#GCSE Maths Revision Course

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[dreamdolldeveloper]

back to basics

mostly free resources to help you learn the basics that i've gathered for myself so far that i think are cool

everyday

gcfglobal - about the internet, online safety and for kids, life skills like applying for jobs, career planning, resume writing, online learning, today's skills like 3d printing, photoshop, smartphone basics, microsoft office apps, and mac friendly. they have core skills like reading, math, science, language learning - some topics are sparse so hopefully they keep adding things on. great site to start off on learning.

handsonbanking - learn about finances. after highschool, credit, banking, investing, money management, debt, goal setting, loans, cars, small businesses, military, insurance, retirement, etc.

bbc - learning for all ages. primary to adult. arts, history, science, math, reading, english, french, all the way to functional and vocational skills for adults as well, great site!

education.ket - workplace essential skills

general education

mathsgenie - GCSE revision, grade 1-9, math stages 1-14, provides more resources! completely free.

khan academy - pre-k to college, life skills, test prep (sats, mcat, etc), get ready courses, AP, partner courses like NASA, etc. so much more!

aleks - k-12 + higher ed learning program. adapts to each student.

biology4kids - learn biology

cosmos4kids - learn astronomy basics

chem4kids - learn chemistry

physics4kids - learn physics

numbernut - math basics (arithmetic, fractions and decimals, roots and exponents, prealgebra)

education.ket - primary to adult. includes highschool equivalent test prep, the core skills. they have a free resource library and they sell workbooks. they have one on work-life essentials (high demand career sectors + soft skills)

youtube channels

the organic chemistry tutor

khanacademy

crashcourse

tabletclassmath

2minmaths

kevinmathscience

professor leonard

greenemath

mathantics

3blue1brown

literacy

readworks - reading comprehension, build background knowledge, grow your vocabulary, strengthen strategic reading

chompchomp - grammar knowledge

tutors

not the "free resource" part of this post but sometimes we forget we can be tutored especially as an adult. just because we don't have formal education does not mean we can't get 1:1 teaching! please do you research and don't be afraid to try out different tutors. and remember you're not dumb just because someone's teaching style doesn't match up with your learning style.

cambridge coaching - medical school, mba and business, law school, graduate, college academics, high school and college process, middle school and high school admissions

preply - language tutoring. affordable!

revolutionprep - math, science, english, history, computer science (ap, html/css, java, python c++), foreign languages (german, korean, french, italian, spanish, japanese, chinese, esl)

varsity tutors - k-5 subjects, ap, test prep, languages, math, science & engineering, coding, homeschool, college essays, essay editing, etc

chegg - biology, business, engineering/computer science, math, homework help, textbook support, rent and buying books

learn to be - k-12 subjects

for languages

lingq - app. created by steve kaufmann, a polygot (fluent in 20+ languages) an amazing language learning platform that compiles content in 20+ languages like podcasts, graded readers, story times, vlogs, radio, books, the feature to put in your own books! immersion, comprehensible input.

flexiclasses - option to study abroad, resources to learn, mandarin, cantonese, japanese, vietnamese, korean, italian, russian, taiwanese hokkien, shanghainese.

fluentin3months - bootcamp, consultation available, languages: spanish, french, korean, german, chinese, japanese, russian, italian.

fluenz - spanish immersion both online and in person - intensive.

pimsleur - not tutoring** online learning using apps and their method. up to 50 languages, free trial available.

incase time has passed since i last posted this, check on the original post (not the reblogs) to see if i updated link or added new resources. i think i want to add laguage resources at some point too but until then, happy learning!!

[emberphoenixisgoingtolive]

GCSE game plan

so... who else is freaking out??

yeah. me too. but i'm here to tell you, DON'T!!! the more you revise effectively, the less you have to worry about. think of it like an inverse proportion gradient. so we have to make sure we're revising. but more than that, making sure we revise well. so here's all my tips, subject by subject, for getting yourself ready for these exams:

maths:

past papers. just do them. set a timer, go through it, then either mark it yourself, ask your teacher, or give the mark scheme to one of your parents and ask them to mark it.

go through the questions you got wrong, and practise questions in that topic - cgp books are useful for this!

english lit:

practise timed essays.

if you dont have the energy for that, plan essays. bullet point what you would write about, then take it to your teacher and ask what you should add

don't go overboard memorising quotes

actually read the texts. please.

