Do you feel pressure from other people to do well in your exams? Maybe your parents are incredibly anxious about whether you’re studying enough. Maybe the teachers at school have piled on the pressure. Is there some outside influence heaping on the stress and making you feel like you have to get good grades for […]
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How do you feel about your exams? Close your eyes for a second. What thoughts come to mind? Were they positive or negative? I recently did an assembly at a school local to me in Northamptonshire. I asked the Year 12 students to do what I’ve just asked you to do. While they didn’t share any […]
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Which one of these sounds most like you? a) Yay! It’s half-term. Now I finally get to sit down and study in my own way. I can’t stand having my study timetable being dictated to me by the teachers. b) Fabuloso – a whole week with no school and no exams. I can kick-back and […]
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We can all remember that dreaded moment. The day you get your exam timetable. And, there, right in the middle of all that stress and strain, you see TWO EXAMS ON ONE DAY! Argggghhhhh! How on earth are you going to cope with that? I’ve had lots and lots of people contact me worrying about […]
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As you approach the day of your first exam, your mind starts to turn to the final preparations. Maybe you’re panicking because you still haven’t been able to make yourself sit down and get on with your revision. Maybe you’re feeling quietly confident because you’ve been putting in the work for weeks now – you […]
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As revision goes on week-after-week, your revision techniques begin to feel a bit stale. You’re getting sick of looking at the same pile of revision notes and doing yet more practice exam questions. But, you can’t stop now because your exams haven’t even started yet. What can you do? Try some new and interesting revision […]
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Do you ever sit at your desk looking at a pile of text books thinking ‘I can’t possibly learn all that so there’s no point in trying!’. Or, do you ever just tell yourself that you’re not clever enough to get the top grades in your exams so there’s no point in revising? Meeting up […]
Continue reading Do you ever sit at your desk looking at a pile of text books thinking ‘I can’t possibly learn all that so there’s no point in trying!’. Or, do you ever just tell yourself that you’re not clever enough to get the top grades in your exams so there’s no point in revising? Meeting up […]
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The pressure is immense. Your teachers aren’t only doing revision in every lesson you go to, they’re putting on extra revision sessions outside normal school hours. All your school assemblies seem to emphasise how important the next few weeks of your life are, and how hard you should be working. Your parents nervously ask you […]
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This is the third post in a three part series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 first. Since publishing my first post (about revision planning) on this blog less than a month ago I’ve been inundated with questions from people like you about their revision. I’ve been absolutely delighted to receive all your messages and to […]
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