Gutted :-(

I got my mark back today for my Russia 1855-1917 test paper and I got a C (55%). To be honest, I'm gutted - although I will wait to see what the feedback says. I knew that my first answer was better than my second one, so hopefully the latter pulled the former down. If they have been given the same grade I will be REALLY worried.

Im trying to rationalise it by saying that ultimately the most important thing is that I'm having fun (I am), that I'm learning new stuff (ditto), and that I dont *need* the A Level for a job, get to University etc (double ditto) but I'm also driven by wanting to get a decent grade out of it. It's doubly painful as I really enjoyed the topic. Then again, it took me a year to get my A Level grades in the two subjects that I got As for up to a C back in the day.

Not sure. Once I get feedback, I'll post that and my answers up on here.

The main thing is that I'm gutted.