also read the poems, those are easy to remember

english lang:

admittedly, i don't have a method for this since i get pretty consistently good grades in mocks. but honestly? i've been writing fanfic since i was 12 almost every day, so consistent writing practise really helps (but with a matter of weeks to go, thats not great advice)

read books. i promise it helps

there's online videos of two examiners going through the questions and detailing what you need to say per question in order to get optimum marks, but i can't remember where i found it :(

sciences: (also works for pe theory)

go through the specification

colour code the topics into what you're good at (green), what you're almost there on (yellow), what you're pretty bad at (orange) and what you have no clue about (red)

make a quizlet of all the stuff you put red/orange/yellow and use the flashcards regularly

past papers are a good way to practise exam technique

for the six markers asking about methods, they want you to describe dependent/independent/controlled variables and what you are going to measure

languages:

find quizlets of the vocab and do them as much as possible

for the speaking, practise it aloud with anyone. can be a friend, a pet, a soft toy

colour code the speaking questions into how well you can answer them and put the questions into a quizlet. go over the questions accordingly

in the speaking EXAM, i am begging you, say something funny. say something that will make you smile. the examiner/teacher doing your exam will hopefully be nice to you and smile/laugh back.

also, you get points for treating it like a real conversation, not just a set of pre-memorised questions - i never learned the answers for my mock speaking exam, and i got 2 marks off a 9

of course, practise papers

don't forget to learn your grammar!!!!

humanities: (geography specifically since that's the one i'm doing)

practise questions. constantly. eat them for breakfast.

i was doing a set of practise questions every week for a month and a half before moving onto past papers

learn how landforms are formed

CASE STUDIES!!! LEARN THEM!!!! search on quizlet for them, or make your own (recommend this) with statistics you know you'll remember well

and remember... it is much better to discover everything you don't know now, while you're revising, than in the exam

YOU'VE GOT THIS GUYS!!!! <33333333333

[concerningwolves]

god I'm reading Devon Price's latest substack essay on burnout, and it's.. it's confirming and crystallising something that I've suspected for a long time, actually.

See, all throughout school, I would have days – roughly every month or so, sometimes two months – where I became Unwell. The symptoms never really fit anything, but I'd be exhausted, irritable, headachey, sometimes feeling kind of feverish. Most importantly, i'd just Know that I couldn't cope with school that day. I can remember these starting in middle school and getting more frequent and pressing into high school. When I did take the day off, I'd watch TV or films and sleep a lot, and then by the evening – if it wasn't a weekend night – I'd be in this weird place of feeling rested but also crushingly anxious with the knowledge that i'd just be back at school tomorrow. Holidays weren't truly restful either, except for maybe the middle two weeks of the six-week summer break. The two week Christmas and Easter breaks? I'd start to feel a bit better towards the end of the first week, then the dread would build up again throughout the second week. By my GCSEs, I couldn't keep up my academic drive, so I picked the subjects I most wanted to do well in (English, German, Biology, and History + maths because I needed to pass it so I could be done with it), focused my revision on those, and coasted by with perfunctory revision on the other seven subjects. It's honestly shocking to me that I got a full 12 GCSEs. People tell me that my results were good, and I know that logically they're right, but it took me a long time to be proud of them because I always knew that I hadn't really tried. It took me even longer to accept that if I had given every subject my all, it probably would have broken me.

As it was, I made it into my first term of college before I hit breaking point. Three A Levels (English lang & lit, history, psychology), dreams of a career in psychology or psychiatry, writing in all my spare time. I'd been very mentally unwell all through high school, but I'd always imagined that college would be my escape. First I was going to study philosophy, history, and English literature – but then that college had to drop the philosophy course. My next chosen college was an incredibly competitive college that held students to very high standards. I had the grades to get in, and I was dithering between a selection from English literature, history, classical studies, sociology, philosophy, or psychology. But I never made it in, because I missed the induction day. Students who missed the induction day automatically forfeited their placement. In hindsight, that was the first warning, but instead I felt wretched for a few days, then decided, fuck it, I was going to my final last choice college instead.

And in less than six months, I had an absolute breakdown. Anyone who was following me circa 2018 may remember the fallout. Skill regression. Low mood. Weeks spent just watching Supernatural or sleeping. Panic attacks. I never truly got my feet back under me. I dropped down to one a level and abandoned all thoughts of university, and scraped by college until I could just get out of there.

And reading this article, looking back at the trajectory of my life since 2018, it's... Eye-opening, to say the least. I don't know if I'm recovered or still recovering, or adjusting to my new baseline, nearly seven years later. Sometimes I wonder if an autism diagnosis earlier might have helped – might have given me the language and the tools to understand what was happening to me on all of those Unwell Days. So I grieve for that potential. I don't hate my life now, it's just.... I have to wonder, you know? What might have been. Could I have caught the burnout sooner? Headed it off? I don't know. I can't know. all I've got is where I'm at now, which is certainly something to be proud of, because I made it, even if I'm not anywhere near what's "normal" or "expected" of a 23 year old. and I have my whole life ahead of me yet. 23 years is nothing, in the grand scheme of things. Remembering that is always a balm.

