Gcse 2018 (10) The one with half term

DS is saying the same thing about there being lots to write, and barely enough time to get it all down. Its the main theme on Twitter too

DS3 said history was 'good' but he nearly ran out of time, which at least means he wrote a lot. I asked if 'good' was better than 'it went well' and he said 'probably!' So I have no idea, really. Anyway, halfway through at last.

DS said history ( crime and punishment) was "ok", but then put his headphones back on, so no details! I bit later I asked him if he was relieved it was done, and he very grumpily said "how can I be when there are 3 topics left!" Have decided not to say anything for a while now!

Edexcel history (medicine though, not crime and punishment) was fine according to DD but I think generally people at school found timing was tight and DD was pushed herself.

So for DD it's still French and Physics which are the meh exams - I don't remember any of mine not having meh (or worse) papers, ever. It's just not natural to find everything good.

hmcAsWas - My DS said exactly the same thing! He said there was barely any revision needed for the paper and I also gave him the same response that you gave to your daughter.

mmzz AQA History: Germany Democracy and Dictatorship 1890-1945 & Conflict and Tension the Inter-war Years 1918-1939

DS found history really tough - just not enough time to get things down. Frustrating as he loves it but on the other hand it will have the least impact on his future so if one has to go badly then this or RS were the ones.

Sunbursts - it is funny isn't it? - they are never happy! Dd said the same about paper 2 of CIE History (which was the sources paper), she was miffed that it was too easy and that you could have done fairly well on the paper without having done much revision (she'd done a considerable amount and now felt it was wasted effort). I reminded her that she may have found it easy precisely because she had done a lot of revision, whilst some her peers may not have experienced the exam in quite the same way

Sunbursts which exam board and topic was that? DS (AQA, History and the Cold war) has texted to say it was ok, which translates as it wasn't good but he managed to find things to write about.

DS has just arrived home from his history exam and said it was not that challenging.

He was a little put out as he said the paper was quite didn't cover huge chunks of the course. He was hoping for some tricky questions and now thinks that the grade boundaries will be higher.

RosieLig - yes all about his expectations in your ds' case. He probably has done better than he thinks - and remind him he has two more papers for history to improve his mark (if he needs to) doesn't he? (I could be wrong as dd did CIE History, but don't you have 3 papers?)

Glad others found the History paper okay.

Dd doesn't have an exam until Thursday but has gone in to school this morning for periods 5 & 6 for maths, and to have lunch with her mates. Feels weird when other dc on here have hectic weeks (although am not complaining)

ds2 very happy with history paper on Cold War and Russia (AQA 8145). Told dh at length every answer he gave. I asked him if he had remembered the names Stolypin, Dubchek, Menshaviks (sp?), Bolsheviks, oh he said airily none of that was relevant "but I did forget Checkpoint Charlie, that annoys me!". He said he was now exhausted and needed a sleep, I think for him it is a bit like giving a theatrical performance (he is scribed so dictates everything), he is high afterwards but drained too. Oven chips for lunch as a reward.

Thankfully just 7 exams to go now...English, Maths and History will be all over this week...leaving all the sciences and DT...

Igcse Edxl History this morning - comments were "lots of questions in the Germany bit were questions I didn't really want because there isn't that much to talk about" & "America bit was easy". Finished with 3 minutes left on the clock. So do I take it a paper which will be harder to get the very top grades for? She seemed generally happy & is another that wants top grades to do A level.

@mmzz -will pm you, don’t want to blow my cover 😆

RosieLig yes! How long have you been in england? I arrived just over 20 years ago. The plan was to stay a year or two, maybe as long as 5.

Thanks too Teenmum. I hope it’s gone well for your daughter. My son has low expectations of his other exams but he really wanted a 7/8 in History so maybe you’re right , it’s that his expectations are higher. It was always his weaker topic so hopefully he’ll do better in the other papers. 🤞

Thanks @mmzz -I’m really hoping so. It’s so hard seeing them working and struggling. I really hope your DS does well too. 😘 ps are you a fellow Scot?!

Don't tell me that now, mmzz! Oh, well. Not his strongest subject by any means and not an A level choice. I'm sure the exam will have gone 'quite well' as per usual.

Totally agree with mmzz - dd's friend said the same and its because she wants to do History at A level ...if you have high expectations I think its easy to think the exam has not gone well...if you have low expectations its easier to think it has gone well. RosieLig

Its nice of you to say, Teenmum, but he's no genius. Despite all his hard work, some of the results will be disappointing, at best. English Lit, especially, so not as if it doesn't really matter.

Oh, RosieLig maybe he is just being hard on himself because he wants it so much?