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AS results

Jonathan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:10:16 +0000

AS module results from May/June exams:

Philosophy Unit 2: 80/100 – A;
Maths: Core 2: 100/100 – A;
Maths: Core 3: 100/100 – A*;
Maths: Mechanics 2: 93/100 – A (Includes ~5% special consideration for getting a migraine — I think);
Maths: Decision 2: 90/100 – A, despite giving up half-way through with the afore-mentioned migraine (back-to-back exams FTL) — I think they must have more-or-less doubled my raw mark because of that.
Physics Unit 2: 120/120 – A;
Physics ISA: 54/60 – A;
Chemistry Unit 2: 140/140 – A;
Chemistry ISA: 56/60 – A;

Overall AS results including January modules and D1:

Philosophy: 180/200 – A;
Physics: 294/300 – A;
Chemistry: 293/300 – A;
Maths: Slightly complicated as which modules go into Maths and which into Further Maths all depends, but:
- Total of all modules taken: 760/800;
- I will get an A in maths even if I get 0/100 in C4;
- If I get ? 80/100 in C4 I will get A* in maths.

AS module results

Jonathan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:24:57 +0000

I’ll do a proper post soon, I promise…

Anyway, AS module results from January exams (subjects listed in descending order of purity/awesome):

Philosophy Unit 1: 100/100 – A (duh): Woo-hoo!
Maths: Core 1: 97/100 – A;
Maths: Mechanics 1: 86/100 – A: slightly fail, but probably only one question messed up, not worth resitting unless I desperately need marks next year. I think I was a bit slapdash (read: cocky) in preparing for Maths, to be honest.
Maths: Statistics 1: 94/100 – A;
Physics Unit 1: 120/120 – A: Woo-hoo again;
Chemistry Unit 1: 97/100 – A.

I’ve also got 100/100 in Decision Maths 1 from last January. Pretty happy with those results, but I need to revise harder (read: at all outside lessons) for Maths in June.

GCSE Results – only posted 3 months late

Jonathan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:14:25 +0000

Results first, then my predictions from before exams for comparison. Mainly as a matter of record given just how long it’s taken for me to get these up.

Maths: A*, predicted A*;
Statistics: A*, predicted A*;
English Language: A*, predicted A*/maybe A;
English Literature: A, A*/maybe A;
Core Science: sat last year: A*;
Additional Science: A*, predicted A*;
History: A*, predicted A*;
French: A*, predicted A*;
German: A*, predicted A*;
Food Tech: B (1 mark off A), predicted A*/A;
RE: A*, predicted A*.

Overall I’m fairly happy with my results, and my predictions were somewhat optimistic, but the B in Food Tech is a bit disappointing.

GCSE Predictions

Jonathan — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:20:23 +0000

It’s a little late, given I had my first exam yesterday, but here they are:

Maths: A*;
Statistics: A*;
English Language: A*/maybe A;
English Literature: A*/maybe A;
Core Science:

“Chemicals” – a rant

Jonathan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:27 +0000

“Chemical” does not mean additive. It does not mean an artificially synthesised substance. It does not mean something with the potential to harm. It does not mean toxin.

It means a pure substance comprised of atoms or molecules. It is not a perjorative. Use “synthetic chemical”, “harmful chemical”, “dangerous chemical”, “carcinogenic chemical” (although the “-ic chemical” is redundant). Not just “chemical”. Water is a chemical*. Air is a mixture of chemicals. “Chemical” is not shorthand for “nasty industrial solvent”. Learn that.

*Dihydrogen monoxide

The problem with adversarial debate

Jonathan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:10:05 +0000

I’ve been thinking about socialism quite

New Year’s resolutions

Jonathan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:40:26 +0000

I have decided to give myself some belated New Year’s resolutions (an idea stolen from inspired by Sean and James R). Here they are:

1. Keep a diary in my Moleskine
Moleskines are beautiful. I probably won’t live up to that with my scribblings, but they’ll be valuable to me in years to come. I look back on the half-dozen diary entries I have left from previous years and regret not having written more.