a’levels
I've never felt so happy in exams before. I'm about 3/4 to the completion of all my A'Level papers, and I just had Econs Paper 2 today. The strange thing is, as I was about to turn over the question paper, I was terribly fearful.
Economics is split into two major sections: Micro-economics and Macro-economics. In Paper 2, we had to do 3 essays, out of 6 options. 3 were from Micro, 3 were from Macro. I was already pretty sure my 2 choices would be from Macro. The last choice was from micro, and I had my eyes only on a certain topic called Market Failure. Because it had appeared all the previous years, I put all my hopes into it coming out again this year. So, I didn't study any other micro-economics topics. Okay, I did, but not as much as market failure.
So when I turned over the question paper, I was like freaking scared, that Market Failure wouldn't come out. If it didn't, I would have instantly lost 25/75 marks.
So I turned,
And initially, I got shocked.
Because I couldn't identify the market failure question at first - the question requirements was put in such a .. unlikeable way. But I saw the terms 'market failure', and I was like heaving a sigh of relief. BUT, it was one of the hardest questions I ever seen.
So much for banging on one topic. It did come out, yes. But it was the hardest ever. How unlucky can I get?
Nonetheless, I wrote a phenomenal amount for all my 3 essays, probably bullshitting all the way through. But anyway, when the examiner said Time was up, I sat there, staring at the paper for awhile. I couldn't believe that it was over, because I hadn't really finished the essay. In a sense, I had intentionally omitted some content to meet the time limit, and I really wanted to add it in. So when it ended, I was quite in a state of shock. I got over it after awhile, and started cursing at the paper -.-
There was no link to previous years. The context were all brand new, and never seen before. It's really interesting how I screwed all my H2 papers.
Oh, I forgot to mention, we had only 45 minutes per essay, inclusive of reading the question, analysing the question, generating points, planning essay outline, and writing out the whole essay.
How on earth can someone produce good quality essays in so short a time? What a joke.
I have 3 papers left, including tomorrow's Economics Case Study. I'll probably put in more effort tomorrow; I'm pretty tired today after econs already. Somehow, just with a little bit of hope, I wish all my papers would be marked leniently.
Next February, I don't want to receive my results and cry over it. No regrets, I hope.