Look back : Edexcel GCE Exams
PUBLISHED ON: 2:24 AM
BY: Chase Hunter
IN: cambridge, edexcel, finals, flashback, gce, igcse, life, london exams, results, school, studies, study, time table, work ethic
Man its was a nervous 2 months. I had nearly 16 units stacked up some on
repeat. Before the exams began I was all lazy and stuff but after the
first day I met my old dudes after a month and I was amazed by their
work ethic, it was no longer a matter of just trying to top the exams,
it was about topping the competition, pure motivation.
That's the
part I love, when people around you motivate you to do things you never
though possible, for example I completely cut off all sorts of
entertainment and I mean ALL.
I even missed the NBA
Finals, and I'm a diehard NBA fan. No TV, no social media, no Facebook
no texting no nothing, papers papers papers, day and night. But one
thing I didn't cut out was working out, playing, sweating from running
miles maybe. The work ethic was there, sometimes the day before the exam
I would play basketball and run few laps. Exercise helps fight
depression, and with exams the stress and everything you bet depression
was looming.
The thing that really pissed me off was that
most of the stuff I learnt I learnt over the net, While everyone was
calling each other, teachers, classes and whatnot. Naaa I didn't want
none of that I didn't want my parents to spend unnecessary money when I
knew I was unlike others and I could get the job done, independently.
There was a time when I regretted that decision, a time when I couldn't
understand shit out of some chemistry equation or reaction and it would
literally shut down my brain.
Got through the month, I
remember thinking it was gonna be one tough battle but honestly it
completely flew out the window, maybe I was having fun? Well some exams
were shit not because I got a few answers wrong, no, but because I lost
to my competition, I couldn't live with that nope. One such night after a
horrible showing, I couldn't sleep, literally I was up all night and
the next day this huuge pimple appeared on my face, damn. The very next
day I went bald on my very long hair. Time for a makeover I decided.
The funny thing was, after the exams were all done and dusted I
struggled to remember any of my pre exam routines, so I created some new
ones, ones which included much less hours of TV. See, the more hours a
person spends watching TV it's usually a sign he or she is unhappy or
well an addict. Same goes for sleeping early at night and late in the
morning. I had this habit which I carried for almost 4 years of sleeping
around 8.30 but during the exams I used to sleep at 12.30 sometimes
even waking up at 1.30 to study!
So whenever it was 8.30 I would get veeery drowsy but I broke that habit and continued it. I've pushed it back to 10.30
Yeah well, after the exams I was much happier watching a very awesome World Cup!
Why
did I just write an essay? Maybe it's because intelligent people forget
often and I fear I would forget all these memories in the near future.
So Kudos to that!
About the Author
Chase Hunter
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If you're reading this, you're too serious. Life's a beach after all...