But still I wonder. I grieve. It's hard not to.

[f1xingmyfuture]

While I am introducing myself, I'd like to set our my game plan:

Considering it has been a few years since I have last been to school, I feel rusty and would prefer to go from the ground up.

I have found some online gcse revision books, notes and guides and would like to brush up on my gcse maths,biology, chemistry and physics.

My aim is to take enough notes and complete practice papers in order to retain the information(and maybe retake my failed maths)

Once I feel I am adept enough in the gcse sciences I will move on to taking alevel notes and memorise those. I will then enrol on am access to higher education course and complete that (I am saving money in order to be able to afford this as they are 1000 pounds)

In the meantime of me studying I plan on getting some field experience via employment (this one may be unrealistic as it is a hard field yo break into)

My main aim with all of this is to pull myself out of my slump and pursue a lucrative career within STEM. I am hoping this productivity will spark my passion again as I have lost all motivation within life.

I'm hoping this blog will aid in my motivation as I will feel obliged to post and update on my progress.

Much love everyone ♡♡

[pure-ablution]

My GCSE exams are next month and I am absolutely terrified! I'm worried because they kind of determine your life and I only really have the ability to sit the basic exams (English lit, English lang, higher mathematics and combined science higher) as I I haven't been in school since I was twelve and have to take them in a community centre. I'm obviously hoping to get the best grades I can- I'm doing quite well in English and being predicted 7s and 8s, but in maths and the sciences I seem to be stagnating at 5/6. I've been studying, but I was wondering if you have any extra tips for actually sitting the exams ? Or any specific maths/science tips?

P.s I adore your blog- you write so eloquently! Sending lots of love <3

Absolutely. I didn’t take GCSEs—we don’t have them in Ukraine—but I did take A Levels, and I’m now at an English university where I’m surrounded by people who took GCSEs, and I’ve tutored a few students for their GCSE exams, too. All this is really to say that I understand the system and expectations, even if not completely personally, and I definitely understand the pressure and anxiety you’re currently feeling.

First, I highly recommend trying my method for exam revision. I’ve found it to be extremely effective, I’ve recommended it to friends and students to great success, and it works especially well for exams like the GCSEs, which demand a certain level of precision and adherence to the specification. Your overall pace and approach should be steadily consistent, and focused on memorisation—GCSEs, especially in Maths and the Sciences, value regurgitation and do not reward creative deviation from the mark scheme. If you do a manageable amount of active revision daily, then you’ll find everything to stick in your memory far better than if you were passively revising or cramming at the last minute, and you’ll feel well prepared and capable when you walk into the exam hall.

Secondly: GCSEs are some of the most widely-taken exams in the world, and this is absolutely to your advantage. There are a myriad of excellent videos, study guides, and pre-made notes and flashcards that perfectly match the specification and are tailored to the examiners’ expectations. Of course, in an ideal world, it’s best to make your own notes and flashcards—and you may well have done so—but if you haven’t, then don’t waste these last few weeks making them, when you could find a set for free or very little money being sold by a former GCSE student, and spend your time on more active revision. As for videos and online resources, I’d recommend treating them as you might a personal tutor; find the answers to your questions and help with the areas you struggle with, all through the material specifically intended for GCSE specifications. I can’t stress enough how knowing your specification and mark scheme off by heart—knowing which topics fall within which paper, knowing what is necessary and what is superfluous, knowing the exact phrasings and expected presentations of your ideas—is the key to doing well in GCSEs. You do not need to be a genius; you need to have worked both smart and steady.

This advice stands for all subjects, really, but it’s especially pertinent for Maths and Science. Do as many past papers as you can, and do them actively—complete each paper twice over: first, entirely blind, and second, after having read the mark scheme/examiner’s report and watched videos on areas of particular difficulty. This is the most effective and efficient way to boost your grade; I’ve had students go up by 2–4 grades just through daily, disciplined past papers and tailoring their revision accordingly. When doing the paper blind (i.e. the first time around), mark a star next to each question you found particularly difficult—that “oh, gosh, I don’t even know where to start” sinking feeling—in the moment, move on to complete the paper without stopping to look anything up, and only afterwards look up the specification number for that question via the mark scheme, and go through videos, practice questions, and notes/flashcards until it’s clear enough that you can do it without hesitation. Make sure that you know your formulae off by heart, even the ones given on a formula sheet, because it will boost your confidence and actually wastes a fair amount of time to be searching for the formula you need.

