Re: pretend you did (x) thing in the past few weeks and try to call it noteworthy
I got my coursework results back and my English teacher seemed incredibly pleased with my work as I got 37/40, which is basically borderline A* (38-40 would've been one).
Apparently because she was extra harsh with me so if it weren't for some imperfections (she said it needed to be "perfect" to be worthy of an A*) in the form of some slight syntax errors, I would've gotten an A*. :<
It was so depressing to hear, but thankfully we get to come back to these next year and actually send them in (we're doing our coursework early) so she says I just need to make slight changes then and it'll be an easy A*.