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85 days left

Okay, today was interesting ...

I got my results and I'm only disappointed in accounts.... Even though i didn't score that bad ://

Anyway, I am starting to be a little more productive atleast from some days... I'm planning to make use of this term because honestly I don't know how we are gonna get our final papers...

Today I:

Did accounts + made notes

Revised economics

Revised Business studies

And I'm currently reading this self help book "Think straight" by Darious Foroux. It's kinda good actually, it's been a while since I've read anything so it's nice from my usual routine.

88 days left

Okay, time's flying really fast. My term exam results come on Monday or Tuesday and my accountancy teacher told me that I did really bad and that she was disappointed in me and that i should concentrate more on it.

So, I'm wondering how the heck did I do bad in a subject that I was studying almost everyday?! And then this other girl studied 3 days before the exam and got like 95+

Honestly, the paper was alright but i panicked and did some shitty things :// gonna avoid that in the future.

Today I:

Revised some Economics

Did accounts (1 and a half hours)

And yes, I'm gonna be putting extra effort from now on because it's really close to my next term exams and then it's gonna be followed by Revision exams and I have a school function on top of that.... i just wanna sit and cry honestly T-T

Projects to complete:

Economics (by Monday)

Computers (By Oct end)

I just finished my term exams yesterday and honestly, school starts in like 4 more days so I'll make the most use of my time till then. I've got multiple projects to complete and right now, my main aim is to learn from the mistakes I did during the exams. Especially in accounts.

My projects:

Computer

Business studies

Economics

[I'll start my countdown once my school starts again]

Highschool tips that no one told me.

Explore. Clubs. Extra curriculars. Sports. Anything. When you get to freshman year, start exploring. Even if you're a sophomore, junior or senior. Start exploring because you need to be involved in something other than your school. (But don't overdo it!! Max of 2-3 extracurriculars)

Do your homework/assignments as soon as you can.

Get a planner/calender. Update it daily.

Exercise. Dance. Jog. Jump. Do whatever you want but exercise atleast 3 times a week.

Sleep earlier. Before 11 preferably.

Whatever you do, don't back answer a teacher.

Allow yourself to relax but don't overdo it.

Choose your friends carefully. Keep 2 or 3 close friends.

Don't just blabber everything about anything. Think before you speak

Don't involve yourself in any sorts of drama. Clear everything out before it even starts cause it's definitely gonna backfire if you don't

Choose your friends carefully. I mean, very carefully.

Time is investment, use it to your advantage.

For exams, solve past year question papers!!!

Have a doubt in something? Go ask your teacher (it will save you the trouble)

YouTube has a wide variety of videos for you to learn from

Study everyday. Just for an hour. It's more than enough.

Read. Read. Read. Write. Write. Write. Anything.

Honestly, get a study group. (I mean it. Don't study together in the same place. Just send important questions and ask doubts.)

Study things that were thought in previous classes. You will be behind the class but it definitely helps during exams/tests.

Most of all, try to enjoy. You won't get back your highschool years. I realise that now.

I did a similar post a few months ago. The mistakes that I made during my junior year. You can find it here.

Hope this helps! :D

109 days left

Well... I had been sick the past few days but right now I'm better. Atleast well enough to study. Tomorrow we have school till 1, I'll be back by 3 so after that I'll start my studies... I have my term exams from next week, I just feel exhausted and tired now T-T

To do list for the weekend :

Complete English assignment

Complete 1 unit of English (3 lessons + grammar)

Complete 1 chapter in Accounts + Revise some previous chapters

Complete 2 chapters in Economics

Complete 8 chapters Part 1-3 in Business Studies

I hope I'm able to complete these :")

114 days left (+ 4 days update)

It's awfully lazy of me to not do a daily update for 5 days straight but honestly I got sick from Thursday and not to mention it was damn hard to complete assignments when you have a fever and cold. It's like something is against me being productive everyday T-T

I thought maybe i could productively use the 4 days after the school event to study something but no, of course I had to get a fever :")

In the past 5 days I:

Assignments completed:

Computers

Business studies

Accountancy

Assignments Pending:

Economics

Studied 2 topics in economics today

and that's the only thing I could do in these days... But it's fine, I'll catch up eventually. Everything will be fine or so I keep telling myself that. T-T

119 days left

Days are going by sooner T-T

Anyway, today i couldn't study a lot but I did complete some of my assignments...

Today i:

Completed Arabic assignment and submitted it (due date was Monday)

Completed 50% of both accounts and business studies assignment

Studied Economics lesson 3 & 5 (Part 1) and lesson 5 (Part 3)

I don't expect to get anything done tomorrow since we have a school event and I'll probably come back 7 in the evening so... yeah.