When it comes to the exam itself, my advice is really quite simple, and most likely you’ve heard it all before. Eat enough, sleep enough, drink enough. Stay calm in the morning, eat whatever breakfast you can stomach (I tend to have a boiled egg and a cup of matcha), and stay calm. Resist the urge to go feverishly through your notes, try not to talk to anyone else taking the exam (this is hard, I know, but their nerves can easily put you off), and breathe through it. I also highly recommend bringing a sports-type drink and some glucose tablets, if the exam is long; our blood sugar can drop during periods of extreme concentration, and you want to remain alert to the very end. When the exam is over, walk out of the hall, immediately forget everything that you’ve just written, take a nap if necessary, laugh at the memes on Twitter (the biggest benefit of doing such a widespread and massive set of exams, in my opinion), and move on to what’s next. GCSEs put you into a rhythm and the quicker that you can fall into step—regurgitate, tick off, move on—the smoother and more successful it will be.

Good luck, anon. You sound like an incredible student, and I have every faith in your ability to do well. Feel free to DM me or send another ask if you need anything else from me—and let me know how everything goes 💕

[study-with-mee]

Study Tip #1

this is specific for what i did on aqa gcse science to get me three grade nines in triple science

use your websites!!!!!

my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITES:

SENECA - repeated questions, breaks down each topic by topic, it kinda functions by giving you the information and then interactively asking you to fill in the blanks to test your memory. i think this comes under active recall (idk ive seen too many videos on studytok) but it really helped me. there are also exam questions and revision specific modes which are great for last-minute revision sessions, especially towards GCSEs - the main con is that there is a limit to the number of exam questions you can do each day, and a couple of the courses (hyperlearning?) are locked behind premium too. i didn't buy premium and still found this website absolutely brilliant

COGNITO - kinda similar to seneca but the main function of this website is the videos - these are the best videos i found for gcse science - they are clear, colour coded and allowed me to visualise difficult topics, especially on physics paper 2 - if you know you know. there are also loads of questions similar to seneca but you have to submit so actually have to process the questions, and they tend to mimic exam questions a lot better, telling you the marks you might get for a specific question etc.

PHYSICS AND MATHS TUTOR - EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS - they have every exam board, every topic broken down into questions and past papers which are essential for revision. i would really recommend using videos and seneca to learn the content and then use physics and maths tutor to practice exam technique

FREE SCIENCE LESSONS - everyone knows him, his videos are really informative, i personally didn't find them particularly engaging and preferred cognito overall BUT the required practical videos are brilliant, and its really good to cross reference your knowledge, and make sure to watch the videos that you like as this will encourage you to actually want to revise lol

these were what i used for science, i also love the cgp guides as well which i would recommend too.

bye :)

[luv4kokafox]

hey! if you don't mind me asking how do you revise for maths yourself? i'm not going to lie im struggling at the moment 😅

hello! <3

I find maths as one of the most difficult topics to revise because it's so straightforward and can be so frustrating to understand if you don't get it !! (trust me, maths is SO annoying)

For the past week or so, I've been concentrating on maths because it's my worst subject right now, and here's what I've found:

Youtube videos!

I've never been a big fan of watching videos because they're always so draining and never that interactive. However, I've found a video / set of videos for A level / GCSE maths that really helps! Here is the video that I used for my Edexcel A level maths course (year 1)!

The video introduces a question, then answers the question. For the best usage, pause the video and then answer the question before he does!! Don't expect to complete the whole video in a day, it took me about 3 to fully understand all of the topics - and remember maths isn't your only subject!

2. Past paper / exam questions!

If you've looked at any past papers before, they might look a little daunting because the questions are so much more complicated than the ones you look at in class. So for exam questions, I usually look at Physics and Maths Tutor. On this website, there's a big question bank on every topic in your course! I would take the time to answer questions on topics you struggle on to really strengthen that skill :)

Another thing that I like to use is textbooks! These do come with a cost, but they can really help with all of your courses in your qualifications. Here is an example! The other things that I have mentioned are completely free, but if you are still struggling, it might help to buy or borrow a textbook.

3. Other people!

Maths has to be one of the most difficult subjects out there, it always seems to be so 'simple' and then hits you with the craziest theorems and formulae that take so much understanding and explaining and BOOM - maths is terrible :(

There is a chance that your friends understand a topic that you don't! Or perhaps a teacher has some time to take you through a topic that you can't wrap your head around. If none of those are available, I'm always here to try and explain things to you guys! DM me if you need a little help :D

The last tip that I can give you is that maths is the most frustrating subject EVER. It is so infuriating to see other people do so well in something that looks so, so difficult. If you really don't understand a topic, don't force it down your own throat. Take a break, step back, look at a topic that you enjoy / understand and come back to the bad one later! Getting mad at your books won't make you any happier, trust me :)

Good luck and thank you for asking!! <3

[girl-with-bones]

I love the fact that even the people the system is supposedly for - the academics, the ultra-studious, the researchers - also suffer in the end.

