Tag Archives: exams
July 4th 1975
“Came home at 3 o’clock. Had to do speech in assembly. Got 43% in Art” Now, was I doing a speech to the outgoing students, to the possible newbies, or to the BP ‘student body’ as a whole? Whatever I … Continue reading
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January 20th 1975
“Economics ‘O’ level retake” Regular EFA70sTRO readers will recall that I pretty much crashed and burned in my GCE O-Levels back in August 1974. Amongst the subject I failed at was Economics. Seems like I was allowed to retake it? … Continue reading
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August 20th 1974
“Got 5 ‘O’s including Spok. English” Let’s review these results shall we?….. Economics: Grade F FAIL E.Lit. Syll.B: Grade E PASS (English Literature Syllabus B) Physics: Grade F FAIL Eng. Language: Grade E PASS (English Language) Geography: Grade F FAIL Rel.Studies: … Continue reading
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June 19th 1974
“FINISHED ‘O’ LEVELS” I can only apologise. A true diarist would have waxed lyrically about the pressures and frustrations surrounding these important examinations. About how he or she was uncertain about how they had done, whether they had done enough … Continue reading
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June 17th 1974
“Really tried to do some Geography revision for O Level but somehow couldn’t get going” …. and so it came to pass that on this day in 1974 I would set myself up to be ‘geographically-challenged’ for the rest of … Continue reading
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January 23rd 1974
“TD2 -> Easy” Ooh, a day of cocky nonchalance about the exams! What’s the betting it blew up in my face?
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January 4th / 5th 1974
• “Revision done mainly Physics” • “Didn’t go to work – Revised (ha-ha!)” Do you feel – like I do – that the scribbled addition of “ha-ha!” somehow undermines my utter conviction to the revision process in 1974? The fact that I … Continue reading
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