What's Going To Be Different In Your New School Year?!

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What's Going To Be Different In Your New School Year?!

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The Trumpeteer	May 10 2007, 06:19 PM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 3-May 07 From: Scotland Member No.: 11070	Oh my God!!! Just 3 weeks until Standard Grade, Higher and Advanced Higher exams are over... then everyone either goes onto a new year at school or leaves!!! What's going to be different for you next term?? I'm going into S5 and not only am i away to start 5 Higher coures... they may be Difficult... most of the brass players in the section i've played in since S1 are leaving too! AND that means that starting 3 weeks from now i'm going to by the most advanced Trumpet player in the WHOLE SCHOOL and 3 orchestras... I should NOT be trusted with this responsibilty!!! all i'll do is lord it over the newbie's and try to be as intimidating as the last 1st Trumpet ( this may be hard for a 5 foot 1 girl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) but the section will be empty without the 2 other 1st trumpets and the trombone player (IMG:style_emoticons/default/argh.gif) cry! cry! cry! but i guess there's no S7. Hope your new year is less scary...

lizbun	May 10 2007, 06:36 PM Post #2
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: 11-July 06 From: somewhere Member No.: 7250	Well, GCSEs are going to start (and 2nd GCSE year of maths!), and I hope I'll progress a little bit with all my instruments. Also a lot of good musicians are going ot leave school orchestra/band.

nicki_flute	May 10 2007, 06:40 PM Post #3
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30004 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 1532	I'm going to uni (hopefully) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Bit of a change!

lucky045	May 10 2007, 06:41 PM Post #4
Unregistered	A2s? Harder more demanding work, but one fewer subject... I'll only be doing things that interest me too.

july	May 10 2007, 07:01 PM Post #5
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2070 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Berlin Member No.: 2494	Next year will actually count towards my degree! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Aileen	May 10 2007, 07:44 PM Post #6
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 20-April 06 From: West Coast of Scotland Member No.: 6707	5 highers....oh goodie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Our school is having a completly new campus built as well so moving there.

nicki_flute	May 10 2007, 07:47 PM Post #7
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30004 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 1532	QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 07:41 PM) A2s? Harder more demanding work, but one fewer subject... I'll only be doing things that interest me too. I did 5 at AS (But one was General Studies) and 3 at A2. I don't think I could have coped with 4 - I definitely don't have lots of free time, despite dropping 1 proper and 1 not proper one.

lucky045	May 10 2007, 07:49 PM Post #8
Unregistered	QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 10 2007, 08:47 PM) QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 07:41 PM) A2s? Harder more demanding work, but one fewer subject... I'll only be doing things that interest me too. I did 5 at A2 (But one was General Studies) and 3 at A2. I don't think I could have coped with 4 - I definitely don't have lots of free time, despite dropping 1 proper and 1 not proper one. Yep, I have 5 for AS including general studies.. and I suppose four next year if you include general studies as well... but I don't cause we have no lessons in it.

melody_maker	May 10 2007, 07:53 PM Post #9
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1370 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Oban / Aberdeen Member No.: 4278	Hey Trumpeteer... I am in basically the same situation as you! I am doing Standard Grades right now and 5 Highers next year. How are you finding the exams? All our 6th Years had their last day two days ago... I'm missing them already! Our Windband is going to be so empty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) And now I have to take over as first clarinet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) which means no more Bass Clarinet for me! We're going to Barcelona next June so I'd better start practicing!

nicki_flute	May 10 2007, 07:57 PM Post #10
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30004 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 1532	QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 08:49 PM) QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 10 2007, 08:47 PM) QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 07:41 PM) A2s? Harder more demanding work, but one fewer subject... I'll only be doing things that interest me too. I did 5 at A2 (But one was General Studies) and 3 at A2. I don't think I could have coped with 4 - I definitely don't have lots of free time, despite dropping 1 proper and 1 not proper one. Yep, I have 5 for AS including general studies.. and I suppose four next year if you include general studies as well... but I don't cause we have no lessons in it. We had a glorious general studies lesson a week. What a waste of time!

lucky045	May 10 2007, 08:01 PM Post #11
Unregistered	QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 10 2007, 08:57 PM) QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 08:49 PM) QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 10 2007, 08:47 PM) QUOTE(lucky045 @ May 10 2007, 07:41 PM) A2s? Harder more demanding work, but one fewer subject... I'll only be doing things that interest me too. I did 5 at A2 (But one was General Studies) and 3 at A2. I don't think I could have coped with 4 - I definitely don't have lots of free time, despite dropping 1 proper and 1 not proper one. Yep, I have 5 for AS including general studies.. and I suppose four next year if you include general studies as well... but I don't cause we have no lessons in it. We had a glorious general studies lesson a week. What a waste of time! We got told they couldn't teach us, as general studies involved a knowledge of the world etc etc... and it would be pointless to try and teach... then they told us "I know it's difficult but where it says answer in continuous prose you must answer in continuous prose" I have very little faith in our sixth form head...

nicki_flute	May 10 2007, 08:05 PM Post #12
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30004 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 1532	I hated my general studies lessons...I wish our school had had that attitude

Morgan's Munchkin	May 10 2007, 08:08 PM Post #13
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1575 Joined: 1-December 05 Member No.: 5432	I normally go to a practice room in General Studies (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) They'll be even less people in my music class!!

The Trumpeteer	May 10 2007, 08:09 PM Post #14
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 3-May 07 From: Scotland Member No.: 11070	QUOTE(melody_maker @ May 10 2007, 08:53 PM) Hey Trumpeteer... I am in basically the same situation as you! I am doing Standard Grades right now and 5 Highers next year. How are you finding the exams? All our 6th Years had their last day two days ago... I'm missing them already! Our Windband is going to be so empty My exam's are going BADLY i didn't have time for revising so will probably only scrape a 1 grade in most subjects because of folio... eek! Are S6's left yesterday... I had my French exam though so i missed the fun with eggs, flour, stink bombs, pranks, water pistoles and fairy liquid!!... For some reason i'm not that sad about that part! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) And our Concert Band is going to be empty so much that the Junior band is having to be merged with the senior one otherwise we would only have 10 people!!!

melody_maker	May 10 2007, 08:13 PM Post #15
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1370 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Oban / Aberdeen Member No.: 4278	QUOTE(The Trumpeteer @ May 10 2007, 09:09 PM) QUOTE(melody_maker @ May 10 2007, 08:53 PM) Hey Trumpeteer... I am in basically the same situation as you! I am doing Standard Grades right now and 5 Highers next year. How are you finding the exams? All our 6th Years had their last day two days ago... I'm missing them already! Our Windband is going to be so empty My exam's are going BADLY i didn't have time for revising so will probably only scrape a 1 grade in most subjects because of folio... eek! Are S6's left yesterday... I had my French exam though so i missed the fun with eggs, flour, stink bombs, pranks, water pistoles and fairy liquid!!... For some reason i'm not that sad about that part! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) hehe! The 6th Years leaver's dance was cancelled as they put cling film over the toilet seats, sillystring over the teachers, sellotaped all the handles, and basically trashed the place! I thought the Maths credit paper 2 has been the hardest yet! When is your next exam?

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