I was at one point the highest attaining student in my entire high school. I took 12 GCSEs (you only technically need about 4 most people take 8 or 9), and by the end, learned almost every subject basically cover-to-cover, so much so that I had many a lesson where I just did my own thing because they had nothing left to teach me.

I learned a lot from that. Yes the content of the courses, but moreso life-lessons.

1 - The system is 'designed' for nobody. Those who lag behind, fall behind, are left behind. Those who push ahead, are literally stopped from doing so.

Don't believe me? Here's an example:

I've always been interested in maths. I love complicated mathematical concepts. I love the beauty that emerges from such simple rules. So it follows that I spent basically my entire school career waiting for the curriculum to catch up with what I found exciting. I remember being thrilled at the end of primary school that we were "finally" doing a bit of algebra.

But yet again, by year 11, at the tail end of the GCSE course, I was done. I mean this with full honesty when I say I could get full marks on GCSE maths papers in my fucking sleep. I did it. I finished the course. There was genuinely nothing more to do.

So my teacher let me study higher level stuff. At that time I was planning to do A-level maths so I started working my way through that. Differentials, integrals, complex trigonometry, interesting stuff to my little school brain.

One day the head of maths, accompanied by some sort of important school governor person, walks in and sees me doing differentiation. Flash forward a week, banned. I was banned from STUDYING. MATHS. IN A MATHS CLASS. I was required to do GCSE level work, even though there wasn't any left.

Thankfully, my teacher was like 'wtf no' and sneakily gave me more interesting stuff to do, but that taught me something. The system is genuinely not built to handle exceptional students. It's not built to push people, to challenge them where they are LITERALLY ASKING TO BE CHALLENGED. Nope, it's all standardised. Your passions? Standardised. Your hopes? Not according to data in a spreadsheet. Your life? Don't even think about it.

And that's not me being hyperbolic or edgy. I was not living.

2 - making school your life is fucking. Dreadful.

But it's all I'd ever known. I was always a goodie-two-shoes-teachers-pet-whatever (and kind of still am ngl). But that attitude did such serious damage to me in the long run. It drove me away from others my age, away from socialising, away from dumb fun. I was a serious person who took everything seriously 100% of the time. And so, those were my friends too. The people who's entire life was based on huge ambitions, and numbers on a page at the end of an exam season.

You wanna know how many times I hung out with my high-school friends, outside of school? You wanna take a guess?

0. Zero times. I basically only had a social life at all after one of my not-school friends forced me to download snapchat lmao

Sometimes I feel like I barely had a teenage-hood. I was so strict, so laser-focused that I maybe lost sight of what the fuck I was doing it all for in the first place?

3 - You will work yourself to death for numbers on a page. It will not feel good at the end.

I don't even think I need to explain this one.

Our exam season was split into two halves, with a week's break in the middle. It's supposed to be a break. It's also supposed to be a chance to study, revise, and get ready for the last, grueling weeks of exams.

Given the fact that 'break' and 'study' are kiiind of contradictory, you can probably guess that I actually did neither of those. I just crashed. Fell into a slump and crashed.

And yeah, sure, I picked myself up by my bootstraps and got right back to work at the end of that week. But I don't really consider the stress of failure beating the stress of exhaustion as a huge win if I'm honest.

So, where does that leave us?

Right now, tired. Tired as fuck. I look back on a decade-long life of schooling and education and I don't know who I really am or wanna be.

I bought into the system so hard. I threw myself in and literally came out on top. And I don't even know if it was worth it lmao.

To be fair, there are other things at play. Probably an anxiety disorder, depressive tendencies, and being a young trans girl in an "all-boys" high school is not exactly a recipe for a healthy young person lol

But I can't help but think if it had just been a little less strict, a little less enabling of all those fears and anxieties, a little less focused on achievement over experience, I might have a little bit of better relationshio with myself.

But, oh well. What's a girl to do but build a life for herself. I'll get there. One day at a time. And when I look back on myself as I am today, hopefully, I'll be proud as fuck of the girl who worked her ass off for herself.

A Twitter Thread from David Bowles:

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I'll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago.

Most classroom practice is astrology.

Before the late 19th century, no human society had ever attempted to formally educate the entire populace. It was either aristocracy, meritocracy, or a blend. And always male.

We’re still smack-dab in the middle of the largest experiment on children ever done.

Most teachers perpetuate the “banking” model (Freire) used on them by their teachers, who likewise inherited it from theirs, etc.

Thus the elite “Lyceum” style of instruction continues even though it’s ineffectual with most kids.

What’s worse, the key strategies we’ve discovered, driven by cognitive science & child psychology, are quite regularly dismissed by pencil-pushing, test-driven administrators. Much like Trump ignores science, the majority of principals & superintendents I’ve known flout research.

