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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => The VCE Journey Journal => Topic started by: chopsticks on September 03, 2019, 07:20:19 pm
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Hey guys,
Welcome to my VCE journal (yikes). I've been heavily inspired by my mate :' ) (here's her VCE journal; check it out, she has an awesome way of writing which I always just find entertaining for some reason lol https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=185859.0 )
Sooo I'm not quite sure how this works but I guess here's a bit about myself
- I'm currently a year 10 studying at Macrob (as of 2019)
- I LOVE LOVE LOVE music (even the name of this journal has a music pun heh)
- I also love writing and drawing
- Interestingly, I lack a whole heap of common sense, more book smart than street smart welp
- The subjects I'm currently studying are Methods, Hidden Persuaders (an English subject), Japanese, The World Game (sport subject), Essential Science, Bio Unit 1
- VCE subjects I want to do: Methods, Bio, Chem, Jap, Lit, Spesh
- Not aiming for an ATAR of 30 believe it or not, I'm aiming for the 99.90 for Chancellor's but we all know I'm gonna end up with a FLAT 30
- My favorite subject is...wait for it - MATH
Now my life is a bit crazy - or at least I think it is
Stick around to see why
Also if you're someone who is trying for selective school and just so happens to stumble across this post, don't be shy; feel free to ask questions...no bombard me with em
In fact, anyone in general can spam (maybe not literally because I think it's against the forum rules)
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Nice to meet you! Will you do any 3/4 subjects next year?
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Nice to meet you! Will you do any 3/4 subjects next year?
Hey!
Yeah, I'm planning on doing Methods 3/4 and Bio 3/4 next year
In Macrob, they luckily offer 1/2 or (individual unit 1) subjects; however for Methods you need to get into an Accelerated Maths program which I was lucky enough to get into but it was just pure luck
Are you doing any VCE subjects?
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Hey! It's nice to see another Year 10 journal! ;D
Are you feeling confident with Methods 3/4 next year?
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2019年9月3日火曜日 - Update
Okay so the first post was just an introduction, here's the actual logging
- I am planning on taking Jap 1/2 next year even though I have just started Jap this year (hence my crazy life)
- Tomorrow, I have my first ever Jap oral but as you can see, I'm being "productive" partially because it's all memorized
- I have my Bio test and a Math mock test (prep for our exam next week) all squished together on Thursday
- My subject strengths are leaning more towards Math, English and LOTE but not science and humanities
- I like Bio because it's interesting and I have already gone over Unit 1 with my tutor but I'm still quite weak on science subjects, or at least in my opinion
- Very terrified about chem 1/2 next year and I wish it wasn't a pre-req for med
With Jap 1/2, my plan is that obviously if it is proven to be too ambitious next year, I can always drop it after a term or a sem and take on a new subject
If it does come down to that, I'm planning on taking another English but haven't decided on which (leaning towards Mainstream)
PS: I forgot to mention
- I study extra hard for Jap because honestly it is such an enjoyable subject. We once had a day off on a Friday so I studied the night before, on the Friday and Saturday just on completing my tutoring's textbook and spent over 17 hours doing Jap, Jap and more Jap.
- Doing Lit was a last minute decision of mine before handing in my subject selections because I was recommended by a teacher to do it so I was like why not
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Hey! It's nice to see another Year 10 journal! ;D
Are you feeling confident with Methods 3/4 next year?
Heyo, thanks for that comment it made my day XD
For Methods, I'm more half half on it. My main issue this year was my procrastinating habits which I developed from last year. I guess last year, my class was the one class which had homework like once every two or three weeks. Whenever we had an assessment, we would ask for an extension as a whole class and that meant more freedom, less stress and a lot more procrastination. Those bad studying habits greatly affected me this year.
