Hi everyone! This is Farzana from Farzana's Law and in today's video,
I'll be sharing with you all my top five regrets that I have from my GCSE years
and what I wish I knew basically. So, if you're interested to find out and in
order to make sure that you can save your grades as well, then please keep watching.
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this lighting. I don't know what happened. I thought the sun was going to come out and
I was going to film a very awesome video where my lighting will be perfect, but it did not work out,
and the second thing that I would like to mention is that the time stamps for this video are also
included in the description box below so that you can move on to the mistakes without having to
really watch the whole thing, but other than that let's get started with today's video!
So, the first regret that I want to share with you all is a very personal one and
something that I've done and I do not wish anyone to do, which is starting to revise pretty *late*,
like let's say in March or April, because some of us think that we can actually handle that,
but unfortunately, the true fact is that just because some of your friends out there can start
revising from March onwards, it doesn't mean that you're gonna be the same type of a person
and some of us really have to start from the beginning, like September-October-November,
and if you're that kind of a person who really needs their time to actually understand the
topics and study and go through the material as many times as possible,
then it's not the most wise thing for you to actually start revising from March,
because that's going to be way too late and considering that you have like 10 subjects to do,
it doesn't really make sense for you to really leave everything in the last minute, especially if
you're aiming to achieve a 9 or 8 in your exams, so I would highly encourage for all of us and for
you as well if you're a GCSE student to actually start studying and revising for all of your GCSEs.
So, the next thing that I want to share with you guys is a regret that I do not wish again
upon anyone and it's something that I feel like teenagers think is the coolest thing to do and
that's to basically stay up late till like 2-3 a.m thinking that you're studying but you're
actually not and that's something which is very unproductive let me tell you because,
what happens is that when it hits 12-1-2 a.m, that's when your energy levels are slowing down
and you won't be able to concentrate anyway, so rather than you staying up late and being
unproductive, it's better for you to go to sleep early and actually recharge yourself and then
wake up in the morning and start studying again. ACTUALLY, the best thing for you to do actually is
just going to sleep early and then wake up early, maybe at 5-6 a.m, and start starting from then on,
but what I did during my GCSE years is to think that "Yeah, I'm going to stay up late till 3 a.m
and I'm just going to show to everyone around me that I'm actually studying and I'm so hardworking,
so obviously I'm gonna get an A* or a 9 or an 8 or something like that." But...that was the
biggest misconception in the world! Do not ever sacrifice your sleep for anything in your life
because your health is the most important thing for you. If your health goes wrong,
then everything else will go wrong in your life, so please please take care of yourself and make
sure that you're sleeping enough. I'll recommend definitely 8 hours of sleep every single day
no matter, even if you have a real exam tomorrow or a mock or any kind of test in your life,
sleep is the most important thing that you should never-never-never sacrifice.
So, the next regret that I want to talk to you all about is the fact that I only relied on textbooks
for revision purposes or for revising for all of my GCSEs in general and also relying just on
my teachers and, that was something which was very limited in my time. When I was doing my
GCSEs in 2015 I believe, and that was when there are not many online resources for me to rely on,
except for YouTube videos here and there, and I was very much struggling when I was doing that
and I had to rely upon the teacher so much...But luckily for all of you guys who are actually
doing GCSEs in 2020-2021, there are lots of resources out there to actually rely on and revise
from, for instance from pre-made flashcards to YouTube videos that are very much extensive and
detailed, but one course that I came across, and I'm so glad I did is from the First-Rate Tutors,
and it's a really good extensive course for those of you who are struggling with GCSE English. For
example, I remember when I was doing my GCSE English in 2015, I was very much struggling with
the Romeo and Juliet part of the assessment, which I think was part of the GCSE English Literature,
and I remember how much I was struggling to really literally understand everything that was explained
by my teacher, but I couldn't really complain at the same time. But luckily with this course,
if you go through this, you will see that there are so many detailed videos and information that
are explained by the professionals and tutors, and it feels like you're literally getting taught by
an at-home tutor for your GCSE English in-depth because I know that some of us actually do
struggle with English because it might not be your first language, or it is something that
you're not really comfortable doing, but this course makes sure that you are getting through
this every single detail very nicely, and as I am showing to you guys all right now, this course is
not to be underestimated at all, because all of the details are provided for you anyway,