Assignments to complete:

Accounts (Submission: Tuesday)

Business Studies (Submission: Monday)

Computer: (Submission: Friday)

Economics: (Submission: Monday)

Honestly I don't know when I'll get to study because of these useless assignments plus we have some MCQ test coming up in a week I guess... who keeps MCQ tests near Term finals after a major school event?! I swear I'm surviving here with idiots T-T

I don't know how people have such cute and aesthetic notes while mine look like they've been written by someone from another planet in another language

120 days left

Damn, I'm surprised how fast time is flying by... Honestly, today was alright. Managed to do a lot.

Today I:

Completed Economics (lesson 2 (Part 1-3) and lesson 5 (Part 1-2))

Completed business studies assignment

Submitted Computer project

Did some accounts sums

Completed English assignment

Tomorrow's to do list:

Complete Arabic assignment

Complete Economics (lesson 5 (Part 3) and 3 (Part 1-3))

Learn a few accounts theories

Assignment to complete:

Arabic

Computer

I also got my test results today, I'm pretty satisfied with most of them cause i managed to get above 80 in everything... So... Yeah.

121 days left

So, I missed yesterday because honestly i didn't have that much time to even write a study post because of the computer project but now it's done and I'm so damn relieved like gosh this was a nightmare!

Anyway, I cleaned my desk (made a cardboard shelf to arrange my books) and prepared a study plan for my term exam this month end. (Honestly I'm nervous.)

Today I:

Completed my computer project

Cleaned my desk

Prepared study plan

Tomorrow's to do list:

Solve some accounts sums

Study economics (Lesson 1-3, Part 1-3)

123 days left

Today's exam was honestly pretty alright, i couldn't believe that i could attend everything especially because the teacher told us that she'd give no options for MCQ questions and we have to study like fully throughout the book T-T

Now, I'm more scared about tomorrow... even though I've been practicing for more than 2 weeks for accountancy, today, as soon as I came. I slept and I just woke up around 9:30 and panicked because I haven't revised anything. Right now I've completed 1 and a half lessons and I got to complete 2 major topics tomorrow morning.

So yeah... and my hopes and dreams on resting on Sunday alittle and studying just went down the drain. I got to complete a computer project which is like 10% of my final exam grades and submit it by Monday T-T

Today I:

Studied accounts

Tomorrow's To-do list:

Revise accounts in the morning

Complete 5/10 pratical projects in computers

Clean my desk (cause it's just too much of a message right now)

124 days left

Suprisingly, my exam today went alright despite the fact that i hadn't studied much 0-0

Okay so computer's going alright, I've completed 2 lessons out of 4 and if i complete like Part 1-3 in the other two lessons, I'll be done for the exam. Since the majority of this year's syllabus was already covered in junior year, I'm kinda really confident with the topics :D

Today I:

Completed 2 lessons out of 4

Tomorrow's To-do list:

Revise Computers

Study for accounts mid-term (2 lessons)

I'm honestly crying, you know? Just 2 more exams for these exams to end for the month and then we have exams in another 15-20 days... no idea how I'll manage especially since there is a school event coming up + there is such a huge portion to cover. I'm kinda panicking right now T-T

125 days left

Okay, today's exam wasn't bad but i could have done so much better T-T

Have i studied everything in economics? Nope, am I gonna study the whole night? Definitely not. I covered about 40% of both the chapters so let's see :")

Today I:

Studied for Economics

Tomorrow's to do list:

Study for computers (lesson 5-8)

I really feel like I'm not studying well but i will up my game from Sunday (after my mid terms). I have my term exams coming in September mid/end and a school event coming in the the beginning and i definitely know that I won't have time to prepare well. So we start early and we are touching Economics first because it's definitely my weakest subject right now + business studies.

126 days left

Did I do my mid term well? Of course not, because the paper was given 25 mins late and they didn't give us extra time either. I finished the paper but I'm pretty sure my Arabic essay made absolutely zero sense T-T

Right now we're doing HRM [Human Resource Management] unit and i absolutely love this cause why the heck not? XD

Today I:

Completed around 2 and a half lessons in Business Studies (we have 4 lessons for mid term tomorrow, no idea how I'll manage)

Tomorrow's to do list:

Study for Economics mid term (2 lessons)

127 days left

Today wasn't bad, could have done better but I'm honestly really proud that i almost completed my to do list T-T

Today I:

Completed 6 lessons in Arabic

Completed 2 lesson (Part 1-3) in Business Studies

Tomorrow's to do list:

Wake up early and revise Arabic + learn 1 more lesson.

Study Business Studies 4 chapters for midterm

128 days left

Personally today was not bad but i could have done better...