I happened to teach myself the whole transformations and matrices topic one day before my test and got a pretty bad score (which is expected). I am now trying to maintain a good work schedule so I think by next year I will be fine. Also, I love circular functions and calculus and those are a major component of Methods 3/4 so hopefully it'll all turn out okay
Thanks for that comment though, it was rlly sweet xx
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Heyo, thanks for that comment it made my day XD
For Methods, I'm more half half on it. My main issue this year was my procrastinating habits which I developed from last year. I guess last year, my class was the one class which had homework like once every two or three weeks. Whenever we had an assessment, we would ask for an extension as a whole class and that meant more freedom, less stress and a lot more procrastination. Those bad studying habits greatly affected me this year.
I happened to teach myself the whole transformations and matrices topic one day before my test and got a pretty bad score (which is expected). I am now trying to maintain a good work schedule so I think by next year I will be fine. Also, I love circular functions and calculus and those are a major component of Methods 3/4 so hopefully it'll all turn out okay
Thanks for that comment though, it was rlly sweet xx
Aw but really! I’m happy you’ve decided to share your progress, and it’s cool to see others in the same year level (:
It”s good you feel confident with methods, and if you enjoy it it should come to you easier, right
I completely understand the procrastination thing. I’m exactly the same, where in previous years I’ve gotten good scores and understood stuff without much practice, but now it’s different as I’m reaching VCE, and I lowkey need to kick my butt into gear lmao
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Aw but really! I’m happy you’ve decided to share your progress, and it’s cool to see others in the same year level (:
It”s good you feel confident with methods, and if you enjoy it it should come to you easier, right
I completely understand the procrastination thing. I’m exactly the same, where in previous years I’ve gotten good scores and understood stuff without much practice, but now it’s different as I’m reaching VCE, and I lowkey need to kick my butt into gear lmao
Haha yeah it's a great subject and also are you in year 10 too? How are you finding it? Have you thought about VCE subjects?
And naw don't worry I'm sure those procrastination habits will go away over time and you will be fine :))
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senpai has finally made a journal
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senpai has finally made a journal
Yesss all thanks to u
Also does ur pfp have some kind of metaphorical meaning behind it
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Haha yeah it's a great subject and also are you in year 10 too? How are you finding it? Have you thought about VCE subjects?
And naw don't worry I'm sure those procrastination habits will go away over time and you will be fine :))
Yeah, I'm in year 10! It's been great so far- I've enjoyed finally getting into scope of VCE and such. I've picked my subjects already, actually! (next year I'm doing eng, lit, methods, bio, psych, hhd 3/4)
Have you chosen/thought about yours?
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Yesss all thanks to u
Also does ur pfp have some kind of metaphorical meaning behind it
no it captures my mood
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no it captures my mood
me on a monday...
and a tuesday
and a wednesday
and a thursday
and a friday
and a saturday
and a sunday
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Yeah, I'm in year 10! It's been great so far- I've enjoyed finally getting into scope of VCE and such. I've picked my subjects already, actually! (next year I'm doing eng, lit, methods, bio, psych, hhd 3/4)
Have you chosen/thought about yours?
Yep, everything is in my signature section.
I also noticed you’re doing two english’s. That sounds like a lot of fun! Also, are you trying for any specific course in uni by any chance?
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me on a monday...
and a tuesday
and a wednesday
and a thursday
and a friday
and a saturday
and a sunday
oh yes sister
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2019年9月5日木曜日 - Update
I don't really know how often people log and stuff so I'm just gonna do it whenever a lot of events take place
- I had my FIRST ever LOTE oral in my life two days ago. I'm not sure how well I did but Jesus I sure was shaking after it was all over
- My poor friend has been very sick so I'm just wishing the best for her
- I had my Bio test today, first thing in the morning and let's just say it didn't feel as difficult as the first test (which I did really bad on)...I'm just waiting for the results to come back because I always find myself making some kind of mistake
- I had a Maths Exam Prep right after Bio and I did really badly. It doesn't really matter since it's not getting assessed or anything, just revision but I realized my time management is poor during test conditions and I made a big mistake on one of the questions (I got the correct answer which was like x^3 but the next question needed that formula and I wrote down x^2; so when I was finding the maximum using calculus, I was really confused why I got whole numbers when the question said to write it in exact answer)
- My Methods 1/2 exam is next week so quite a bit stressed about that
- In Essential Science (atm we're doing chem), we had to balance equations. At first they looked like jibberish but once the teacher individually explained it to me I was like wait what I totally get this...starting to somehow enjoy chem?