Some definitions:

Banking model --> kids are like piggy banks: empty till you fill them with knowledge that you're the expert in.

Lyceum --> originally Aristotle's school, where the sons of land-owning citizens learned through lectures and research.

Things we (scholars) DO know:

-Homework doesn't really help, especially younger kids.

-Students don't learn a thing from testing. Most teachers don't either (it's supposed to help them tweak instruction, but that rarely happens).

-Spending too much time on weak subjects HURTS.

Do you want kids to learn? Here's something we've discovered: kids learn things that matter to them, either because the knowledge and skills are "cool," or because .... they give the kids tools to liberate themselves and their communities.

Maintaining the status quo? Nope.

Kids are acutely aware of injustice and by nature rebellious against the systems of authority that keep autonomy away from them.

If you're perpetuating those systems, teachers, you've already freaking lost.

They won't be learning much from you. Except what not to become. Sure, you can wear them down. That's what happened to most of you, isn't it? You saw the hideous flaw in the world and wanted to heal it. But year after numbing year, they made you learn their dogma by rote.

And now many of you are breaking the souls of children, too.

For what?

It's all smoke and mirrors. All the carefully crafted objectives, units and exams.

WE. DON'T. KNOW. HOW. PEOPLE. LEARN.

We barely understand the physical mechanisms behind MEMORY. But we DO know kids aren't empty piggy banks. They are BRIMMING with thought.

The last and most disgusting reality? The thing I hear in classroom after freaking classroom?

Education is all about capitalism.

"You need to learn these skills to get a good job." To be a good laborer. To help the wealthy generate more wealth, while you get scraps.

THAT is why modern education is a failure.

Its basic premise is monstrous.

"Why should I learn to read, Dr. Bowles?"

Because reading is magical. It makes life worth living. And being able to read, you can decode the strategies of your oppressors & stop them w/ their own words.

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Next adventure C.M

Platonic!Cillian x Platonic!Reader (father/daughter like relationship)

Y/N L/N’s wouldn’t call herself an emotional person, hell she could probably count on one hand the amount of times she’d cried in the past 3 years… other than work of course. 8 years, 96 months, 417 weeks or 2922 days however you wanted to look at it they were significant numbers. And the life that had become her norm was coming to an end. It could be seen as dramatic but it really was the end of an era. The sixth and final series, the y/h/c young woman’s journey as Viola Shelby was coming to a close. Goodnight Vienna so to speak. 

Scrolling through her phone the y/s/c 20 year old frowned, she loved watching the edits and fan theories regarding the show and soon that would cease to exist as well. Sighing heavily Y/N stabbed at her lunch miserably. “That was a mighty big sigh” Cillian teased, taking a seat from across the girl, concern filling his sharp features at the lack of response from the young actress. Over the years Cillian had become protective of Y/N, he was practically her work parent at this point. They’d met pretty early on in the show’s production, the casting directors wanting to make sure they could work well together considering how large a part their characters played into each other's storylines. The then twelve year old had been wide eyed and in awe of the cameras, makeup trailers and sets. “Are you ok?” Cillian asked gently, The Irishman often spent his lunchtime with the girl if neither of them were filming. Despite still wearing his character's familiar wardrobe his concern and soft spoken nature was like night and day. 

“It’s just… I can’t believe it's going to be over.” Y/N sighed again placing her phone down. “Are you going to miss me even just a little bit?” the young woman asked, nibbling her bottom lip anxiously at the thought of it all ending. “You guys are like my own little family now…” Y/N added quietly, her plate of pasta seemingly forgotten. “We’re still going to talk… You’ll probably still facetime me at insane hours. Nothing’s going to change.” Cillian replied reassuringly. His eyebrows furrowed slightly as he watched Y/N absorb his words. “It’s not the end of the world sweetheart.” Cillian added quickly, the nickname slipping out before he could stop it. He’d begun calling Y/N sweetheart after a couple of days on set up until her 18th birthday when she claimed she was too grown up for a nickname any more… at least one that was ‘super cringe’. The actor had to routinely remind himself Y/N wasn’t a little girl anymore, she’d grown up before his eyes into a lovely young woman. 

“Have you got any project’s lined up for once this wraps?” the dark haired man asked, taking a bite of his own lunch. Shaking her head Y/N laughed “Not yet but Mum thinks I should focus on Uni just so I have a back up ‘if the acting thing doesn’t work out.’” the woman explained mimicking a small extract of her mother's lecture. “Your Mum’s a wise woman.” Cillian praised chuckling at the young adults' face of disagreement. The displeased look was paired with Y/N’s infamous scowl and a roll of her y/e/c orbs. “Since when has acting and education gone hand in hand for me. You know I only auditioned for Peaky to get a day off school…. Had a maths test.” The girl shivered slightly at the memory of the Year 8 mock test. Maths had never been her strong point, in fact while revising for her math GCSE’s Joe had offered to help her with the homework… let’s just say he never offered again. Y/N had all these memories, memories full of cast members, crew and soon she’d never see some of those people again. It was a bit scary leaving the safety of Peaky Blinders. Leaving the little family she’d built over the years. She just had to remember to look for the next adventure. 

