I Got An E In My Chemistry Exam, Should I quit?
Tags: Failure, Quitting, Chemistry, Storytelling, Education

Few days before my Chemistry exam I kept telling myself that I could do this, so instead of saying I decided to get into action just like the proverb ‘’action speaks louder than words’’. 5 days before the exam I studied really really hard just so I could make it and finally, the D-day came I wasn’t bothered Neither was I nervous I just wanted to pass! Mind you I am In my IGCSE which means a lot of hard work which I did. I came into my exam class with full hope that I could pass the exams but as soon as I stepped into my exam class, my mode changed perhaps it was the weather I said in doubt!

As soon as I came into the class the teacher had told me that I had only 25 minutes to practice and remember what I had studied so I spent my time checking out papa Cambridge- according to my Chemistry teacher one of the best ways to study for chemistry is by re-doing past papers I knew this was the only chance I had left, however, this wasn’t my first time checking out past papers from the website in fact that was the studying I was telling you guys all along! yes I was Indeed Stupid! a few minutes later my studying had to stop and it was time to prove if it was really worth it, the paper was only 1hour long so I thought it wouldn't be too hard!

This was how my initial question paper looked like!

I opened the question paper with full courage- it started with about 18 multiple questions and 5 objective questions which weren’t too much of a big deal, I decided I had to get going regardless as soon as I started answering the question it seemed to get a little bit harder, in fact, most of the question was about the periodic table and ions/compounds! I was genuinely good at the periodic table but not the others and the biggest coma attacked me at that point so I decided to guess my way through and started doubting my first answers unknowingly that those answers I first picked were correct! in fact, I would have gotten a pure 12/18 if I had confidence in myself and had read the book rather than spending 5 days on the past papers.

#THE BIG DAY!#

Due to the pandemic, I wasn’t able to attend school, So my Principle decided that GCSE-A levels had to do online classes which was my biggest nightmare and I hated it more than I hate broccoli! but I had to endure just like they say patience is another key to success. I was in English class when I received a scanned document from my science teacher and guess what it was! it was my marked chemistry paper, before opening it I prayed as hard as I could ever do on earth, but as I opened it I wished I would have gone blind for that moment It was a shocking scream ‘’An E-’’ I broke down into tears at that moment I was thinking and saying all to my self ‘’HOW DO I TELL THEM’’ I meant my parents I was devastated I decided to wipe my tears off before my mum showed up whilst I was heading to the next class my mum rang the bell and I was the only one in the house so I had to open up the door, after seeing my face she asked why my eyes were red so I had to create a lie ‘’I accidentally poked my eyes’’ I replied in shock!

my full out mode!

in conclusion: The past papers didn’t cause my failure, I did. I knew the answers to my exam and would have probably gotten a B-C in the exam If I had read the actual book instead of past papers do you guys have any other ideas of how I could study in the future?, or should I quit chemistry? hopefully, people learn from my mistake sometimes we cannot cram everything we just have to memorize it and practice makes perfect, Next time, I would not be afraid of writing an answer I think is right!