- We did Ultimate Frisbee for sports (I don't know why it's called ULTIMATE Frisbee like why can't it just be called Frisbee?) which was okay. We played this random mini game where we had to stand still and not budge unless if the Frisbee comes to us (then obviously we have to try and catch it). If we fail to catch it or budge just the slightest then game over. To be honest, I much prefer Hockey because being goalie or defender is the best feeling ever
- I need to finish writing my application for this scholarship and also one Lit-style body paragraph (prep for Lit next year)
- I ended up procrastinating today after school by watching The Many Faces of Ito. I've also watched Million Yen Women and those J-Dramas are sooo good (no, they're not the K-Dramas with a typical handsome CEO male lead falling in love with a pretty female, these dramas are actually more so dark/realistic and not to mention, a completely different genre; they're on Netflix so check em out because holy cow they're good). Watching J-Dramas is kinda like slow paced studying since I'm listening to Japanese people pronouncing words and naturally increasing my vocab and well as hearing
I think I wrote a bit too much...yeah just a tad bit
To finish it off here's a fun fact (more like assumption, I think I might put one every single update just for fun)
Macrob Fun Fact: The typical Mac.Robbian wakes up at 6-6:30 and goes to sleep at midnight. That's why we're always dead on the inside
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2019年9月5日木曜日 - Update
I don't really know how often people log and stuff so I'm just gonna do it whenever a lot of events take place
- I had my FIRST ever LOTE oral in my life two days ago. I'm not sure how well I did but Jesus I sure was shaking after it was all over
- My poor friend has been very sick so I'm just wishing the best for her
- I had my Bio test today, first thing in the morning and let's just say it didn't feel as difficult as the first test (which I did really bad on)...I'm just waiting for the results to come back because I always find myself making some kind of mistake
- I had a Maths Exam Prep right after Bio and I did really badly. It doesn't really matter since it's not getting assessed or anything, just revision but I realized my time management is poor during test conditions and I made a big mistake on one of the questions (I got the correct answer which was like x^3 but the next question needed that formula and I wrote down x^2; so when I was finding the maximum using calculus, I was really confused why I got whole numbers when the question said to write it in exact answer)
- My Methods 1/2 exam is next week so quite a bit stressed about that
- In Essential Science (atm we're doing chem), we had to balance equations. At first they looked like jibberish but once the teacher individually explained it to me I was like wait what I totally get this...starting to somehow enjoy chem?
- We did Ultimate Frisbee for sports (I don't know why it's called ULTIMATE Frisbee like why can't it just be called Frisbee?) which was okay. We played this random mini game where we had to stand still and not budge unless if the Frisbee comes to us (then obviously we have to try and catch it). If we fail to catch it or budge just the slightest then game over. To be honest, I much prefer Hockey because being goalie or defender is the best feeling ever
- I need to finish writing my application for this scholarship and also one Lit-style body paragraph (prep for Lit next year)
- I ended up procrastinating today after school by watching The Many Faces of Ito. I've also watched Million Yen Women and those J-Dramas are sooo good (no, they're not the K-Dramas with a typical handsome CEO male lead falling in love with a pretty female, these dramas are actually more so dark/realistic and not to mention, a completely different genre; they're on Netflix so check em out because holy cow they're good). Watching J-Dramas is kinda like slow paced studying since I'm listening to Japanese people pronouncing words and naturally increasing my vocab and well as hearing
I think I wrote a bit too much...yeah just a tad bit
To finish it off here's a fun fact (more like assumption, I think I might put one every single update just for fun)
Macrob Fun Fact: The typical Mac.Robbian wakes up at 6-6:30 and goes to sleep at midnight. That's why we're always dead on the inside
I feel your maths struggles, man. At least now you can implement what you’ve learnt in the future!
Also... watching dramas!! As homework!!
