As
Hempy said, at least if I do have the misfortune to fail an exam, my instructors
will know I've got the motivation and have been putting the work in and I hopefully won't get my a** kicked out the door without a backward glance.
That's a really good point. If you do end up on review, because you're struggling with something,
everything will be taken into account. If you've obviously put in the effort to learn as much as you can before you even started, then that will go in your favour when they're trying to decide what to do with you.
I was offered all kinds of help when I became "at risk". It came down to my decision to leave when I did.
Incidentally, while I was still doing the theory, we were told at one stage that there were 27 people on review at the academy, that's out of about 100 students. A lot of those will still get through their training.