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Very Quiet in Here...is no-one starting to have the jitters?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:35 pm
by EmeraldE
Hi All

I am not in the game of encouraging the colly-wobbles but am I the only one thinking "OHHHHH, it's getting CLOSER!!!!!!!" ?

Are we all just getting our heads down and working our DCs hard?

E

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:02 pm
by Milla
are you talking of the big nasty coming up in November?
Jittering like crazy if I'm honest. It's worse second time round (apart from for Tolstoy!) but having had a year off and now knowing what's at stake, I should be rake thin through anxiety. Naturally I'm not.

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 6:45 pm
by EmeraldE
This is my first time round and I have no real idea how DS1 will measure up. I have DS2 to go as well next year so I am hoping to be able to judge how well he may do based on DS1's performance this year!!

I wonder if this is a formula for the anxiety levels...perhaps??

VR + DS = S + A (+ Nov = S+A to the power of 99)

Verbal Reasoning + Son = Stress + Anxiety etc

Marvellous!

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:39 pm
by Tolstoy
You are in the exact position I was in last year EmeraldE.

For me DS1 was always going to be trickier than DS2, who is more competative and who I knew would respond better to having me as a teacher ( bonus CATS scores as well I found out recently) so for me yes definately easier this year with the extra knowledge of what is needed. So no panicking yet, mind you it is still early days.