The reason for our recent silence in the blogasphere is that we both have these wonderful things called "exams" coming up, to be more specific "GCSE mocks". They are not optional and they will not be fun. Rather than spend our days writing brilliant blog posts we are spending them (or a couple of minutes of them at least in my case) revising for said exams.
I'm assuming that everyone reading this will have, at some point in their lives, partaken in some sort of revision; whether for school exams or otherwise. Ergo, you will know that revision is no walk in the park. Far from it. However, it has been fairly insightful, but not in a good way. I shall now share with you some of the things that revision has made me realise about myself and hopefully you fellow revisers shall agree with me (hopefully).
1) I Remember Nothing Useful
The whole point of learning for exams is that you technically already know the stuff, you're just going through it and reminding yourself. "Reinforcing it" as my teachers were fond of saying. This is not the case for me, I am not really revising here, I am actually teaching myself everything. Every time I look at my school work to make some notes from it, it is like I am reading completely new stuff, even the work that we covered in the last term.
You may be thinking that it sounds like I just have a very poor memory, but this is also not the case for me- I have quite a good memory. For useless facts; like, what happened in last week's episode of 90210 or the date on which I got my braces off, but useful things like historical dates and the nitrogen cycle just won't stick.
2) I am the Best Procrastinator Ever
My sister's Twitter bio informs the world that she puts the pro in procrastination, but right now I vehemently disagree with her. I am the queen of procrastinating.
I am even procrastinating right now. I logged onto the blog to check a few things while taking a break from learning about stupid acids and bases and suddenly I am writing a whole post!
If procrastinating were an olympic sport I would have so many gold medals.
Every time I sit down to revise I think to myself 'I am not going to procrastinate today' but I always end up doing so anyway. I have a problem and I should probably seek help. But I won't because colouring in my hair with Sharpie is so much more enjoyable.
3) I Can't Write in a Straight Line
This is quite a strange one, but it is so annoying! I write all my notes on plain paper (don't tell me I should write on lined paper, I can't draw pictures with lines) in loads of pretty colours and I think each page will turn out so nicely but when I lift up a completed sheet to look at it, it is pretty unattractive because every word is pointing towards the bottom right hand corner. There is nothing I can do to force myself to write in a horizontal line.
4) Working with Food is Easier
This is probably just me as I do love a good snack anyway, but I find that I am able to work for a longer amount of time and better if I have some sort of food with me to nibble on. Whether it is a Digestive biscuit or a gourmet meal for 10, my work pattern improves greatly when I eat.
I wonder if this would also be the case during school if I were able to snack during lessons, but I will never find out because we aren't allowed to eat anything during class. Brilliant excuse for my lack of concentration.
5) Everything Distracts Me
This is quite similar to the procrastinating point, but in this case it is not me deliberately wasting time instead of revising. This is completely not my fault but I get distracted by anything.
Everyone gets distracted to a certain extent, by things like their phones, the internet etc. but I think I actually have a problem, my concentration can be so easily broken for the stupidest things.
For instance, if I hear a bird chirping in my garden, I must get up and look out the window to see which bird is making this noise and where it is situated. I don't even care about birds that much.
Also, I enjoy working with a snack (see above), but even this can distract, I get preoccupied reading packaging and thinking about the texture and taste of my food.
I bet there would be stuff to distract me even if I worked in a completely empty, soundproof room.
Combine all of the above 5 points and you have me, sitting at a laptop, writing this, with a hot chocolate to my left and assorted sweets to my right, being distracted by the fact that my nail polish is chipping and forgetting everything that I have "revised" so far today, which is written in note-form in diagonal lines on A4 paper behind the laptop.
I'm really not cut out for work.
I really hope I'm not the only one whose revision for upcoming tests is not going too well otherwise I sound pretty dumb right now.
I promise I will try to blog more in the next few weeks, but if Lucy or I don't, hopefully you now understand why.
Good Luck to anyone who has some sort of examination in the upcoming term, I hope your recision is going swimmingly.
M x
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