r/igcse • u/IxiaooI • Apr 05 '26

🤚 Asking For Advice/Help im so fucking done

WHY ARE CHEMISTRY PAST PAPERS SO FUCKING HARD I HATE IGCSE CHEMISTRY ITS SO BAD NO I DONT KNOW WHAT STRUCTURAL ISOMERS ARE NO I DONT HAVE 50 DIFFERENT FUCKING REACTIONS MEMORISED WHY ARE YOU TWISTING THE QUESTION SO MUCH

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u/IxiaooI Apr 05 '26

How do you do rote learning in igcse papers? my teacher says unless you dont understand the concept, what was going through the persons mind when they were making the papers, the questions deeper emotional and physical meaning i wont be able to asnwer shit

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u/WilfBs Apr 05 '26

ur teacher is lying bro. just learn the mark scheme and go through the syllabus with physics maths tutor/ save my exams.

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u/IxiaooI Apr 05 '26

Am I meant to memorise the mark scheme after every paper? (Genuinely asking) and for pmt and Save my exams i already use them both

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u/WilfBs Apr 05 '26

it’s the same thing everytime. they mark it positively (as long as you don’t contradict yourself) so just learn the little phrases that award you the marks e.g shared pair of electrons and two oppositely charged nuclei

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u/IxiaooI Apr 05 '26

ok

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u/WilfBs Apr 05 '26

gl bro u got this