A-level revision... How much is enough?

[Katkat50]

My son seems to be working hard, but how much is the average??
He is doing biology, maths and physics, with a few resits from AS too. I'd say, he works about 5 hours a day, but he is quite laid back. He thinks he is doing loads, I'm not convinced!! Am I being fair?
Btw, his study day typically starts at 9, works for an hour, half hour break etc. he usually goes to the gym late afternoon and maybe another session in the evening.
He does one night working in a bar at the weekend, plays cricket(groan) and sees his girlfriend!!
Thank you, from a curious mum!
Katkat

Hello to Marianne, Molio and Mrs B

I thought the Uni application process was long and stressful, this is in another league and I rather suspect the looooong wait for results will be even worse

My DD had her first exam today a biol resit and has come home very happy! Let's hope all her hard work will pay off but thinking of all us parents at this stressful time and yes I agree I don't think it'll get any easier til results day. Then the real fun starts!!

Hi cathyandclaire - yes, this is indeed stressful! So much resting on just a few exams. It sounds like your dd is doing the same amount of work as mine and I don't think that is too much at this stage, either. Mine is being driven by the pressure to get the A* and how much she wants to go to Cambridge. Absolutely dreading results day!

Triplets!! Come join me for a cuppa I'll even let you have the last digestive. Will all 3 be leaving you in sept/oct?

argh i am obviously far too laid back.dds first exam is wednesday she is going to revise tomorrow.she got the grades she needed in her mocks so fingers crossed she will be fine.

good luck to everyone :)

Millais - I think you must need more than a cup of tea! Have some All my stress of having one dc doing A levels has dwindled into insignificance!

That's not so bad they aren't all leaving at once. DD is going nursing and is going away but DS isn't academic and will be with me for the foreseeable. And I have a 12 yr old DSS so no peace for a while. Yes please to the brownies yum!

DS is working til 1 or 2am at night (3.30am the latest yet) BUT of course subsequently not getting up until 12 or 1 in the afternoon. Clearly he has totally fucked his sleep pattern. I've suggested re-calibrating his body clock. but hey, what does mum know? How much of his working time is working remains to be seen. He needs A's and got B's in AS's so multi retakes here too.

There also seems to be a fair amount of displacement activity going on (wrestling brother, meticulous planning for summer travels, debating urgent issues with friends (which would win tiger or gorilla?) , creating enormous vats of spaghetti carbonara at midnight and tidying his bedroom ).

Can't wait until the tension is over.

I echo 'Triplets!!' !!!

Haffdonga please tell us all his exams are pm, with no 9 O'Clocks.

Yes me too, dreading results day.

I think the DC fall into two camps.... 1) ultra organised and working their socks off or 2) the opposite! Either way, it's stressful for us, but not necessarily so for them.
If we think this is bad, what will August bring?? I think a little (or a lot) of wine will be needed:)

I had a brief chat with my daughter this morning. She'd told us that the friend of a friend had died. A year older so at the end of her first year at university. Probably either an accidental overdose - or perhaps an attempt to end her own life. Much speculation by those who know/knew her on social media. Nobody knows

It provided a kind of perspective. As in whatever happens re exams etc it's alright. Stuff you can recover/bounce back from.

(Because what happened to the friend of the friend was not alright. No recovering.)

Sorry. Bit of a hijack. But now and then that sort of stuff provides perspective. That poor young woman's parents...

Gosh, that's so horrific!
Definitely perspective, and pre-uni chats needed. They need to go off knowing that nothing will EVER be that bad.

How very sad Marianne and you are right that it does indeed put all our angst in perspective.

But equally naturally we - and our children - will continue to fret.

At least the exams themselves are nearly here. And even if there is a sense of waiting for results day, everyone should enjoy being able to shove the books on one side, see their mates, go to holidays and festivals etc.