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23/05/10 4:15pm 

Exams and Biology 

I sat my Biology GCSE yesterday which i spent hours and weeks revising for when i got to the exam i felt prepared and calm. i have a reputation of doing badly in exams. So i start the paper only to find that everything id revised like all the big topics didnt come up. There were some very random and vague question that i couldnt deal with so i started to stress and made so many stupid mistake that i didnt have time to correct. im good at biology and my friends have done better than me but this is the one subject i really thought i do well in. I very un motivated now for the 11 exams that lay ahead and really feel like giving up.
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Sam 

8/06/10 11:50am 

Hi

You sound very disappointed about your Biology GCSE after all the work you put in to revising. It is frustrating for you to find the topics you knew about so well didn’t come up in the exam. Those questions that you didn't include in your revision made you stressed and that made things worse for you when you ran out of time.

It can be really difficult to get motivated again when you feel down about this. But you should be able to have self confidence that you can do it.

Now time has passed since your Biology exam I am wondering how you are feeling about working for your other exams?

Perhaps you could put less pressure on yourself to do well, and see what happens.  The expectations you had of yourself the last time seem to have made the disappointment for you greater.

Think about talking to your teacher and let them know about your expereinces and ask how you can overcome these feelings of not being motivated.

If you would like further information about exam stress have a look at the ChildLine Explore section. Or contact ChildLine on 0800 1111 or have a 1-2-1chat online.

There are lots of other exam support web sites have a look at www.thesite.org this provides information about exam stress.

Take care and good luck

Sam 

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