wise otter hq 🦦

it's frustrating to get stuck on something you knew how to do last week when you revise a chapter, plan when you'll come back to it too do a few questions tomorrow. if those go well, try again a few days later you don't have to redo the whole chapter every time. just check you can still do the questions without your notes

if every question leaves you staring at the solution, try a simpler set first if you're getting everything right without thinking, go a little harder you should have to think, but you should also be getting somewhere the hardest questions aren't always the most useful ones for you right now

if you still don't understand after the teacher explains it, say so it's awkward when everyone else is nodding if you don't want to ask in front of the class, ask after you don't have to go home and figure it all out alone

you are allowed to rest tonight even if your work isn't finished during exam season, there's always one more chapter to revise, one more paper to do, one more thing you feel behind on if you wait until the whole list is cleared before you let yourself stop, you'll never rest without feeling guilty leave some of it for tomorrow taking a proper break tonight doesn't mean you don't care about your exams. you're just tired after a long week you can rest before everything is done

all the best to everyone sitting for o level chem practical tomorrow read everything properly. write what you actually observe. check your units one mark at a time

if the formula is on the tip of your tongue, don't open your notes straight away give yourself a moment to work it out remembering it yourself is part of the practice if you're properly stuck, check. then try again without looking

if a question has too many steps, stop trying to hold the whole thing in your head write down what you know. work out one part. use that for the next you don't have to see the whole solution before you start

doing ten questions from the same chapter can make you feel like you've got it but the chapter title is already telling you which method to use mix in questions from topics you've learnt before see if you can still work out what to do without that clue

i used to think productive days should feel impressive most of them don't it's just doing a question, checking why you got it wrong, and doing another one the boring days are usually the ones moving you forward

you can know the topic and still lose marks because you didn't answer what was asked slow down before you start answer the question on the page, not the whole chapter

you don't have to walk into the exam hall feeling confident sit down. breathe. start with the first question

sometimes "how was your test?" doesn't feel like a question it feels like "did you make us proud?" parents may not mean it that way, but i know it can feel damn heavy a bad grade doesn't make you a bad child

if you keep getting distracted when you study alone, sit with a friend who's focused too you don't have to study the same subject sometimes seeing someone else work is enough to keep you off your phone

friday after the first week back feels better than the actual school holidays

one bad paper doesn't ruin the whole exam you can't change what happened save your energy for the next one

the first few mornings back after a holiday feel like you were gone for three months by recess it feels like you never left

the worst person to talk to after an exam is the friend who remembers every answer 😭

all the best to everyone starting their N level written papers today you don't need to feel ready. read properly and fight for every mark one paper at a time you've got this 🫡

last night of the holidays if you didn't do everything you planned, welcome to the club nothing useful comes from spending tonight hating yourself pack your bag. set your alarm. sleep. that's enough for tonight

the two stages of a school holiday: 1. still got time 2. why did i think i had time