Well, hi! I thought I'd start this blog to keep a record of my Gap Year - for myself, and for anyone who's interested in what I'm up to! I'm going to have to backtrack a bit, as the year out technically started in June, so bear with me. I'm thinking I'll update bit by bit, starting in June and hopefully at some point reaching the present where I can continue from.

Exams
I had quite a few exams this summer - a history paper I was dreading, 2 politics exams, a closed-text english paper, and a three-hour french exam I only had enough time to start revising for the evening before :S The history paper went SO much better than I had thought it would - I have never felt so screwed for an exam before, but the questions that came up were absolutely perfect - I couldn't have asked for better! I even had to buy Joe and Alex a McFlurry each, as a few months beforehand I had promised that I'd do so if a question on democracy came up... and it did! The McFlurry's were worth the beauty of a question. The politics papers went okay, there are quite a few questions so you feel some go fine and some not so much. French was alright, I don't feel I could have done much more, but it's so difficult to concentrate for three hours, especially when the paper is normally completed in two - it's the exam where nearly everyone goes to the loo, just to have something to do... English was my last exam, and it was NOT GOOD. I was on track for a possible A* in english; I did well last year and in my coursework, but these questions were just awful! Asking about a subplot when the play has no subplot?! I went to speak to my teacher afterwards and she was having a minor freakout. I let it all go though - it was my last exam!