Today I:

Did almost 1 chapter in accounts

And completed the main topics in economics for 2 lessons

(I kinda lost track of time during breaks so i couldn't do business studies but I'm still happy with this progress.)

Tomorrow's to do list:

Study 8 lessons in Arabic for mid term

Study 2 lessons in business studies (part 1-3)

[I think I'll manage that]

129 days left

Okay, my English exam went alright, not too bad but i didn't do anything else today which is bad but I'll make up for it tomorrow. I got to study for Arabic, Economics, Business studies and Accountancy in these two days... I'm comfortable with computers because our teachers keeps tests frequently so yeah but the others? Definitely not.

So, tomorrow's to do list (study wise):

Complete Accounts lesson 4 and half of 5

Economics chapter 6 and 7 (Part 1-3)

Commerce chapter 9 and 10 (Part 1-3)

[I hope I have time to do this much but let's see]

Countdown till the year ends

So, there's literally only 4 months left which is almost 130 days and I want to start studying more and actually do something in these months. The worst thing is that I have hardly 5 months for my final exams and damn I'm scared so... I'm gonna do this. I'll be better.

The past few days have been hectic because of school trips and competitions so yeah.

I'll change my countdown once my final time table gets released so... Yeah... Until then, I have midterms from tomorrow till next Saturday T-T

Today I:

Completed 3 Computer practicals

Studied English

Study Trick That No One Told Me.

Division of subjects:

Every subject is learnt and graded in a different way. You can't use the same study techniques for every subject you have. You have mostly 3 types of subjects:

Memorization based

Practical/Question based

Theory/Essay based

Memorization based:

Mostly Biology, Sciences, Geography etc are fully based on memorization and so you'll use memory study techniques like flash cards and active recall.

Practical/Question based:

Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Accountancy etc are practice subjects. The more you do your questions and understand how a sum is done, the better you can score.

Theory/Essay based:

English, history, business studies etc are theory based. The more you write, the way you write and the keywords you use are the only things that will get you your grades. So learn the formats and the structure on how to write your answers

Note: Some subjects are a combination of the three. Like Economics etc

The reason we divide the subjects is because you can adopt the right study methods for the right subject. Like ex: business studies is mostly based on how you write your answer and the keywords, if you're gonna spend your time memorizing in this, it's a waste of time and energy.

Hope this helps :)

08.08.2024

I have no idea how I'm going to complete such a huge amount of syllabus in around 5-6 months. Gosh, I can't believe there's literally only 6 months left for my whole schooling to get completed!

I've been trying to focus on accounts and economics more because honestly, computers and business studies is a little bit easier this year. Just alittle.... at least for now T-T

And I haven't touched English and Arabic so I'm pretty scared. My second set of mid terms are at the end of the month but I'm still preparing the syllabus for the one's that i finished... I know it sounds stupid but in my opinion, my main goal right now is only to get amazingly terrific grades in my final exams so with that in mind, I'm... doing something else which i don't know what T-T

Today I completed:

Accounts chapter 5

Topics covered:

Distribution of profits, reserves and losses

Revaluation

Capital account

Revised accounts chapter 4

07.08.2024

Today was tiring, gosh, I feel helpless honestly...

Completed 80% of the chapter in Business studies

Topics covered:

Financial Markets

Completed some topics in Economics

Topics covered:

Types of Inflation

Money supply

Monetary standards

Wrote some Eco + business studies notes

Revised Accounts formulae

T-T

06.08.2024

Well, today was alright i guess. I did some accounts and economics... and for some reason, I'm like one of the few in my class who actually is anxious about the finals, especially accounts. Like, i literally an so confused with it this year but everyone else is like "Oh wow dude I love accounts this year, it's so easy" and I'm like T-T

Anyway, Today I:

Did 2 sums in accounts (took me 2 hours almost)

Made some economics notes

05.08.2024

Today was surprisingly not that tiring though I am pretty sleepy... And this week is just too packed, actually the whole month is packed. But anyways, today i just did accounts and mentally made a study plan for the week cause when I write it down i never really end up completing it :")

Today I:

Completed 1 full lesson in accounts

Topics covered:

Goodwill

Calculation of goodwill

Average profit method (Simple and Weighted)

Super profit method (Capitalisation and Annuity)

Capitalisation method

And I'm done for the day T-T

04.08.2024 + past 3-4 days

Today was alright, I've got a cold for the past few days plus cramps... Doesn't really help in productivity but nevertheless, I did do something....

