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Not a Happy Story Need Advice

MarcoRolo — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:38:40 GMT

So today 18/10/2018 is the first day of the hsc and today was English Advanced Paper 1 I prepped well got a okayish sleep woke up read some note and went school and was feeling fine until I sat down and just gonna put this out there I try my best not to let my personal problems be heard by anyone including most family and as soon as I sit down my face begins sweating and I’m reading the questions and I’ve memoried it but i can’t put It on to the paper so I sat in the exam room trying To look normal and trying to do my English Paper and when they collect the papers back I just left my there and left the lady picked it up and literally laughed only because I got 1 page done and I still live with my parents so my mum asked me about the paper and I just said it was all good do I tell her or just leave her out

Not a Happy Story Need Advice

MarcoRolo — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:49:24 GMT

Just a lil Extra I suffer from both anxiety and add

Not a Happy Story Need Advice

Summer Rose — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:49:03 GMT

Hi MarcoRolo

I'm really sorry that you had such a tough time with your English exam. I'm even sorrier that the lady who collected your paper didn't have any sensitivity or insight into what was happening for you.

My daughter had a very similar experience with her VCE psychology exam. She told me about it immediately and I called her teacher. The teacher was very understanding and permitted my daughter to re-sit the exam. Believe it or not, teachers and schools have a fair bit of flexibility in situations like these, especially if the school is already aware of your condition. Does school know you suffer from anxiety and add?

I don't know your mum so it's hard to say whether you should talk to her or not. Right now you need support and if mum is generally supportive, I encourage you to let her in. If not, please speak directly with your teacher, the school psychologist or your year level coordinator. I say this because you have a right to access your education on a level playing field with your non-anxious peers and school can help you--but only if they know what's going on.

School can also offer you support for your other exams. For example, in our state (Vic) students with anxiety can sit exams in a separate room, be provided with more time to complete their exams and/or a scribe can be provided to write down your thoughts for you. Support with SACs and other assessments is also available. I really want to encourage you to get a plan in place that will make things fairer for you.

I wish you the best of luck and I am happy to talk any time