“Well I'm sure whatever you turn your hand to you’ll be fantastic. No, I know you’ll be fantastic.” Cillian corrected himself. The man was sure Y/N had a brilliant career ahead of herself. He’d seen her grow from an awkward, excitable preteen to a confident, talented and devoted young woman. He didn’t want to seem too soppy but he held a torch of Father-like pride towards the girl and he couldn’t wait to see her next chapter.

 Memories 

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If I can only stress one piece of advice, it's: DO YOUR NOTES AT THE END OF A TOPIC! I didn't do that for the first term of the year (despite half my teachers advising me to), and it took me ages to catch up on everything. So incorporate it into your revision, and whether you type them, handwrite them, or anything else, just do them!

If you're starting the GCSE course this year and want to chat about it, my inbox is always open and you can send me a message if you want! <3

Transcript under the cut!

Slide 1:

For all the new year 10s!

Top tips for starting the GCSE course, staying on top of things, and staying happy in this crazy time!

Slide 2: Basics

All the easy things you can do to help future you!

Everyday:

If you don't understand something from your lesson - ask your teacher!

DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

Look over your notes for lessons (my teachers were always fans of surprise quizzes and you want to be prepared)

At the end of a unit:

Make flashcards (you can use them at end of year exams and actual GCSEs)

Make ALL your notes for that unit - never leave some of them for 'later'!

Practice, practice, practice - your teachers can give you practice questions, and there are loads online

End of year exams:

Make checklists of everything the exam is on, and check each topic off when you understand it.

Make a revision timetable, and be honest with how much you can humanly do.

Stay calm, and chat with your friends - they're also probably feeling nervous!

Slide 3: Staying Organised

Write down your assignments! Half the time, the reason I was rushing to complete a piece of homework was because I hadn't written down the assignment details properly. If your school gives you a planner, use it! Write down the assignment, date due, and the details of what you actually have to do.

Have designated folders/books/binders for each subject. For me, I wasn't going to go out and buy ten different ringbinders, so I have one for sciences, one for English, French, and Drama - you get the point. Just make it so you know where all your notes go.

Empty your bag! This might sound unnecessary, but clean out your bag! By the end of the week, I have pens, sheets, and forms I need to fill, in all cluttering up the bottom of my bag, and it makes it so easy for things to get lost. So clean it out!

Slide 4: Apps + Websites I've used

Adapt - Makes a revision timetable and reminds you topics to look over each day!

Voice Recorder - I record myself speaking in French so that I can listen back and improve my accent.

Quizlet - I think most people know about this one - flashcards galore!

Physics and Maths Tutor - Literally a lifesaver. Notes, practice questions, flashcards, exam questions - and for so many subjects!

Save My Exams - Practice questions and notes! You have to pay for some of them, but I only use the free resources and they're great!

Slide 5: Final Tips (Almost There!)

Remember, this is the first time you've studied in this capacity - you might not have done certain subjects before, and there are certainly a lot of new things to get used to, so it's okay to take some time to adjust.

Bearing that in mind, it's really not as bad as you think it'll be, and there's no need to be too nervous! Just work hard, and try and enjoy what you're learning - you may be working towards the exams, but you can still take an interest in what you're studying!

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Listen to me vent about my gcses (part 1)- (and there will definitely be more to come, so leave before I post again cause it won't be pleasant)

At this rate I'm actually gonna fail my gcses- just why the fuck did I promise my parents seven 9s out of ten gcses, how on earth am I supposed to do that. I have done absolutely nothing for the past month thanks to my executive dysfunction, but the problem is that my parents actually think that i did shit cause I've been lying (really shouldn't have), and they actually have faith in me?! Gosh the guilt is just piling up like a garbage dump and at some point it's just gonna all go tumbling down and crush my skull cause I kinda deserve it

(Here goes my annoying venting, I advise you to leave unless you enjoy my extra poetic storytelling and my insufferable personality)

So far I have only been confirmed two 9s, but that's fucking because these two 9s come from art and design & tech-oh I wonder why hmm well that's because art is literally my special interest so I've only been doing art this whole damn time (which it probably the reason why i got full marks which was just fucking extra, really should've devoted this time to something else). And the only reason why I'm not dying in Design & technology is because the tech assistant forced me to come up to the block three times a week to work on my project which actually worked and I somehow managed to accomplish some shit. Taking in account of the fact that I did DT and art together, you may probably tell that I am currently in quite an unfortunate situation if you are familiar with gcses

