finally managed to get through the exam with no problems at all, to be told that I must have learned it well. I laughed. Last night saw me panicking in a frenzy when I realised I only knew the first 3 paragraphs of my 10 minute presentation, and then trying to remember what the rest of it meant in English. However, somehow (I don’t even know how), I managed to remember enough of it in the actual thing to rattle off something fluent, authoritative and authentic-sounding about the beautiful city of Stuttgart.
The day was made better by meeting Caley after school and then going back to hers for a little while, before coming home to chill (and feel generally shattered). Then my mum presented me with the keyboard carrying bag she’d ordered for me a while back (which makes gigging so much easier), and cooking maultaschen for dinner (a Swabian speciality that Max’s mum gave me before I left Germany). Today was a good day.
I feel quite bad about not updating my blog for such a long time, mainly because I’ve been too lazy to do so, and I feel like I’m wasting my money paying for hosting that I’m not really using except for storing junk and writing my musings. Still, here’s a list of my exams, when they are, and my thoughts.
| Subject | Module/Section | Date | Exam Board | Afterthought |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Oral | 16/05 | Edexcel | Went extremely well |
| German | Listening and Writing | 23/05 | Edexcel | Nice and easy, finished after 30 mins of the available hour |
| German | Reading and Writing | 23/05 | Edexcel | Extremely easy, I was on the bus home 30 mins before my time was up. |
| Maths | Core 1 | 22/05 | Edexcel | Pretty easy, think I did OK |
| Maths | Core 2 | 22/05 | Edexcel | Wasn’t too bad, except for shitting up polynomial long divison |
| Maths | Core 3 | 12/06 | Edexcel | OH GOOD GOD! Time for a retake. |
| Maths | Mechanics 1 | 06/06 | Edexcel | Easy! A little too easy, if you know what I mean. |
| Maths | Statistics 1 | 24/05 | Edexcel | Success! I finished in time and checked everything through well. |
| Maths | Decision Mathematics 1 | 24/05 | Edexcel | Ran out of time thanks to Simplex. *stabs* |
| Computing | CPT 1 | 08/06 | AQA | I coloured in a diagram after I finished. OH GOD BORING! |
| Computing | CPT 2 | 08/06 | AQA | See CPT 1 |
| Computing | CPT 3 | 17/05 | AQA | Went well, was a waste of time in all honesty |
| Physics | Physics In Action | 09/06 | OCR | Pretty comfortable |
| Physics | Understanding Processes | 09/06 | OCR | A couple of tricky questions, but all doable |
I’ll update this as I do the exams with my comments.
May 16th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
*Slaps exams*
I can’t SING! EEEP!
May 16th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
WOO! Go German oral!! Good luck with the rest, will possibly see you Monday cos I’ve got bloody mechmanics!
xxxx
May 16th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
Go the Jim! German Oral Pwnage Club!