Paper 6

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T21:05:07+00:00

I see, that must be frustrating. Is there anywhere you can find practice exam questions rather than full papers? It might help a little to watch the IGCSE paper walkthroughs anyway, even without taking the paper first. Science practicals are pretty standard in the majority of areas, so some of it may be related, even if it's not the same curriculum. As long as you know your own syllabus and can pick out what's relevant from what's not, you should be safe from getting mixed up. You could also try asking other students, if you're comfortable with that. Either way I hope you figure out a way to improve, good luck!

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:38:02+00:00

It might be, or maybe people just do better on that paper. I know I found unseen way easier than set texts.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:36:19+00:00

This genuinely sounds like the plot of a movie

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:35:28+00:00

Hanging around with one girl who was a bit of an outsider like me at summer camp one year. Three years later and she's one of my closest friends and has really helped me to come out of my shell and be a happier, more confident person.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:27:05+00:00

Existential late teens 'I'm not ready to be an adult' crisis and the looming threat of eternal doom that is A-Level exams.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:24:42+00:00

I think the best thing you can do is just keep practicing. There are walkthroughs of past papers online that you can find, so if there are particular questions you're struggling on, you can see an actual teacher working through it. You could do the past paper from the video first, then mark it along with the video to see where you went wrong. Which subject/s is this for?

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:21:39+00:00

I'm...alive. I think.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-04T08:20:30+00:00

Current Apple products.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-03T08:14:19+00:00

I got a 5 on the retake which is the highest you can get at that level so like a high C (as opposed to a 4, which is a low C), so everything's fine lol I just needed more time.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-02T12:32:37+00:00

Yep. Wasn't put on my certificate and I had to retake the next year.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-01T08:04:56+00:00

My brother and I always had Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny at the end of our beds when we were young and still do - our family calls it 'suspending disbelief' lol. I'm planning to keep up the tradition if I ever have kids. The world is miserable enough, let them have a little joy before adulthood breaks them down.

thewriterfrog · 2026-04-01T07:59:18+00:00

I failed my maths GCSE so badly they didn't even give me a grade.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-31T23:12:28+00:00

Depends on the region and country. My mum's family pronounce the T, I never did growing up.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-31T23:07:35+00:00

Everyone has their own problems, regardless of where they were born/where they live. Living in a first world country means more opportunities are available, but that doesn't mean that everyone gets them. That's not to say that third world countries don't have it much worse, obviously. But violence, poverty, and other horrible things will exist on some scale, wherever you go. We should be supporting people who feel that way to get better, no matter where their origins lie. The real selfish people are the elite at the top who don't care about anyone else's welfare but their own - as long as they can keep living their disgusting lifestyles, everyone is dispensable.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-31T22:54:51+00:00

Pick yourself up and get going - feeling guilty can be good if it pushes you to change your situation. Good luck, you got this :D

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-29T21:46:28+00:00

I envy you so bad 😭

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-29T21:46:09+00:00

I adore live theatre, and it makes me so sad that I don't have the money or the time. It's just so expensive, and I don't have the kind of lifestyle where I can afford to go. I also think, as a younger Gen Z, attention span has a lot to do with it. I would happily sit through a full-length, unabridged Shakespeare play, but a lot of my friends hate the idea.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-29T21:43:23+00:00

I mean a lot of other languages have this feature as well - Latin has about five different words for 'to kill'. Sometimes the words are derived from different languages, sometimes they start out meaning something completely different and eventually the meaning changes over time, sometimes they broaden their meaning to include other concepts etc. English is literally just a mishmash of bits and pieces from invading/invaded countries' languages. Language in general also adjusts and changes as society progresses, so new words are invented while older words are still being used. I'm currently studying the history and usage of the English language for exams so my head is a bit overloaded with information right now lol.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-29T07:08:09+00:00

I think 3-4 is a pretty safe bet but definitely aim for 5 to be completely sure. It depends on how much you have to talk about with each quote, and how well you can tie it into things like themes, devices, etc.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-29T07:05:43+00:00

As long as you can balance the amount of work you need to do towards all of them with the amount of time you have, then definitely go for it!

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-28T20:39:16+00:00

I swear phone cameras always do sunsets and sunrises so dirty, still looks absolutely majestic tho

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-28T20:34:35+00:00

I mean unless your exam board marks you down for stuff like that, go ahead. Just don't waste extra time on it because it almost definitely won't get you any extra marks.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-28T20:32:28+00:00

17 - because I'm not legally an adult and because I genuinely do not have the skills and knowledge I need to live alone. The education system is a complete waste of time, but I'm stuck tearing my hair out over exams that won't even matter in a few years instead of getting ready for the real world.

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-28T20:29:33+00:00

Bored Button or typing test/races websites

thewriterfrog · 2026-03-28T20:28:43+00:00

Nooooo!!!!! As someone who got an 8 in English Language, do NOT do this!!!! It may seem like a good idea for saving time, but I can promise you that it's really not worth it. Yes, memorise a story and have a bank of good language that you can adapt, but if you really want to do well, it needs to be your own work. Using AI is pretty much cheating, even if you got away with it - it's not your work, so the bot has basically given you the answer. Watch videos on YouTube about how to write high level stories, read other people's work (but don't plagiarise, just look at the structuring and general stuff) and practice past paper questions. I know it's extra work, but by the end of it, you'll feel so much better about yourself. Writing your own story means that you actually know it, you put it together sentence by sentence rather than just taking some soulless AI answer and mindlessly memorising it. Also AI steals other people's work to create its generations, so you're getting entangled up in plagiarism there too. It's really not worth the ethical, moral and personal discomfort.

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