Hi, I am a year 12 doing unit 3 and 4 of Chemistry and it's not doing so well. My first SAC started off really bad and the test results were equally as bad. How do I improve and make myself feel better? And tell my parents my really bad scores?
Hello, I can relate. I did badly in 1/2 chem all year, almost got kicked out of the class (the school sent me multiple emails telling me to drop the subject), and on my first 3/4 chem SAC I got about 15% below the school average. What I found help me improve was to get together with some friends or even just people I sort of know, and studying with them to learn from their techniques and also to make sure I don't lag behind. Another thing was to get feedback on
everything - absolutely everything. I regularly booked appointments (either during lunchtime, before/after school, or during my free periods) with various chem teachers and more or less badgered them into correcting my work. I made sure to do all of the chapter review questions in the textbook, and also googled for more worksheets once I've exhausted what the school has given me.
Before each SAC, I'd make sure to do at least three practice SACs under timed conditions, mark it myself, then give it to a teacher to mark as well, before sitting down with the teacher so that they can go through every single question with me. After each SAC, I'd sit down with a teacher again just to go through everything. Towards the end of term 3, I was sending my (unfortunate) chem teacher about 4-5 emails a week asking him to check my work.
Another thing which worked for me was to keep track of all the mistakes I made. It really helped me to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Good luck!