Exam Results....

Well today, i got some major exam results. Lets just say, they weren't great.

I got an E in Maths. This, considering the fact i got predicted B/A, makes me extremely disappointed. Of course, it's not just me, but my parents too. They are not happy at all. They expected me to get A's in all my subjects, and then I told them that is extremely hard at A level, they still expected me to get B's or C's. I've got to say I was shocked at getting an E, which is the lowest grade possible other than a U (unmarked). I literally just passed too. Which means I am going to have to retake. What does that mean? It means knuckling down to revision when the time comes, going to workshops, and just paying more attention in general at college. I imagine my maths teacher, who is fantastic at her job, is going to be extremely surprised. I've got some major work to do.

My main stress I feel is actually going to be my parents, because they will just stress me all the time, which I don't want. Making me work 24/7, which i fear they might, just doesn't work for me, as most people who are competent at revising will tell you. I think i took the more relaxed approach to the January exams, which has failed me, which means more time devoted to organising notes and generally studying. I feel I can do well if i really want to, it's just setting out everything right.

There's another thing, when I'm at my dads, I get no work done. Now, this isn't meant in any offence, but I think it is my stepbrother. He has little to no work ethic. He is retaking his GCSE's,but I've never seen him do any work. Just how he does it I guess. I think he will realise afterwards that he should have spent more time working. I feel I might have to stay at my mums more, even though i get less work done and i feel more laid back there, its not as good for my life long term.

My other results were a B in Computing and a C in Physics. The computing grade i expected to be sub-A grade, as it was the theory section, which I am not so great at. The programming exam, which is worth 60%, I will hopefully get a better mark on. This doesn't mean no preparation at all of course, just that I am expecting to get an A after I have done all the work that is expected.

I've also got major responsibility at college now as a Student Governor. I have to attend a meeting a term, and in the meetings we are treated as equal, with the same right to speak and a vote each towards any decisions. It doesn't take up much time, but my other role as Entertainments Rep squeezes my time slightly more. I've got a karaoke event organised next week, with proceeds going to Sport Relief.

Any advice would be appreciated, such as good alternative exam techniques if you want to drop a line on the comments below.

Ranting on and on...

I haven't posted anything in a while, so here's an update on everything that is up in the life of me, Jamie.

I'm now one of two student governors at Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. Basically, that means I go the governor meetings and put over the student's point's of view to the adults. I also get a vote in certain things in the governor meetings. This is alongside my role as Entertainments representative in the student committee thing.

I did exams in January, as quite a few people did. These were actually very important, and account for varying degrees of my A-levels in Computing, Maths and Physics. I didn't have an electronics exam because I do coursework for it instead. Speaking of that, I accidentally just deleted some pictures I needed for it from my iPhone. Epic fail. Anyway, I get the exam results on Thursday this week. if i decide to retake any of them, I have a 6 day window to do so in.

I have next Tuesday (16th March) off of college. Ha.

OMG Halo Reach multi player trailer!

I got a ping.fm account, which updates my twitter and facebook at the same time which is quite useful.

Oh and something which has really pissed me off.

i bought a pack of stuff earlier from game that had a 3 month card for live, a 1 month sky player thing and a universal media remote for the same price as a 3 month card, so i bought that instead. The 3 month live subscription card was missing from the pack so i tried to return it. They said i had to call Microsoft to get the code. I called them up, first time i got cut off with a bloody phone survey when i was giving the woman my gamertag details to put the 3 months on. Second time i got some mouthy bitch who compared it to buying a packet of potatoes from a grocery shop and basically told me to fuck off. So i hung up. It really annoys me that Microsoft don't have any way of telling what codes go where. For a company with billions of profit each year, they don't do the basics. Maybe they should also allow me to use my Maestro on Xbox Live.

Rant over.