So if you're living in the UK and are 15 or 16, right now you're shitting bricks about exams. I was discussing techniques with my friends at school, and realized that there are a lot of different ways that people do this stuff.
So I thought it would be a good idea to swap tips with the denizons of Facepunch.
How do you revise? Do you sit down and block everything out, or can you just cram the night before?
Personally, I've decided that I'm going to work towards a goal: I need a new processor, and I've decided that, since I'm doing 10 and a half GCSEs, each A* will get me a spec of i7.
I.e. 3 A* GCSEs gets me an i3, 5 gets me an i5, etc. If I get 10, then my Dad said he'll get me a new moniter too.
NB: Apologies if this seems like a "POST YOUR", but I thought of this as more of a discussion than a simple "LOL POST FUNNEH PICKZ!"
Well, if you do GCSE Psychology, most suggestions of revision techniques are all about processing the information.
So for one thing, rather than try to learn what a textbook told you, write what the textbook says in your own words and learn that; it'll be infinitely easier to recall.
I'm one of those cool kids who just reads their notes. Nothing flashy for me, but some people are just bored to tears by my way of doing it.
I'm also pretty lucky memory wise, when i did my GCSE's and A Levels i hardly revised compared to other people, alot of it was just stuck in my head.
Spider diagrams.
No seriously, get a massive peice of paper and write your subject title in the middle. Then branch it out into the major topics you're studying (usually they're the chapter titles in your textbook). Then branch it out into what makes each of those up, then just go through and see what you know.
I don't revise
because I am a bad man
Forgetting to revise, looking at my book the day before and then forgetting it the next.
[QUOTE=NorthernFall;20799469]Spider diagrams.
No seriously, get a massive peice of paper and write your subject title in the middle. Then branch it out into the major topics you're studying (usually they're the chapter titles in your textbook). Then branch it out into what makes each of those up, then just go through and see what you know.[/QUOTE]
Be sure to use colour, brief wordings and CAPS for these.
[QUOTE=XSarcYX;20799437]Well, if you do GCSE Psychology, most suggestions of revision techniques are all about processing the information.
So for one thing, rather than try to learn what a textbook told you, write what the textbook says in your own words and learn that; it'll be infinitely easier to recall.[/QUOTE]
That's what my history teacher does too. Simply write down shit in your own words and it'll be half the revision.
Mind you, my exams this year are a lot harder, not like those pussyfoot GCSE's you fellows have.
I just read through my shit, but not the day before or the actual day of the exam.
I find revision impossibly hard to do. Makes me bored, which quickly leads to feeling pretty depressed.
Best method for me is to listen to music and type up notes.
A couple have friends have suggested I invest in the OS X app, [url=http://www.macflashcards.com/]Mental Case[/url]. Probably will some day.
I'm under a lot of pressure though. I could probably pass the exams, but I'm aiming for A*s
No bricks shall be shat here, grammar school student :smug:
[QUOTE=d3450;20799674]No bricks shall be shat here, grammar school student :smug:[/QUOTE]
So am I. They pretty much say "Get an A* or you'll end up a hobo" at my school.
And then they turn around and say "You're in the top 2% of the country!"
Makes me wonder why 98% of the country aren't homeless... but still.
I go through my textbook and make notes in bullet point form on the computer. Once I'm done I go through and highlight key points. Using this technique seems to work really well for me and I can listen to music while I do it.
When I do revise I mainly revise by just reading through any notes I've made in lessons or looking at the material online and just reading through that.
To anyone who knows anything about the topic is there really much point in resitting A's for A*'s by the way? I feel kinda silly asking this because an A is still a good grade but I just want to know if an A* is really worth much more. The main thing that really got me asking this is that overall in my first Science GCSE I got 279/300 a while back which is 1 mark off an A*. The main reason this pisses me off is because I was extremely ill during one of the papers and while I still got an A* it was an extremely low one which is why I didn't get an A* overall. I'm just not sure if resitting a whole paper for one mark would be worth it.
[QUOTE=d3450;20799674]No bricks shall be shat here, grammar school student :smug:[/QUOTE]
What does that prove?
Let's incite an argument:
Public School > Grammar School
:smug:
[QUOTE=NinjaPanda;20799839]When I do revise I mainly revise by just reading through any notes I've made in lessons or looking at the material online and just reading through that.
To anyone who knows anything about the topic is there really much point in resitting A's for A*'s by the way? I feel kinda silly asking this because an A is still a good grade but I just want to know if an A* is really worth much more.[/QUOTE]
In most schools, it's the difference between ice-cream, and ice-cream with some chocolate sauce.
In my school, it's the difference between an ice cube and a chocolate ice-cream, with sparklers, and chocolate sauce liberally spread everywhere.
To be honest, I'd be a lot happier and stress-free in a public school.
Just coast it like a man!
[QUOTE=gmaster;20799968]To be honest, I'd be a lot happier and stress-free in a public school.[/QUOTE]
Private school parents piss me off to no end. My dad has worked at a private school for many years so naturally, I end up entering the premises occasionally and the looks I'm given when I'm in my uniform (public school) are disgusting. I've been stopped a lot as well by parents who try to give me the rundown on how I'm a disgusting delinquent and shouldn't be anywhere near their precious children.
[QUOTE=NinjaPanda;20800094]Private school parents piss me off to no end. My dad has worked at a private school for many years so naturally, I end up entering the premises occasionally and the looks I'm given when I'm in my uniform (public school) are disgusting. I've been stopped a lot as well by parents who try to give me the rundown on how I'm a disgusting delinquent and shouldn't be anywhere near their precious children.[/QUOTE]
Ew.
Nothing worse than the pretentious.
My school's full of pricks too. But now they're smart pricks.
[img]http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs119.snc1/4989_218084295505_894815505_7367472_2303148_n.jpg[/img]
Don't you just want to drop kick this kid.
Write a rap song about the subject. Practise it along with a drum beat. Utilise rhymes to aid remembering it.
Never listen to music when attempting to revise, it almost halves your brains capacity to store information.
[QUOTE=gmaster;20799968]
To be honest, I'd be a lot happier and stress-free in a public school.[/QUOTE]
Just an fyi; in British lingo a public school=a private school (don't ask why), and then state funded ones are called state schools :eng101:
[QUOTE=LordLoss;20800335]Never listen to music when attempting to revise, it almost halves your brains capacity to store information.[/QUOTE]
I could never revise without it. Some calm classical music is good.
[QUOTE=lemongrapes;20800407]Just an fyi; in British lingo a public school=a private school (don't ask why), and then state funded ones are called state schools :eng101:[/QUOTE]
I know. I'm British.
No way, [I]same[/I]
I'm an American kid, what's GCSE?
[url]http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GCSE[/url]
[QUOTE=lemongrapes;20800407]Just an fyi; in British lingo a public school=a private school (don't ask why), and then state funded ones are called state schools :eng101:[/QUOTE]
well I'm British and to me a public school is one funded by the government, hence [i]public[/i] school as anyone can go, and private schools are just private schools. Grammar schools are public schools which require a preliminary test in order to go to zed school. I go to a grammar school and the pressure isn't that much different from a public school, except from next year they're making year 8s take GCSE's. O.o
Back on to the thread. I don't revise much but normally I just look in textbooks and read through my notes.
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