While I did manage to scrape three 9s in triple science in mocks, my brain is now telling me that it was a trap. There is a high chance that I won't be able to scrape three 9s again cause I actually fucking revised for those mocks, but I've gotten so lazy these past couple of months because of god knows what?! These mocks were evil isw it boosted my confidence wayy too much and now I just can't push myself to work because my brain tells me that "wEll iF yoU gOt 3 9s iN yOUr MocKs- you will DeFinAteLY get them again in the real thing! cause that's how it works right..." With my brain constantly in war with my body, no shit will be done- the only thing I would do is accidentally spark the beginning of WW3

Secondly, MaThs and GeOgRapHy. So I got 2 8s for maths and geo in my mocks which was kinda shit. According to my parents, I'm AsIaN, so I shouldn't be getting an 8 in maths- I've been making myself falsely believe that I'm actually good at maths but I'm simply shit. My dumbass was already forced into doing mountains of past papers thanks to my demonic hag of a teacher and I have absorbed absolutely nothing from those papers- Thanks to the fact that I chose the most amazing seat in the classroom where I appear to almost look invisible to the teacher, (guess what, it's the back corner seat) so she seems to have forgotten that I existed which may be both good or bad. But this ultimately does not help my current situation as this seat has made me wayy too comfortable- which is exactly why I didn't do shit in class for the past two months. Don't even get me stared with geography, I have done absolutely nothing for that.

FrEnCH

Now I have low hopes for French. This is one out of three subjects where it is simply impossible for me to get a 9. Over the course of two years, all I've accomplished was- annoy my partner to the point where we've just mutually decided to leave and switch seats. You may ask, Val how did you do that- thanks to autism, I was stimming (surprise surprise), but I was also constantly staring into her laptop because I had this chronic feeling that she was talking shit about me every lesson so I was just MoNitOrinG her behaviour (okay this is just simply messed up). Not only did I annoy my partner, I have also rightfully proven to my french teacher that I am simply insufferable and a waste of space and time. Due to my passive aggressive approach towards coping through these cursed french lessons, my teacher- obviously has given up on me. The bar is at rock bottom. Just last week, I had my french speaking exam- which I actually prepared for, god knows how I did that, but that's just the bare minimum. Allow me to recall exactly what happened.

I walk in, my hopes were low- they were drowning in the three metre end of the pool. I was given the photocard and roleplay and I was ushered into the opposite room to prepare for it. I flip the cards with my clammy, wet and disgusting hands- expecting to catch glimpse of hell. But hold up, these cards were- they were kinda easy ngl. So I had a vague idea about what to say and I was getting hopeful for the first time in months, my hands were moving like a fucking motor while I was squeezing out every ounce of vocabulary out of my brain. For once, I knew what the fuck I was doing. So 12 minutes passed and I was greeted by the presence of my french teacher (although she probably despises me, she is a wonderful teacher, really nice woman who smiled all the time, obviously, she didn't deserve my treatment, I love her as a person but I just simply hate the subject and the people my class) I stuttered quite a bit, jumbled up my tenses from time to time which was quite bad but my teacher was really encouraging. Finished the exam, and she told me I did well, couldn't tell if she was lying or not. I still have this feeling that she purposefully gave me the easy cards and questions simply because I have set the bar so low to the point where she had to selectively choose easier questions that would ensure me a pass- that's kinda sad lmao

Onto english- this is where it gets fucking messy

I have already accepted that I would probably completely flunk english. I hate the subject and got absolutely garbage grades in my mock. For english language, I wrote the most messed up creative writing my teacher has probably ever witnessed. All I did was- recycle the plot of Look Back by Fujimoto, but instead of murder I turned the death into a su*cide, I sprinked in some *personal trauma* and I subtly made it into a wlw fanfic. Not only that, I also recycled parts of Kat's poem from 10 things I hate about you and just stuck it in there because why not. You may imagine the mess that this writing actually is already. Under the pressures of time, my creativity was suppressed- making good use of my broad knowledge in films and manga, I bunched up my favourite plot points and quotes and cooked it up into something absolutely horrifying. This story was so messed up to the point where my teacher had to walk up to my desk after the exam and chat about my mental state. Wasn't fun, would not recommend- 0/10 experience. Ended up lying to her about the fact that this creative writing was half inspired by my life, told her that the piece was solely "inspired by my favourite works" and that I added in su*icide for "dramatic effect".

And I will 10/10 fail english literature without a doubt, I have given up long ago, and I will not willingly torture myself by forcing myself to learning these cursed texts. Expecting a 5 or lower. Don't care.