I work as a Customer Laison Complaints Case Officer at a major insurance company, where I have worked for 3 years. I left school when I was 17, as I had some very bad experiences at school and wanted to see what the real world had to offer.
I now live with my boyfriend of 3 years and spend my spare time reading, writing, socialising with friends or just watching some TV.
Times are still hard and I'm trying to cope with various health problems on a daily basis but I'm working my way through things and really want to stop it from getting me down.
I dream of some day going to America and watching a real baseball game (we don't have that at all in the UK) and perhaps finding a job I find creatively fulfilling. Until then, I'm happy trying to be me and making the best of what I have.
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hi, well 14 and i have to much to do if you get me. i have soo much homework because im doing my GCSE's now and even my teachers are saying that The UK is one of the countries that has the most coursework to do, and they then say that they understand the pressure. i mean if they understand why give us so much. i have to look after my pet because no-one else does, i practice 2 instruments, 1 of which i have lessons for. on top of all that i need a darn social life aswell, and i just dont have time to fit ALL of it in. i usually find my self doing huge essays the day before they are in, and my teachers keep telling us how these two years are the most important ever of your compulsory education! any advice? thanks (link)
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Ah, I remember the GCSE's. Two painful years of sweat, blood and tears, followed by the stress of the actual exams!
Unfortunately, yes, the coursework is horrendous. It wasn't unusual at my school to have between 5 and 6 hours of homework set to us each night, including the coursework and even though that was what they set, no matter how hard I worked, I could never finish it in that time!
I must admit, for those two years, I didn't really have much of a social life anyway, due to some personal issues but what I can tell you is that although it wasn't my first choice, I had to spend most of my evenings doing homework during the week and reserve seeing friends to weekends. I know it's not what you want to do, but if you slog it out and do the work for the weekend on a Friday night, you have the whole weekend free to do whatever you want.
Of course, in your situation, working out time to practise two instruments is difficult as well. I can appreciate that you probably enjoy playing these but somewhere, something needs to be left out because there just aren't enough hours in the day when you are studying for GCSE's. You may not want to, but it might be best to drop the instrument you don't have lessons for and practise the other one hour every day, before or after school.
When it comes to essays, unfortunately, the only thing you can do is to knuckle down and work until it is done. I would love to say there's an easy way to do them but from experience I can tell you that there is no shortcut on these. Make sure you make as many notes on the subjects in the lessons, as these will help you when it comes to writing the essay. It will give you a good starting point because the majority of the information will be there.
If it helps you, try drawing up a timetable this weekend while you have some time. Work out roughly how many hours a night you need to spend on your homework. If your school is anything like mine was, it will be between 4 and 5 hours a night. If it's easier homework, like a research topic or answering some questions frm a text, work on it with some friends. Form a small homework/study group. Such a working manner will prove invaluable when it comes to studying for the GCSE's, because as long as you work hard, by then you will find it a lot easier to work in a group to learn things and you will learn more effectively as a result. The main thing is to remember it is NOT a social gathering. You can make studying more fun and all brings snacks but you have to work, not just talk and have fun.
As far as these two years being the most important, I would agree but only to a certain extent. Due to a personal problem, I missed 3 months of school before the exams and had to drop two subjects as a result. I didn't do too badly in the end but it has never really affected me so far. That being said, GCSE's pave the way for the dreaded AS and A2 exams, which you NEED to get if you want to go straight to university. The more you learn now, the easier the AS and A2's will be.
In the meantime, the social life will have to be placed on the back burner I'm afraid and in order to relieve the pressure currently on you, you will have to consider dropping at least one of the musical intruments, unless it is something you need for one of your courses. If it isn't, remember you don't have to do everything now and you can take it back up after these exams if you want to.
I will leave you with one final thought. When I was at school, I was quite lazy when it came to school work. I never worked as hard as I could, choosing to watch TV instead or play games on the computer. I was lucky with my GCSE's but I dropped out after A2's, partly because I failed most of them. Not a single day goes by where I don't regret not trying harder. School is more valuable to you than you think it is while you are there and although it's a cliche, it really is the best time of your life because it is SO much easier!! Make the most of it and don't stop working hard. You will get there and when you do well in your exams, it will all be worth it, so try to work as hard as you can now and it will be something you can spend the rest of your lifel congratulating yourself at succeeding at. You CAN do it and believe me, you will do it well.
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Thanks! long but sure as hell worth reading :)
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