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7 hours a day revision for GCSEs!

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EllenJanethickerknickers · 30/03/2018 20:08

Has anyone seen this article?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43599684

What do you think? Is 7 hours reasonable? He's got a point in a 'mindset' way that those who succeed are those who work for it but I think 7 hours a day revision is ridiculous, more than I did for my degree! Maybe that's why I got a 2:2! Grin

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mercurymaze · 30/03/2018 21:08

i don't really get why anyone would have to revise if you're taught it correctly in the first place so it sticks? My ds did revise for his GCSEs last year but not that much did do alot of extra classes though, saturdays and early mornings.

pigshavecurlytails · 30/03/2018 21:07

Perfectly reasonable, think I did similar.

Pengggwn · 30/03/2018 21:06

It's a bit much, but 5-6 hours on the ten (approx) weekdays of the holidays, then 2-3 hours one weekend day and one weekend day off? That's just what they need to do to cover the content.

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EllenJanethickerknickers · 30/03/2018 20:09

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43599684

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