[The Wedge Effect]

as a mod i feel the need to put a "Dont try this at home kids" message of here

Yeah, don't try this at home kids! Unless you're bored, that is...ahem...

[Hev]

yeah i'm doing higher chemistry this year aswell, and it's not fun, especially when ur teacher tells you that the whole class will fail, and that one guy balanced an equation wrong so he told him to hang himself... and he wasnt joking which is *very* worrying...

[dondon]

it sounds like you have an even stranger chemistry teacher than i had

[Hev]

tell me about it! im desperate to change classes but i cant!

[Strummer]

I'm doing open learning Chemistry this year, should be starting in a couple of weeks... I did Higher Chemistry when I was at school but failed it (mostly cos I stopped going to school ). I've been looking over the notes and stuff for standard grade and higher, and it's amazing how much I've forgotten... I think I've got a lot of work to do.

[Hev]

hell i forget what we did yesterday

[hehehehehehe]

Ahh higher chem, i anyone kina finding it a bit over their head! lol anyone takin physics and bio too? x

[dondon]

I did it last year and didnt get a lot of the first unit til i revised it for the prelim, i never did physics but i did biology, it kinda helps later on when you do stuff about enzymes and proteins.

[Nathan]

Dunno wot ive let myself in for. Am doin all 3 sciences this year (and maths)

Think im gonna go and cry!!!!!

[dondon]

thats probably a good idea Actually it could work out easier because they are all slightly related

[Hev]

im doin higher chem and bio but not physics, we just did a chem mid unit test and i got 14 our of 20, i got the second highest mark and i got a better mark that the others who were resitting it aswell, and all my teacher had to say was 'yeah ok wahtever, not bad.. i guess, well not really...'

[Nathan]

Thats possible. Its probably gonna be 1 hel of an uphil strugle til bout xmas tho!!

[dondon]

I wont tell you about what happens after christmas then , it is difficult but if you enjoy the subjects and try to think what you want to do it for then im sure youll be able to.

I was really trying very hard to think about something positive about doing highers, it was very difficult

[Hev]

well i took higher chemistry cos i was taking 5 highers and it was all i could take for my 5th, not the best reason for it! lol

[maria]

i missed one day of triple Chemistry as ive got the flu , and i feel like i have missed half the course!! got sooo much to catch up on before Friday.

why does it always feel like classes do loads of work the day you are absent, so annoying!

[Nathan]

what kinda sick skool gives ppl triple periods?!?

[maria]

haha! our school! its not that bad, only an hour and a half, goes by quite quickly....at times!!

do you not get triple periods of Chemistry, its quite normal in our school!

[Hev]

no we only get singles or doubles too, each period is 40 minutes, except the one after lunch with is 45, no idea why thought, longest we're in anything is an hr 20. i culdnt handle more! lol

[maria]

each of our periods last 30 minutes, and most we have are triples, so thats an hour and a half, spose you get used to it like most things!!

[purplemonkey]

im taking all three sciences, maths and geography so its ok because they are all sort of related.

Chemistry is possible the worst tho