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turn everything off, get your stuff out, get a cold drink, set yourself a reward; e.g. a cig after an hour, concentrate, it's not so bad once you start. do short bursts with rewards, you'll find the bursts become longer. |
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I would disable the internet in a way that would require a huge amount of effort to get back on it, and read the required books while playing your favorite music. Did the trick for me. :) |
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yeah i struggle to revise without music, not sure why. |
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I have a 3 hour exam tomorrow and I've only spent about 30 mins revising |
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What exams are you two taking? |
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media for me. i might actually go now |
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IT tomorrow for me, don't know a thing yet cos i don't go to the lessons. |
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i find music makes revision worse. its like suddenly even the worst song in the world has become insanely good when you have a choice between listening to it or ignoring it and revising... |
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Haha, that's true. Also, plenty of mundane things seem really important. Like getting a drink, or eating some random food, or shitting and pissing. If I was on the net they wouldn't pass my mind, but suddenly during revision these things have the upmost importance. |
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lol my first reward was shaving. it was like digging at my mind. |
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me too. i spent the past week doing nothing in preparation for my linguistics exam today and i'm royally fukt. oh dear :( |
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Ah man... this is like looking at myself! I've got six exams on Friday and I've only just really started revising properly :S. Been doing it in the garden all day in the sun. I think it's helped motivate me a bit and I seem to work better under pressure. |
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wow excellent - everyone getting into the exam mood. Note heavy sarcasm. yeah, me too sadly. And no can't be asked to revise. they tried to get us motivated a couple of months ago but they simply managed to burn us out and now I'm completely unmotivated, uninspired and just plain ol' bored. Music helps though. And the fact that MSN convos keep popping up with general panic stricken cries for help. Makes me a bit more concerned. |
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You should have all gone to a school who dont make you do AS's after the first year. I don't have any exams as I'm doing 4 A-levels |
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but if you don't do as levels then (1) you can't judge how you're doing halfway through the course, and (2) if you fail your a-levels you have nothing to fall back on |
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This man speaks truth. I have a problem caring too, Walnut. It's like, "oh, I'll just do it tomorrow." And each day I keep saying that. |
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we do mocks. I got A B B C. (both B's were 1% off an A) |
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You're not wrong. I was thinking of doing philosophy and maths at uni but throughout this year iv decided that'd be a hugely bad idea and decided to do psychology instead. Also it means I can drop Physics at the end of this year, which I am completely shit at. |
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the best way to revise is to actually learn the work throughout the year, if you don't know it now you won't. exams are a load of balls. |
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Hmm, don't think that's strictly true. I got a U in my physics mock and been doing a little bit every day for the past week and now I'm getting high As on every paper. Cramming is the best form of revision for me as I said before, I work and learn best under pressure. You can learn a lot throughout the year but you need to revise last minute too, to refresh everything in your head. You can't remember EVERYTHING you have learnt throughout the whole year for four subjects with no last minute revision! |
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Yeah, I tend to cram. Sometimes it works, and sometimes I wish I had actually paid attention during the year. |
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Hmm, I guess a combination of the two and having a brother with a giant brain at your disposal is the best bet :D |
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I disagree, I'm learning all kinds of new stuff now i'm revising. |
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Righty I'm off. More revision's calling! Good luck everybody :) xx |
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Oh you fools, the only way, the ONLY WAY of getting away from distractions is by getting away from distractions!!! I've been at the library every day this week, there is NOTHING exciting or interesting there and its a mission to get back home in order to access exciting stuff, so I stay cos its too much effort to do otherwise. I just cant revise at home, period. I tried last night and I ended up dismantling my guitar to see whats inside. |
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now I have a choice to watch something interesting on tv for the next hour or revise. I think I'll do both. I already know I'll be concentrating on one more than the other. |
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haha, that's brilliant. Sounds like the sort of bizzare activities I get up to as an excuse for not revising..."oh, at least it's not the internet" I'll say to myself. Yes it isn't the interent, but it's just as fucking useless! |
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its a bollocks for me trying to study, yesterday i swiched the computer off locked the door and gave the key to my brother.went outside and opend some english papers...lasted around 30mins then i started to take and forgot about it. buggered today aswell, need to study for a maths exam and its 9pm |
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i find myself doing housework, tidying my room etc. i keep telling myself i will get started after i have done whatever task, but then end up doing something else. on saturday i went into town to buy myself a new calculator, just to escape the pressure of doing work. still haven't used the calculator. the best way of getting schoolwork done i found was going over to my mum's house, where she is on dial-up. kept me away from tinternet. |
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that picture is so perfect |
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if i were in library i couldnt concentrate because i would be tempted to go look for the books full of mythalogical animals and crummy maps made when people thought the earth was flat...but maybe thats just me... |
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the best way to revise is write all of one topic on an egg. |
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Well... I haven't had that urge yet, books kinda make me sick right now. But I admit I failed today, worked for a couple of hours, then had the urge to track down the best ice-cream snack in town. It took me ages to decide it wasnt very productive. It was a solero: exotic btw, and it was too icy. All in all 5/10, disapointing. |
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i feel too much revision is actually harmful |
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I agree with the comment about the library. I seem to manage reading random occultic books for hours instead of the more neccessary, down-to-earth revision books. |
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and then you ask why people think you're fucked up. Satan is goimg to make you get a D. |
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going* |
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Do you also feel that teachers should 'chill out'? |
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yea, its like they're more into getting the grades then you. Sometimes it's like "if you want me to do well so much, why dont you do the test for me" |
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but it's all profit and power driven. The teachers look bad if we do badly. |
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If you don't revise you'll end up like me. |
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i'm going to fail badly tomorrow haha |
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where are my books! |
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hahahahaha |
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the 'aphex' owl |
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hahaha poor excuse to post a great pic :) |
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why am I still here? I have an exam at 9 am tomoz |
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go to bed! |
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my IT exam turned out OK. I started revising at 11 and finished at 1. Had to get up at 8 and took 10 minutes at the end of the exam to rest my eyes. |
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