GCSEs

Aimeewaimee · 04-19-2009

Well, I started my GCSE exams this year.
My HEDS makes it difficult to write for long periods of time, which means that I can't really write a lot in my exams.

I had my Science exam earlier this year, but that was okay because the only writing I had to do involved colouring in circles.

But I have my RE mock exams next week, and then I have my actual RE exam a few weeks after that.
The bad news is I have to write TEN PAGES. In TWO HOURS!

Which is a complete nightmare for me.

I've been to the hospital and they said they don't know what's wrong with my hand, but I keep getting aches running up it from my wrist to my little finger.

Erghh, I just needed to rant about that.

Katherine · 04-21-2009

Can you not get a scribe? or have extra time? i had extra time for my geog DME exam when i did my gcses

xxBrittany · 04-22-2009

I am sorry but what is GCSES?
I am in college and feel like a total idiot for answering that question and not all of us here may know what you mean, so could you describe a little bit what you've been doing?

ReineDeLaSeine14 · 04-26-2009

Brit it's kind of like our SATs...it's the end of school exams for British students in order to leave school and go to university

Katherine · 04-28-2009

We do GCSEs when we're 15/16 in about 10 subjects normally and can then go on to do A-Levels until we're 18 where we can then go to University

ReineDeLaSeine14 · 04-30-2009

All I know is they're grueling and painful and we American students should be very happy we don't take them

xxBrittany · 05-04-2009

Wow. That sounds CRAZY!
Thanks for explaining to me what in the world they are, even though I now feel like an idiot.

Katherine · 05-08-2009

You're welcome! btw the way youre not an idiot!

Timeless · 05-08-2009

I am tho :p truth be told l was expelled before l was able to take my GCSEs, in all honesty l was kicked out due to reputation rather than actually doing what l was accused of T_T but thats another story.

however one thing l thought was valid to this topic, due to your condition if you can acquire a doctors note lm sure they will allow you to take your exam verbally, granted you are not dyslexic like my sister (she took hers verbally as she has major spelling problems, which is amusing when you consider when she puts pen to paper it looks neat but unreadable, far cry from my scribbles that only l can read lol), lm sure tho if you talk to your teachers and get a doctors note and explain your worries something could be arranged, it has proved effective for allot of ppl l know.

good luck on your exams by the way, hopefully you ace them and make more of yourself than l ever could (because l have 0 qualifications, and sadly paper not experience is valued in this world)

xxBrittany · 05-29-2009

Wow, sounds like you had a lot going on at the time.. Timeless.

Hope Timeless's advice helps!