8am and 5pm

That's when I have currently been getting to school, and when I find I am now leaving school at.
Recently, the teachers started getting panicky and all about exams, and I don't blame them.
Unfortunately, because of this, I have now been expected to arrive at school by 8am so that I can receive extra lessons, and to leave the school at only 5pm to receive even MORE extra lessons.

I'm starting to wonder if this year will ever end.

I had yet another 8am session for maths today, which I am supposedly expected to turn up for for the next two weeks. Yes, I am quite happy that teachers are doing this, since hey, none of them are getting paid extra for this. So yes, gladly, I'll turn up.
I only wish that this session wasn't occuring so early in the morning.

Okay, so people will think I'm weird, calling 8am 'early', but let me tell you that in Australia, school only starts at 9.15am- a time when reccess normally starts in other countries. I usually don't even get up until 7.30am because of my newfound late start. Which is why 8am is now considered to be early for me.

And while I curse this late finish to school, I am sort of happy that it's there since I need to be forced to study occasionally.


Wow, look at them. I should take a leaf out of their book.

Of late, there have been people who started breaking down because of exam pressure and such. One of the worst cases I know of is where the headmistress has actually threatened to take my friend out of TEE, or to kick her out of school. All because the she believes that this breaking down is a sign that she cannot handle the TEE.
What complete and absolute bull.
The girl in question has been receiving some of the highest marks in her classes for a long time. She studies so hard, and has been doing so since Day One. To force her out now after all the hard work she's put in would not only be unfair to her, but also to the teachers who helped her get there and the school who would benefit from her marks. The only thing wrong with her is that she doesn't have the confidence in herself. Despite these high marks, she continually breaks down before each exam. I would be happy if I had her marks, but she seems to be upset that she's not doing as well as she should, or that she's not memorising things when she should be. I watched her in Human Biology today, when we were doing a unit test, and she looked like she was about to break down again. I didn't even really study for the same test, but I wasn't on the verge of tears.

You know what? Maybe I should do what she does so that I can get good marks too.

Mishy <3