2018 Scottish Exam Support Thread

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Practicals have already started for many, folios are being worked on... here's the 2028 thread to get us through.

I have Dd sitting 3 highers and D's sitting 6 Nat 5's. Oh the stress.

My two not fussed about actually going outside or seeing actual people! I took them for a walk and lunch yesterday - I asked if they could spare the time away from study and strangely enough they both could!

DS2 will be finished completely on Friday and just AH CS for DS1 to go.

They need to go get jobs. However that may involve actually speaking to people.

DS hasn't even started yet. I think English later this week. He is very chilled and probably not in a good way

DS has gone into school to study for physics Nat5 this afternoon. He's pretty laid back - its his best subject. Good luck to everyone sitting it today!

Friend's DS already done 4 of his 8 Nat 5s so it's a really late start in your house then demented.

Not sure what DS1 is thinking really, he doesn't need to pass this at all. As far as his CS AH is concerned. He thinks he has done well in his course work thingy so isn't too bothered about the exam, though given that's what he is going to do at Uni it would be good if he gets a good grade for it.

Doesn't seem to be too much angst about for Physics then in general :)

Ds says his AH Physics went "ok". If anything, it went too well as he now thinks he might end up with 1 A and 2 Bs - with the A for his Physics So he is concerned that he has done too much Physics revision and not enough Modern Studies revision , which even though it's only a Higher, is the one he really wants an A in.

He's having a wee relax now before doing some final Modern Studies revision.

....and he did appreciate his granola for breakfast

DS1 said exam went "fine", when pushed said paper "wasn't too bad".

DS2 is also doing his H Mods tomorrow, it's usually his best subject and the only A he got at Nat5 so he is reasonably hopeful for that one. Fingers crossed and best of luck to all for that.

Ds is studying for Modern Studies Nat5. My niece had amber AH musical practicals. She was upbeat when she arrived here. So that was good.

DS's Hayfever is bad though and so is mine 😢

Just heard from ds - physics was tricky but he thinks he's done ok.

DD thought the AH physics was ok - better than AH maths, not as good as H spanish...

DS thought Nat5 Physics was “fine” today. He thought it was harder than Nat5 Maths but he quite enjoyed Maths- even Christopher and his umbrella and popcorn containers.

lol as both ds and dd1 sat N5 maths we've had endless dinner table conversations about the umbrella!

Yes, why didn’t Christopher just trying sticking his umbrella into the locker to see if it would fit like any normal person would?

Why didn’t Christopher just wear a jacket with a decent hood?

I daren't even ask DS2 about the umbrella as I'm certain he just skipped that question...

DS2 sat Nat5 Applications of Maths last Thursday, he said he was the only one quite happy and relaxed at the end, but he had me as a very intensive tutor, I'm sure most of the other mature students at college had to make do with the online tutor. Unfortunately he is bottom of the class on his blacksmithing course, you win some you lose some...
DS2 has done AH Geography, and is very glad to never think about it again, wishes he had tried AH computer science instead.
AH English on Friday, AH History next week then we're done!

😂😂 DH bought a brush this weekend and wanted to phone Ds to ask if it would fit in the boot 😂

Ds has just told me that on Thursday he wants to bring the blue (recycling) wheelie bin into the house, up two flights of stairs (including the narrow twisting stairs up to the attic floor) so that he can throw out all his notes except for his Modern Studies one

He is most dischuffed indignant at me that I've said it's Not. Going. To. Happen.

I'm happy to give him plenty of black bin bags for him to take down and empty in to the blue bin.

Was that a using Pythagoras to work out an internal diagonal? DS1 and I revised that but I'm not sure if it came up in in Applications. I relearned a lot helping DS1 and am tempted to have a go at a National 5 Maths myself next year, give my middle aged brain a workout to stave off decline.
Talking of clear outs, we could have a revision guide swap shop...

Ds has just come downstairs again irate at Trump again

"One more day" he says, "Just one more day"

Trump's crime on this occasion ?

Pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

Ds is hoping for a US related question in tomorrow's Modern Studies Higher - but worries that the marker might not be as up-to-date with US affairs as he is

Dd had some friends round last night for a wee chimnea night. I spied a folder and her pal had burnt her geography notes and work🤦🏻‍♀️. Dd came in at one point and said she felt stressed with the burning as the flames went high.

Modern Studies Nat5 for Ds. I'm working so may just miss him. But I hope he gets on ok.

Hope the Modern Studies exams go well for everyone today

I've just waved ds off to school (tradition because we have Siamese dog-cats who often follow him so I have to check that it doesn't happen) for the very last time!

The end of one chapter and the start of another. I remember being in a thread with you in the week that our boys were starting high school. It's mad that that was nearly 6 years ago. I'm my head DS1 left a couple of weeks ago. The exams are just a formality now. How the exam goes well and hope you aren't too sad.

Modern studies H went okay. Said the paper was fair and a bit better than expected.

Good to hear. Ds is not home yet - I presume he went to find his pastoral care teacher after his exam rather than before it, to give her a card and a tin of my fabulous home-made tablet . He says she was a massive support to him in writing his Personal Statement - which in turn helped him get his Unconditional offers.