I've made progress with Arabic! I've made progress with forming sentences with somewhat accurate grammar involving the pronoun 'i' but still struggle with forming sentences in the present continuous tense and 3rd person perspective. I also struggle with pronouncing the letter 'ض'. I can type now too :)
My GPA has reduced though, like by 10%. Previously my GPA was a 65% and now it's a whopping 56% and that's pretty disappointing coming from me. My teachers were so disappointed and the worse part is my self disappointment was greater! But hey, just because I'm struggling doesn't mean I'm failing, right? I have another exam this month so I'm sure I'll be able to do better!
I've also started going to many places like the cat cafe and the local library. I've never been to a local library back in india cuz they were always far from home, now that I moved to Dubai, by GOSH I LOVE HOW ACCESSIBLE IT IS!
I haven’t used flora in a hot minute, and it’s changed so much?? I’m gna start using it again because it looks so cute :3
mocks are hitting soon, so I’m doing loads of past papers and just hitting my way through as many as I can. I’m starting to look at questions where I’ve gone wrong and rewriting them until I get 100 ☺️🙏
I’ve never even posted on tumblr before, and I’m not entirely sure how studyblr works, but it’s what I’m going to be calling this.
My point in making this is just to help me keep on top of my school work - sort of keep myself organised but also track my habits and progress. 👍👍
- I’m studying biology, chemistry and geography at a-level
- I’m 16
- I hope to eventually go to university and study to get a career mainly biology related (since everybody knows it’s the best science by a long shot)
- I LOVE stem subjects, except for maths. I aced my science GCSEs and just BARELY scraped a 5 In maths, the first 5 I ever got. Maths is not welcome on this account 😔
- I’m super into things marvel related too, so that may end up tying into what I post
I’ll mainly be recording things I get done in the day to do with revision, and write down my goals for the next week etc. I’ll probably also track things not entirely school related, like how I’m learning French at the moment.
My eventual goals are:
- get the best grades I can in my A-Levels, though I’m not sure what that’ll be until I start in September
- get into my university of choice, which again I’m still not quite fully decided on yet 😅
- complete all my non-school related goals (such as finishing learning French, improving my crochet skills and picking up the keyboard that’s been collecting dust under my bed for 3 years)
- overall just trying to have fun while I push through the next two years 🎉
Today wasn’t very productive which was kind of out of my control and also kind of my fault but hey ho. I had another driving lesson today and it definitely went better than last lesson which is good, we also went a different route which changed things up a bit. Yesterday was quite productive it was mainly a chemistry day, which is always great.
this is the fourth a level results and this time i did not fail all of them you may congratulate me , i got a C in chem a C , as for the fuckin bio i just got another U like tf mate anyways , imma switch to english language and literature so yeah
im not sure what my audience is but is there anyone struggling to write a personal statement (UK specifically is where i can help most) and wants help from a year 13?
I can say it now officially - I got into the project that one of the beat University in my country is doing for highschoolers like me and this means that I will work on new chemiluminescencent substances and I am so freaking excited - when I got the information I literally screamed and tried to explain to my mom what the university wrote in a mail but I forgot how to speak. Yes, I am proud of myself, because I got there only with my hard work.
Break-down and simplify some tasks (simplifying tasks literally helps a lot if you have too many things going on)
what I did for self-care:
Listened to music
did some journalling
looked for some study motivation
tried to plan for tomorrow
read a book i like
Binge-watched some anime (also Zoro got shut down 😭😭😭 how can I keep track of my anime now)
"I'm sighing in my dreams"
how are you guys?!?
I forgot to check my school messages lmao (I do online school), I woke up late opened my laptop and sat there waiting for the teachers to reply to my messages. Guess who forgot yesterday and today are holidays? I DID! Honestly, I was so stressed out but I started by reading some bio, then did my chemistry homework. After that, I met up with my tutor and studied Enzymes with her. Then I sat down again to do some speed running, looked into a webinar for my French learning and self-care and gosh it's tiring to be a student!
hey!! I had a chem test today, it was okay! 1h 45m, very long and repetitive so I got a little tired halfway through but this test isn’t my main concern rn :)
alevel sciences are CRAZY. because in humanities you build on your knowledge from gcses and learn new aspects of the subject.
but so far bio and chem have been the biggest mindfucks ever.
as the bell is ringing, my cells bio teacher casually drops the bombshell that the term “cell membrane” is now obsolete to us because it’s “too general”???? like ok??
everything about electron shell orbitals. lord have mercy on my soul
every single new organelle we’ve learned about (what the FUCK do you mean there’s other shit in here???)
the fact that all bonds technically started off as covalent bonds???? the whole electronegativity chapter absolutely killed me
I am SO. TIRED. I’ve only had two and a half days and the workload is already killing me.
I haven’t had a biology lesson yet due partly to timetable but also a bunch of welcome back assemblies. It’s annoying, because my old school had a theatre with seats in them and in this school we all sit on the floor. Pins and needles hell 😔
I’ve had a couple chemistry lessons, and I’ve been enjoying them so far. It’s a little intense, but nothing I haven’t been able to wrap my head around yet.
GEOGRAPHY?? Everybody warned me that bio and chem would be the death of me, but I’ve only had like 3 geography lessons and I’ve already had to do 2 essays. ☹️☹️
I was up until 3 AM on Thursday trying to get my research and essay done on the difference between warm and cold glaciers.
Today I finished my research and notes for my next essay, ‘The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis’. I’ll write the rough draft in my free tomorrow, and finish it after school.
I also finished (I think) setting up my organisation system today. I realised my system i had planned would NOT be good enough.
Also, the physical toll is not something I was prepared for? Friday night my shoulders were covered (still are) in friction burns and purple bruises, and my ankles keep getting cut open. My whole body aches from the amount of walking, the weight of my bag, and the amount of mental energy I’m using.
Still, this is WAY more fun that year 11. I’m having a great time. 👍👍