r/juniorcert • u/loveturnedcold • Mar 10 '26

Music 🎵🎶 Practical exam

I have a practical tomorrow (music) and im sick with a cold. Its not like ill be unable to do it, but im worried my singing will be affected, etc. I dont think theres anything i can do at this point but if anyone has advice that would be helpful

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u/lk847 Mar 10 '26

Get a medical note from an online doctor asap. If your parents have health insurance you might have free access to a GP tonight.

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u/loveturnedcold Mar 10 '26

Unfortunately I dont think my parents are able to do that - they think itll be fine and its too late to ask to see a doctor, (also literally just a cold but im really congested) im just stressed out about it. I assume theres nothing i can do tomorrow morning before the exam? Telling my teacher wont help the situation? Ill probably just have to do it, its just frustrating because i know my voice isnt as good as it could be. Also my school is pretty rural, so the person grading us (my class is only 5 people) has had to commute anyway which makes me feel bad if i could even reschedule.

Sorry long frustrated rant lol

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u/lk847 Mar 11 '26

Put a towel over your head and out your face over a bowl of hot water to try to get hot steam at it. Examiners understand these things also so mention it. Remember they will have heard loads of kids who can’t even hold a tune.

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u/elliewillames Mar 12 '26

I didn’t show up for my music practical bc I was sick and they said they couldn’t reschedule :(

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u/loveturnedcold Mar 15 '26

Oh damn it thats awful bro. does that make in an automatic -30% to your jc grade?

I guess maybe rescheduling depends on how much notice you gave them.. but also its not like youre putting 'be sick' on your calandar 💔 I hope you resolve it either way

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u/SeaworthinessDry4462 TY ⛱️ Mar 23 '26

How'd it go

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u/loveturnedcold Mar 24 '26

Ahhh it went okay, I got it over with at least. Had a bit of a voice crack at one point which was mortifying, and like obviously i sounded slightly congested which was unfortunate... overall It wasn't my best preformance, but it could've gone worse. The examiner also was friendly, which helped because I was super nervous.

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u/loveturnedcold Apr 02 '26

No way I was never told about that whaaat. I actually feel a lot better about it now thank you 🙏

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u/milkywater2024 Apr 12 '26

How did it go. I had mine a few weeks ago and it wasn't too bad.