Exams
Exam season has just started for me. I had the first of four GCSE Latin exams yesterday; I think that went very well, hopefully full marks. The results don't really matter because I'm only doing Latin for "fun".
Today I had my French Oral exam which was really quite disastrous. There's meant to be five minutes of talking about a chosen issue (gay marriage should be legalised) followed by 10 more minutes on further issues. I felt I was very strong for the gay marriage part, but I came apart a bit afterwards. The teacher asked some pretty random questions which I hadn't expected or prepared for, so there were long silences. I'm not feeling at all confident; I got a C last year, so I'm anticipating a D this time round.
Then I was told that my French coursework wasn't as good as my teachers expected; I only got 102/145. For a while I got very worried, thinking this would be a C. I need an A overall to get into Oxford, so not making the grades in French would absolutely crush me. Then my teacher checked for me and found that it was a very high B, only one point from an A.
So, presuming a low D for the oral exam, a high B for the coursework, and my results from last year, I need about 97/120, that's a low A, in my Reading/Listening/Writing exam to get an A overall. The dream is not completely out of reach! I am so relieved. So much hinges on my grade in French which, obscenely, is the hardest subject to score highly in.
Today I had my French Oral exam which was really quite disastrous. There's meant to be five minutes of talking about a chosen issue (gay marriage should be legalised) followed by 10 more minutes on further issues. I felt I was very strong for the gay marriage part, but I came apart a bit afterwards. The teacher asked some pretty random questions which I hadn't expected or prepared for, so there were long silences. I'm not feeling at all confident; I got a C last year, so I'm anticipating a D this time round.
Then I was told that my French coursework wasn't as good as my teachers expected; I only got 102/145. For a while I got very worried, thinking this would be a C. I need an A overall to get into Oxford, so not making the grades in French would absolutely crush me. Then my teacher checked for me and found that it was a very high B, only one point from an A.
So, presuming a low D for the oral exam, a high B for the coursework, and my results from last year, I need about 97/120, that's a low A, in my Reading/Listening/Writing exam to get an A overall. The dream is not completely out of reach! I am so relieved. So much hinges on my grade in French which, obscenely, is the hardest subject to score highly in.