Saturday, 14 March 2009

welcme! intro

wlcme 2 mkn stdyn easy!

so i tke it uv bin strglin wit ur gcses? dats k coz dats wa dis blog is 4.
hre, ull be gvn tips n wys 2 go bout revisn.
hpflly ull fl mre cnfdnt bout yrslf in da wy ov tsts n hw 2 prpre 4 thm.

stdyn dsnt hve 2 b hrd. it shld b mde fun n njyble! ths iz def hw 2 go bout it!

ne q's or cmments u wana leav, fl free! its al bout mkn sre u do wll wit ur xams.

Friday, 13 March 2009

anxiety

yor probly vry nrvos bout ur xams. n thr probly aprchin fst. its prfctly nrml 2 fl da unplsnt flin ov uneasiness, fear n wrry. dis iz mst lkly nwn as anxiety.

nw, i wnt u2 read thru ths vry creflly. i wnt u 2 undrstnd xctly wat iz bein xplnd. 1nc uv red thru it, ull nt only b mre undrstndn ov da typ ov prssure mst ppl r undr wen it cmes 2 xams, bt itl mke it mre clear 4 u 2 b abl 2 ovrcme ths feelin...

anxiety iz mre or less anova wrd 4 ''havin bttrflies'', uneas n wrryness. as sch, it iz dstinguishd frm fear, wich occrs in da presnce of an xtrnal thret. additnaly, fear iz rel8d 2 da specifc bhviors ov escpe n avoidnce, weras anxiety iz da reslt ov threts dat r prcievd 2 b uncntrlable or unavdabl.
anxiety cn b accmpnied by physcl effcts sch as hart palps, nausea, chst pane, shrtnss of brth, stmch achs or hdachs. blud presre n hrt r8 r incrsd, swetin iz incrsd, bludflw 2 da majr musle grps iz incrsd n imune n dgstve systm fnctions r inhibtd. xtrnal sines ov anxiety may inclde pale skn, swetin, n tremblin. sum1 suffrin 4m anxiety mght also xperince it as a snse ov dred or pnic.

anxiety duz nt only cnsist ov physcl symptms. ther r mny emtional symptms invlvd aswl. sum ov dem inclde; flings ov aprehnsion or dred, truble cncntr8in, feelin tnse or jmpy, antcip8tin da wrst, iritbilty, rstlssnss, wtchin n w8n 4 sgns or dngr, n feelin lke yr mnds gne blnk.

4 mst ppl, symptms rnt as bad, altho ther r a fare fw out ther hu xperince sch feelins.

Thursday, 12 March 2009

hw 2 treat anxiety


so nw uv red thru ths, u shd hve a brf undrstndng as 2 wa anxiety iz. da nxt stp iz ovrcmin da symptms.
sme ppl hve wrse cses of anxiety, so ther r a fw wys (sme mre intnse thn othrs) to treat it.

da frst wy is smply, slf hlp.
rlxation tchnques my imprve da symptms, n xercise or by tlkn 2 ova ppl in spprt grps.

a mre intnse wy ov treatn anxiety is counsllin.
by tlkn bou ur prblms wit a counslr, it hlps u fcus on wa it iz u wnt 2 do bou ur prblm n hw u cn achve yr goal. rsrch shws dat counsllincn hlps wt sme knds ov anxiety dsrdrs, spcally in da shrt-trm.

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

utbe clps

hw 2 rvse wt da rvsion pg!


stp 1.. do sumt mre thn jst readn thru yr ntes. prob da mst imprtnt point wen it cmes 2 rvsion.

stp 2.. try 2 brk ech sbjct dwn in2 da bg qs or tpcs dat u r spsed 2 rvse.

stp 3.. mke an a3 spder diagrm/mnd mp 4 ech ov da qs or tpcs. use clrs or smll pctrs 2 hlp.

stp 4.. nce spder diagrms r mde, try lrnin it. read thru, cpy it, cvr it up, den chk wot u cn memba.

stp 5.. kp cpyin, cvrin n chkin 4 ech point in da spder diagm. dnt lt urslf gt dwn if u cnt memba, jst jp tryn.

stp 6.. treat urslf wen u memba fings crrctly.

stp 7.. if spder diagrms fale, try ritin a smple sng or ply revsion gmes, rite a poem, or drw crtoons.

Sunday, 8 March 2009

5 smpl stps 2 kp in mnd..

strtn 2 rvse cn b a ryte pane, thrs no dbt bout dat. so hrs sum hndy tps 2 gt u strtd on dis rava lrge tsk ov urs.



altho u cnt xactly sy hw mch wrk u hav 2 do, sprdin it out wll hlp a lt. dis wrks wen it cums 2 dys/wks spnt rvsin, n da tme ov dy u rvise.

da mre u sprd out da rvsion u hav 2 do ova a mnth, da lss ull hav 2 do on ech rvsion dy. by sttng urslf lss wrk 2 do, u cn do it qckr, wile pyin beta attntion, n avoid pre-xam cramin sessns wich cn hppn.

tkin is esier iz a gd fing. wrkn hrd n den tkin it esy shud cme hnd in hnd. bit by bit, rvise n den brk, rvise n den brk. smple, esyn mch beta den jst wrkn 4 ags on end.


accrdn 2 rsrch neways. no 1 cn tll u abslutly wen da bst d8 2 strt ur rvsion is, coz da amnt ov rvisin we nd 2 do cn vary alot.

so u shud hava gd fink bout wat u nd 2 do, drw upa dcnt tmetble ov rvsion n try 2 estm8 hw lng it wll tke u.

mrch, hweva, gves u mrch, aprl n prhps evn may 2 rvise alot ov sbjcts, n its nt far awy 4m xams.



hav evryfin rdy 4 u 2 wrk wit. net, rvsion bks, txtbks, ur qualfctn specs, ur pens, papr n calcul8rs. if its wivin arms lngth ov whr u stdy, ull fnd u cn gta lot mre dun, coz ul cut out ne intrptions.


dnt eva go in2 rvsion wivout 1. rvsion plns r xelent, coz thy allw u 2 tme out wen u nd 2 rvse wat.
dey tke abita tme 2 mke, bt 1nc its dun ull havan xlent rfrnce 2 gide u thru rvsion. u cn also rlax noing ur gnna cova evryfing dis wy.

1. ech spec ur stdyn iz split in2 smllr tpcs.
2. drw upa lst ov thse tpcs.
3. drw in2 ur diary or clndar wot day u r gonna rvse ech 1 on.
aim 2 cmpte all tpcs bout 2 wks b4 ur xams strt. dis wll giv u plntya room 2 tke ur own mock xams n tsts n fnd out wot u nd 2 wrk on.

b rlistic n giv urslf rm 2 lag bhnd - ur strtn early memba, so its k 2 mss a fw ov thse itms.


afta a sccssfl xam, ul oftn lk bk on ur rvsion n b vry fnkful u did it so wll.

rvsion isnt alwys da key 2 acin an xam, bt it cn b a vry bg prt ov da xpernce, n gnrlly hlp u loads.

u n u alne r da only 1 hu bnfits 4m rvsion, so if u shud pt effrt, plnnin n cre in2 ne prt ov ur lrnin xperince, dis iz it.

Saturday, 7 March 2009

wbstes

ther r plntya wbstes dedic8d 2 rvsin.
hre r a fw gdns!
its alwys hndy 2 chck out wbstes. evn tho mst ov thm r all ritin, u cn gt alota tips 4m thm.

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