and all you have to do is just go through each of the videos, see, watch and listen. Pick what
you understand and what you don't understand, and the best part is you can go back to these videos
anytime you want, especially watch these videos before the real exam, so maybe one week before
your actual GCSE English exam, then you go through these videos and see what you're lacking and
where you're not lacking, in that way, you will exactly know what to revise and not to revise,
and there are so many types of videos as I mentioned before. So,
there's English Language and Literature, Paper One and Two for both GCSEs at the same time,
and I've also have done Inspector Calls for my GCSEs as well so there are videos on that as well,
and I also think that this course is very portable as I said and it is something that
you can easily access by just clicking the link in the description box below and you'll get 75 off if
you purchase this off very easily. I would highly recommend it and especially if you're somebody
who's going through GCSE English, it is a course that is not to be missed and as I said before,
if I was in 2015 right now or if I was doing my GCSEs right now, I would definitely purchase this
online course because it is SO helpful I just know it, and it is something that I've gone through
it myself, so I would definitely recommend for anyone of you who are actually doing GCSE English
this year or even next year because let's be honest, we are now in 2020, we are not going to be
just relying on textbooks, or just relying on the teacher. We are going to be getting
a bit smarter than we were in 2015 and use as many resources as possible out there on the internet to
make sure that we get that 9 or 8, so definitely purchase the course if you have not decided yet.
So, the fourth regret that I want to share with you all today is a very personal one again and
it's something that I am so guilty of doing and that is memorizing information instead of actually
studying and revising the information. So if you don't know already, memorization is not the best
technique for you to really revise and learn new information and understand new concepts,
because all you're doing is just repeating yourself and expecting all the information just
to get through your head and memorize it and stay within your head, but that's not how it works,
that's not how our brain works, and unfortunately in my GCSE years, that's what I was relying on
just memorizing the information from different textbooks and expecting that I'm going to get a 9,
but that is not how my brain works, and I wish I had somebody telling me this,
otherwise it could have saved a lot of my grades that got wasted in a way, but I would definitely
say that, please do not memorize anything unless you are memorising definitions here and there,
or maybe some quotes for English, that's fine, but if it's like genuine concept and information
that is very hard to comprehend and really remember for the longest period of time without
you going back to it again, it's gonna be very challenging, so definitely do not memorize and
do not attempt memorizing anything for the rest of your life, because that's never gonna happen
and I'm gonna be making a video in the future on how to revise for your GCSEs,
but in this video, I want to make it clear that do not please memorize anything and that's not
the best revision technique out there and I hope I have made this clear in this video.
So, the last regret that I have to share with you all is again very important,
and I'm speaking to you guys as an older sister, and that is to choose your company/friends
very wisely and who you hang out with, especially in Year 11, and i feel like that Year 11 is the
best year for you to really find out who actually likes you and who does not like you as a friend,
because for example, if you have a test coming up and one of your friends tell you to go out to
this park and play or something and they know that you have a test, but they're still encouraging you
to really go for that park thing, it kind of shows that they don't really value you and they don't
really care about you at all, and they're just caring about their own selfish reasons because
they want you to go to park and waste your time, even though they know that, you have a test,
so it really shows in this year who actually values your time and who wants the best for you,
so definitely choosing your friends wisely from early on is very important, and those
who actually respect you, who want you to succeed, they will tell you that "You know what,
you have a test tomorrow, you have to revise, you should just go and do your thing." But, if
it's somebody who is toxic and who does not want you to be successful in life, they will probably
tell you the opposite thing, which is to hang out with them and waste your time, and I guess they're
probably that kind of people who don't really care about the future, their own education as well,
but if you're somebody who's really serious and also want to be polite and respectful about it,
you can just politely decline their offer and that's will not show that you don't care about
them, rather it will show that you prioritize yourself over them and that is a very important
skill to be developed from a young age, how to be able to say no politely, and the earlier you learn
this skill, the better and trust me, it will save you a lot of heartaches, headache, and grades.
This brings me to the end of this video! I hope you really enjoyed it and what is the one lesson
that you learned from this video, comment down below, and if you're somebody who has already
done their GCSEs, what is the one thing that you wish you learned or somebody told you when you
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