Potholer
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I've had a bit of time to cool off now but I wrote this this afternoon, straight after I got my NCEA MARKS BACK OMG. Then, I was in the middle of writing it and then Sheryl (my sister) asked to look at some photos on the computer for her 21st birthday, which didn't take long, then I got on again and straight away she asked fort he phone to ring a friend who lives far away and if I didn't get off the net RIGHT AWAY she wouldn't be able to talk to her for ages again then she monopolised the phone doing final things for said birthday. Grr. But now I'm back and here is my whine woooooo
Ok first off, I'd like to say OMG YAY I PASSED NCEA AND DID REALLY WELL except for history. TJ has talked me round so I'm not SO bad, as long as I don't think about how they cheated me out of my hard earned marks. I'm totally pleased with science (I got an excellence in one of the papers!!!!!) french was exactly what I expected - I passed, I'm damned happy. Maths I got a MERIT in one paper which is OMG I ROCK because boy do I suck at maths. In classics I gto a MERIT in one paper (achieveds for the others) which, again is FANTASMICAL because that exam was bloomin' hard and not what I'd prepared for at all.
But history. Watch me exaggerate and blow this all out of proportion but I worked SO HARD on history and was so proud of all the work I did (because, really, when it comes to exams, I really slack off - except for this year where I went hardout) in all of my subjects, most especially history. I wrote essay plans and went over about 6 or seven of them with my teacher to make sure I had all the information (no one else did that much and I got the diligence prize for my class) and I read over my notes an insane amount of time so that a few pages were like snapshots in my head and I was feeling so confident and I came out with BLOODY ACHEIVEDS. I wanted merits so badly. I don't know if these marks make any sense to any of you but lets see if I can do a comparison.
From worst to best you can get not achieved (fail, obviously) achieved (the lowest you get before you fail - a C? or D? 50-60%ish I guess - I told TJ 60-70% heh) merit (60-89%ish, a general YAY FOR ME mark) and excellence (90%+ or A).
Not only did I study really hard but we did in-class practise essays near the end of the year and for all of them I was getting strong merits/weak excellences (except for one which was a weak merit) and my teacher was like "Wooooo, you'll do well" but NOOOOOO.
I'm going to get it remarked.
Ok, I'm feeling better now. There have been a number of angry texts to people and I've complained ehre and to TJ so that's helped. But still. I felt like crying, I'm so annoyed at it. I deserved so much more.
But, I must admit that YAY I did well and I now have univeristy entrance and that, in the long run, is really all that matters.
Ok first off, I'd like to say OMG YAY I PASSED NCEA AND DID REALLY WELL except for history. TJ has talked me round so I'm not SO bad, as long as I don't think about how they cheated me out of my hard earned marks. I'm totally pleased with science (I got an excellence in one of the papers!!!!!) french was exactly what I expected - I passed, I'm damned happy. Maths I got a MERIT in one paper which is OMG I ROCK because boy do I suck at maths. In classics I gto a MERIT in one paper (achieveds for the others) which, again is FANTASMICAL because that exam was bloomin' hard and not what I'd prepared for at all.
But history. Watch me exaggerate and blow this all out of proportion but I worked SO HARD on history and was so proud of all the work I did (because, really, when it comes to exams, I really slack off - except for this year where I went hardout) in all of my subjects, most especially history. I wrote essay plans and went over about 6 or seven of them with my teacher to make sure I had all the information (no one else did that much and I got the diligence prize for my class) and I read over my notes an insane amount of time so that a few pages were like snapshots in my head and I was feeling so confident and I came out with BLOODY ACHEIVEDS. I wanted merits so badly. I don't know if these marks make any sense to any of you but lets see if I can do a comparison.
From worst to best you can get not achieved (fail, obviously) achieved (the lowest you get before you fail - a C? or D? 50-60%ish I guess - I told TJ 60-70% heh) merit (60-89%ish, a general YAY FOR ME mark) and excellence (90%+ or A).
Not only did I study really hard but we did in-class practise essays near the end of the year and for all of them I was getting strong merits/weak excellences (except for one which was a weak merit) and my teacher was like "Wooooo, you'll do well" but NOOOOOO.
I'm going to get it remarked.
Ok, I'm feeling better now. There have been a number of angry texts to people and I've complained ehre and to TJ so that's helped. But still. I felt like crying, I'm so annoyed at it. I deserved so much more.
But, I must admit that YAY I did well and I now have univeristy entrance and that, in the long run, is really all that matters.
