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• (1 vote) suggest a book for me ?
  

  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
  
  It’s a different kind of adventure. not really scifi. A little grown up, but you said you read older than you were so it should be fine.
  
  - written 1 year, 8 months ago – voted for by scary doll

• (1 vote) I don’t know how it all started, well one Monday in maths my teacher was talking about our sats and how much she thinks we will all do well.
  

  Anxiety is really terrible. I suffer from it in a mild form. I just keep putting things off and worrying about them until they’re too late.
  
  What you have to realize is that SAT’s were never ever designed to test the individual student, but were designed to test how well your school taught you. I used to teach maths in secondary schools so I know the pressure that some of the teachers may be putting on you to get your high level. What are you predicted? Have you done any mock tests? Anyway, none of that matters.
  
  You said you were in the top set, so no matter what would have happened you would have done fine, and I bet you still will. You may think you’re not good, but I don’t think they would put you in top set if you were bad.
  
  Now lets be getting to the route of the problem. It’s not the actual maths that is bothering you. Now tell me if I am wrong but I would say that the problem is the thought of not doing well, or disappointing your teachers, or parents or yourself.
  
  One of the reasons why this test is not as important as you think right now, is because there is something way more important that you need to pay attention to, and that is YOU. If it is really worrying you that much, then don’t take it. Simple as that. The SATs will still happen, the other students marks will go off. I’m sure the teachers will be able to sort something out. And if you are worried about your place in top set, then you can get your teachers to do a special assessment for you to test you knowledge.
  
  But you will have to deal with the anxiety eventually because there are other tests you will have to do in the future, gcse’s, a-levels etc. They will be further ahead than the SATs that are coming up, so you don’t have to worry about them. But you will have to find techniques that you can use to cope with them when they come. One way to cope with it is to remind yourself that these tests are not more important than your health and your wellbeing, and so you shouldn’t need to think about it this much.
  
  You still have time to do well in these tests I think, so look forward to going back to school and seeing your friends. Tests come and go, and they are only as important as you want it to be, not anyone else.
  
  - written 1 year, 8 months ago – voted for by rlj.x

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• Why do guys have to be so obsessed with s*x?
  

  Not all guys are obsessed with sex.
  - written 3 months ago

• I just don’t see the point.
  

  You don’t necessarily have to narrow down any time soon, or commit to anything just yet. Psychology is a very good general open degree, which should allow to take lots of different routes. And more often than not, a first degree will open lots of doors, and rarely restricts you from certain options. So that’s fine.
  
  It’s quite normal for people to spend years looking for thing that they enjoy. Some give up looking and settle for what they have, and some keep looking. It depends on what you can be content with.
  
  It can be very daunting having so many options open to you, but it’s normal to feel that way. I felt the same when I completed my first degree. I tried a lot of stuff, most of which I didn’t like, but that was good cos I was able to identify stuff that I definitely knew I didn’t wanna do. It can be a process of elimination too.
  
  Try lots of stuff at the same time too. Do voluntary work at different places as well as a regular job where you can earn a bit of cash if you need to.
  - written 3 months ago

• hi people
  

  hi
  - written 3 months ago

• I just don’t see the point.
  

  I used to feel a little bit like that, like I didn’t really care about anything, and didn’t really have much interest in stuff that other people enjoyed a lot. I later on found stuff that I liked doing, but I had to go well out of my way to find the motivation.
  
  What have you graduated in? What kind of stuff have you done? Have you travelled etc etc?
  
  Not sure if it helps, but everyone has something that gets them going. If you feel you don’t, you just haven’t found it yet. Keep looking, it’s out there waiting for you.
  - written 3 months ago

• how to play .flv clips with 62 bit vista op sys - or should we just convert?
  

  Try VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
  - written 7 months, 1 week ago

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