Mechanics was yesterday. I did it and during the exam my opinion on my performance fluctuated quite a bit, at the end I was quite scared as the last question I managed to check appeared to be wrong. Leaving the exam, that question was right. All the others were wrong.

OK, not all the others, but enough to lose 90%, and possibly 80%. Aiming for 100% in this case wouldn’t be so damaging if I wasn’t arrogant at every waking moment and invested all my pride (and a bit of cash) on my performance. I’m not really angry at Edexcel, I just had a bad day. I’ve learned that arrogance is no virtue.

Why am I so sure I made a mess of things? Post exam discussions can be quite reliable, even though not exactly consented. What eliminates hope is a leaked copy of what appears to be a mark scheme:
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If you believe in the saying ‘ignorance is bliss’ then stay away from that shit.

Ah well, there’s still C2. I’m just lamenting the loss of myself on the highest step on the maths podium, then moaning that I hurt my knee on the fall.

On an unrelated matter, I think I should mention the link to a ZIP folder concerning the Knockhardy presentations and stuff for chemistry I put up today, the link isn’t that noticeable in my chemistry section.
 


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tom@gameinfodaily.com link
26/05/2010 2:49pm

Wow looking at that teachers mark I feel I didn't do too well. Whilst quite a few I got right, I messed up Question 5b completely, can't remember if my answer for 6c matches that, hopefully I got the odd mark for Question 7, and I pray they understand how I did Questions 8a and b, where I sort of did b) first. There's no chance I got a mark for 8c.

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TomRed link
26/05/2010 3:07pm

I actually thought I got 8c right, my working seemed consistent with several suvat formulas. This is shambles.

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