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timkins

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Please help me, post-Revs nerves? :(
« on: November 17, 2011, 06:08:45 pm »
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Ok so I'm a Year 11. I'm glad I did this 3/4 - it's a learning experience. And if I hadn't done it, I would bomb out so bad next year... now I've got a taste of the real pressures of high school.

To be honest, my performance in Revolutions this has been mediocre to say the least.
SAC 1: C+
SAC 2: B
SAC 3 (divided into 2 parts; Part 1 resulting in 20% of the mark, Part 2 resulting in 80% of the mark)
-Part 1: A
-Part 2: A
SAC 4: C+

The exam? God. It really dawned on me in the few weeks leading up to the exam that I needed to study properly. So in the week leading up to the exam, I spent on average 5 hours a day in the library; am so glad I did.

Unfortunately, my study was the wrong study. The things on the exam were things I generally already knew about to some extent; if only I'd invested more time and effort. But you never know what's gonna be on the exam, so no point beating myself up over that.

In terms of my performance on the exam... :/
I did France Part A, Russia Part B. I can't even really remember. I know for the essay, I included a few long quotes, but cited the wrong historian to one quote :( For France and Russia, I absolutely DID NOT include a 'provide a different view'. Also I only did like 2 and a bit pages. :(

For France Part A, I didn't mention the Brunswick Manifesto, which I am REALLY pissed off about, because it made 'tension' reach fever pitch (and tension was a part of a question in Part A if I recall correctly). NEITHER DID I MENTION THE CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY, OR THE CLERICAL OATH. WTF WAS I THINKING?

I just don't know how I did. Do you know what I mean? When you're somewhat optimistic? But I'm scared what I'm doing is, convincing myself that I did okay - when in fact I know deep down I didn't do great. But maybe I did do okay. I DON'T KNOW :(
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Triazic

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Re: Please help me, post-Revs nerves? :(
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2011, 06:50:30 pm »
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You'll get what you get, that's it. Whether you worry now or relax now... may as well relax, no?

FYI I was a moderately good revs student (SACS B, A, A, A+) but got thrown by the exam. Haven't thought about it since and took great pleasure in putting my notes out of sight :)

If I fell into this mental state of yours after all my 3/4 exams so far I'd be a psychotic mess.
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