Darth_Yuthura

to the first post: I think I could have done better in maths if it wasn't for my bad history in that field (lots of moving about and teachers quitting etc.) but that's just an excuse.

to the second: it is off the top of my head. I use a thesaurus to find some synonyms (like for the word hope which I think I've used a grand total of 5 times) but only in those situations.

I think it's easy, but that's just because I've been practising for 6 years. I read a lot. a lot.

I even put italics in for you.