GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education: the basic level of a subject taken in school.
orrrrrrrrr, modern forms of torture designed to stress you out and take over your social life. But I'll let you decide on your preffered definition.
Exams are coming up, revision's getting intense, and my social life has gone down the toilet. There's so much pressure on students to work hard, succeed, sit A levels, go to university, then... be up to your neck in debt and end up working in a job you hate with a First Degree. There are no jobs about, but the pressure's still there. If anything, it's more intense now because there's even more pressure to be the best.
Don't get me wrong, being the best is a good thing, but you've got to be sure that being the best is what you want to do. Don't put yourself under more pressure than you need to be under; enjoy life. We spend 5 out of 7 days in school a week... that's a pretty long time to spend in school. We're there from we're 4 til we're 16 (at least), and while we have to do the work, we need to enjoy ourselves.
Although I said my social life is going down the toilet, I must admit that my parents have been pretty lenient. I'm allowed out on Friday and Saturday nights, as long as I study during the day times. And I'll be studying every evening. It better pay off! Currently going through the process of choosing A Level subjects, so I better get the chance to study them!
We're teenagers. We're meant to have fun and party too hard and not do a thing for school. We're supposed to make mistakes and learn from them, but we're not being allowed to do that.
ReplyDeleteStudying will pay off, don't worry about that ;)