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well after 2 years of telling him
do some work
revising the night before wont work
do some past papers
etc etc....
A-level results are in, and despite him thinking he'd done pretty good, the reality i knew was coming arrived.
he's practically failed A2 level maths and physics... U grades in every module but one which was borderline E. his first year (AS level) grades are all thats kept him afloat. end result? D in maths, E in physics.
he said he'd "walk" general studies (which at some colleges is a mandatory topic that covers...well general stuffs, bit of everything really, nothing to indepth) and his result? a C grade....just.
in Politics, the thing he wants to go to uni and do, well he did ok... he still managed to fail on of the modules in it, and didnt do that well on the rest of them but it came out to a C grade too.
now physics and maths, theyre hard sure... but even a little work can get you by. but him, no....it wasnt like he was borderline either...its properly failed by around 20% on the A2 modules. and he resat most of the AS ones coz he failed them first time round too.
General studies...well, the college i went to thought they were so useful that they didnt even offer them. that should be an indication into 1) how little theyre worth and 2) how easy they are
and for someone wanting to do politics....he didnt make a good go of that either.
you'd think after he pretty much failed all his AS levels first time round that he'd get a wake up call and pull his thumb out. but no. he stayed in his virtual reality world where he thinks he knows it all....and came out bust again!
i give up with him now, theres no telling him. he just doesnt want to know, if u try to tell him the things he needs to be doing he just shouts at you. when i did A-levels i got near enough 100% in physics and electronics... i prepared like a demon for those, i did every past paper, i did every question set for homework etc etc. i only got a C in maths, but it wasnt for lack of trying...i find maths difficult (something my brother doesnt), i had a tutor and everything to get me that C.
i do well in my exams coz i spend a good few weeks preparing, understanding the work, and most importantly doing past papers (spot trends, get used to the questions, the level of difficulty etc etc)
i tell him thats what i do, and thats what works..... every single person i know who prepares like that does well, often better than i do, so im not the only one here....its a universal revision tactic that absolutely works.
all i got to say to him really is "i told you so". he keeps relying with " i know the stuff, its just exams im crap at".... well no one cares how much he actually knows, the people handing out the marks only care how you do in an exam. thats life, you gotta accept it and give it a go. alot of people hate exams, they panic and dont do as well as you know they can...but theres no excuse for getting U's in everything. thats just bone-idle-ness
i think the thing im really annoyed about (apart from the told you so part) is that he's definately capable of doing well....he's easily better and quicker on the draw than me at maths, but he just sits there playing games an going out with mates.
its fair enough when the gods just havent endowed you with a decent piece of grey matter, but when they have and u just blatantly waste it....its annoying. I have to work like a trooper to get the results i want (and even then i dont get every result i want), he wouldnt have to try as hard as i do to perform the same but when people tell him, he just doesnt wanna know.
saddly, he'll be working morissons shelves and living for the weekend for the rest of his life, though he fancies himself as some kind of entrepeneur (sp?). but i can say right now, he's too fucking lazy to come even close to the shabbiest of entrepeneurs
i hope this failure registers with him, i really do.... aside from that i dunno what to do about.
anyone got any suggestions? sorry for the long post
do some work
revising the night before wont work
do some past papers
etc etc....
A-level results are in, and despite him thinking he'd done pretty good, the reality i knew was coming arrived.
he's practically failed A2 level maths and physics... U grades in every module but one which was borderline E. his first year (AS level) grades are all thats kept him afloat. end result? D in maths, E in physics.
he said he'd "walk" general studies (which at some colleges is a mandatory topic that covers...well general stuffs, bit of everything really, nothing to indepth) and his result? a C grade....just.
in Politics, the thing he wants to go to uni and do, well he did ok... he still managed to fail on of the modules in it, and didnt do that well on the rest of them but it came out to a C grade too.
now physics and maths, theyre hard sure... but even a little work can get you by. but him, no....it wasnt like he was borderline either...its properly failed by around 20% on the A2 modules. and he resat most of the AS ones coz he failed them first time round too.
General studies...well, the college i went to thought they were so useful that they didnt even offer them. that should be an indication into 1) how little theyre worth and 2) how easy they are
and for someone wanting to do politics....he didnt make a good go of that either.
you'd think after he pretty much failed all his AS levels first time round that he'd get a wake up call and pull his thumb out. but no. he stayed in his virtual reality world where he thinks he knows it all....and came out bust again!
i give up with him now, theres no telling him. he just doesnt want to know, if u try to tell him the things he needs to be doing he just shouts at you. when i did A-levels i got near enough 100% in physics and electronics... i prepared like a demon for those, i did every past paper, i did every question set for homework etc etc. i only got a C in maths, but it wasnt for lack of trying...i find maths difficult (something my brother doesnt), i had a tutor and everything to get me that C.
i do well in my exams coz i spend a good few weeks preparing, understanding the work, and most importantly doing past papers (spot trends, get used to the questions, the level of difficulty etc etc)
i tell him thats what i do, and thats what works..... every single person i know who prepares like that does well, often better than i do, so im not the only one here....its a universal revision tactic that absolutely works.
all i got to say to him really is "i told you so". he keeps relying with " i know the stuff, its just exams im crap at".... well no one cares how much he actually knows, the people handing out the marks only care how you do in an exam. thats life, you gotta accept it and give it a go. alot of people hate exams, they panic and dont do as well as you know they can...but theres no excuse for getting U's in everything. thats just bone-idle-ness
i think the thing im really annoyed about (apart from the told you so part) is that he's definately capable of doing well....he's easily better and quicker on the draw than me at maths, but he just sits there playing games an going out with mates.
its fair enough when the gods just havent endowed you with a decent piece of grey matter, but when they have and u just blatantly waste it....its annoying. I have to work like a trooper to get the results i want (and even then i dont get every result i want), he wouldnt have to try as hard as i do to perform the same but when people tell him, he just doesnt wanna know.
saddly, he'll be working morissons shelves and living for the weekend for the rest of his life, though he fancies himself as some kind of entrepeneur (sp?). but i can say right now, he's too fucking lazy to come even close to the shabbiest of entrepeneurs
i hope this failure registers with him, i really do.... aside from that i dunno what to do about.
anyone got any suggestions? sorry for the long post
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