Today I:

Completed English assignment

Reviewed 5 lesson in business studies

Topics covered:

Financial Markets

Capital Market

Money Market

Stock exchange

Past few days:

Completing Computer Project (50%)

Reviewing Economics lesson 4

30.07.2024

Today was boring but nevertheless it's done :D

Today I:

Revised 1 lesson of Economics

Topics covered (new)

MEC

MEI

Keynes psychological law of consumption

Super multiplier

Did some additional textbook reading in Economics and Business Studies

Took notes for Economics (additional)

Completed 50 % of English assignment.

Submitted Economics assignment

I'd say an overall productive day...

29.07.2024

I kinda skipped a few days cause honestly it's been tiring. The past two weeks were nothing but exams but now full on classes start again. Almost a month and a half of senior year is done... Gosh, Time's flying... Right... So, I'm gonna change my tactics here alittle because when i write my goals down, i don't seem to achieve them to that level so I'm gonna be more specific about things that i already did.

Today I:

Completed one lesson in economics:

Topics I covered :-

Multiplier

Accelerator

Aggregate Demand and Supply

Effective Demand

Completed 20% of a lesson in business

Topics I covered :-

Capital market

Features of capital market

• Revised lesson 4 in computers

Topics I covered :-

Php basics, variables, data types, comments, operators

• Completed Economics assignment

Dates to remember:

August 5 (English assignment submission)

August 10 (Computer project)

I guess that's it... xD

22.07.2024

Today's exam was alright but could have done better... Anyway tomorrow is business studies and gosh, 8 lessons... I haven't studied even one properly, I'm literally crying in agony and I feel so sleepy so I'm just gonna skip alot of topics and go to bed and just write something tomorrow T-T

Today i:

Completed 30% of business studies syllabus (8 lessons)

Though, for some reason this year i don't get that many panic attacks because of exams or anything. I'm way calmer... I don't know if that's good or bad :/

21.07.2024

The past two days, I've been doing nothing but accounts, I'm practically thinking in numbers and accounting concepts right now. I seriously am a little nervous about tomorrow exam, I have no idea how I'm gonna do this, I haven't touched the theory part, I've been focusing on sums... Like, send help T-T

Almost completed 3 lessons in accounts

Completed economics assignment (with great difficultly)

18.07.2024

Today was my Arabic exam, it was quite alright. Though I think I'll get some scores cut because of spelling mistakes T-T Anyway, tomorrow I have English (6 lessons + Grammar) I haven't really touched my textbook today, instead I did accounts because I'm literally going mad over there :")

Also does anyone else feel like English grammar is tough when you're actually fluent in English? Like, I just know what the answer is but teachers complicate things by giving us a number of rules to memorize, like, that's not how a language is supposed to be learnt T-T

Advice I'd give any one who's choosing their own subjects

Please, for your own good. Ask your seniors. Go through syllabus. I'm really serious about this, so damn serious.

A few days ago, i was on my way home and i usually travel with a junior, she's taken the same subjects as me except 2 papers etc. One is language, another one is maths. We just talk sometimes and she clears her subject doubts with me etc etc.

While we were talking, she said that the language she chose was really hard now that she actually started studying it and she was ranting about it.... The irony is that i already had warned her in the first week of school about the paper being difficult with a huge syllabus but she said she loved it and was excited, I just shrugged it off and didn't tell her anything. But now she says she regrets it.

Then, another junior travelled with me today, she took completely different subjects, more of physical sciences etc. When i asked her how her classes were ... She replied "It's not even a month and I'm regretting this"

And this is not the only one, I've heard this from multiple juniors, I've seen how exhausted everyone looked. Their faces drained. I'm not saying that in a "I told you so" way but rather in a genuine gesture.

Two things you need to do before you choose subjects:

Ask your seniors

Go through the syllabus

Things to ask your seniors:

How hard is the syllabus?

How are the teachers?

If given another choice, would you choose the same subjects again?

How are the question papers usually set? (In terms of difficultly)

What are the resources that you used for studying?

How much do the teachers assign work?

Things to look for in your syllabus :

Number of chapters and content.

Level of difficulty.

The reason why I stress on asking seniors is because they've been through the same year. They have an idea of what's going on. Don't ask your teachers, every single teacher wants you to join their class and of course she'll say that the material is easy. For a safer side, I ask 3 seniors, even if 2 give opposite scenarios, the 3rd one will be the tie breaker. Don't ask everyone's opinion, you'll get confused, just be... Careful.

And not to mention, I've heard many say things like "But it's awkward to talk to seniors." Or "We don't want to annoy them" etc etc. Honestly I, as a senior, have never felt irritated or annoyed and neither have my classmates felt that way because we all know how confused we were while choosing our subjects and we definitely don't feel awkward. Choose an appropriate time and place, the conversation won't take longer than 10 mins and at the end of the day, you got a new acquaintance :)

Hope this helps <3