It really does help - I’ve been studying Korean a little bit and it’s really cool when I can understand! Even when I watch Turkish shows, I learn new vocabulary that I can test out with my parents and friends ;D
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I feel your maths struggles, man. At least now you can implement what you’ve learnt in the future!
Also... watching dramas!! As homework!!
It really does help - I’ve been studying Korean a little bit and it’s really cool when I can understand! Even when I watch Turkish shows, I learn new vocabulary that I can test out with my parents and friends ;D
Hahaa yes, ultimate homework ever! It's sad that dramas only help you learn languages, why can't they help us for all our subjects
Korean sounds like a fun language. I totally get you about it being awesome when you can kinda understand sentences. At one point, I started watching an anime without eng subtitles and I could understand all of it (I don't really like anime, I was just watching it like homework) Have you ever tried speaking Korean?
I've also studied Turkish for god knows how many years. Unfortunately, I didn't learn much. I don't blame the language but rather my school because they made the subject really boring and we had to repeat the same topics every single year. I feel like if my teacher was as good as my Jap teacher, I really would've enjoyed it
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Hahaa yes, ultimate homework ever! It's sad that dramas only help you learn languages, why can't they help us for all our subjects
Korean sounds like a fun language. I totally get you about it being awesome when you can kinda understand sentences. At one point, I started watching an anime without eng subtitles and I could understand all of it (I don't really like anime, I was just watching it like homework) Have you ever tried speaking Korean?
I've also studied Turkish for god knows how many years. Unfortunately, I didn't learn much. I don't blame the language but rather my school because they made the subject really boring and we had to repeat the same topics every single year. I feel like if my teacher was as good as my Jap teacher, I really would've enjoyed it
Oh damn!!!! It’s so rare to see people learning Turkish in schools. Do you remember much?
I think my Turkish abilities definitely helped a little with speaking Korean as pronouncing the letters comes somewhat naturally. I’ve never spoken Korean to someone else, mostly just to myself or singing
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Oh damn!!!! It’s so rare to see people learning Turkish in schools. Do you remember much?
I think my Turkish abilities definitely helped a little with speaking Korean as pronouncing the letters comes somewhat naturally. I’ve never spoken Korean to someone else, mostly just to myself or singing
Really??? In my old school it was compulsory so my approach to it wasn't very positive
I don't remember anything at all, maybe like random weird words (like avukat, ekmek, menun oldum)
In saying that, I can often recognize if someone is Turkish just by their names!
And aww I hope you will get to speak in Korean to other people someday, it's a really good way of practicing (btw I also sing to myself in Korean XD )
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Hi! I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of your journal! I'm in year 11 next year as well, and reading journals from people in the same year as me is really motivating. ;D
I'm doing VCE Japanese too! I initially did 1/2 this year but have decided to repeat it next year since I think it would give me more confidence. But certainly having that foundation and a taste of VCE has already been super helpful for me. I'm glad you're enjoying it, I think Japanese is a really interesting language. (I think it's probably better to use "jp" instead of "jap" though as jap used to be a racial slur :( )
- In Essential Science (atm we're doing chem), we had to balance equations. At first they looked like jibberish but once the teacher individually explained it to me I was like wait what I totally get this...starting to somehow enjoy chem?
I actually found this as well! I did chem in semester 1 and I found balancing equations and chemical formulas to be one of the most enjoyable parts of chemistry. The theory side is what made me start to love chemistry despite how challenging it can be.
So excited to see more!
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I've also studied Turkish for god knows how many years. Unfortunately, I didn't learn much.
oh yes sister
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oh yes sister
死にたいです
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Hi! I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of your journal! I'm in year 11 next year as well, and reading journals from people in the same year as me is really motivating. ;D
I'm doing VCE Japanese too! I initially did 1/2 this year but have decided to repeat it next year since I think it would give me more confidence. But certainly having that foundation and a taste of VCE has already been super helpful for me. I'm glad you're enjoying it, I think Japanese is a really interesting language. (I think it's probably better to use "jp" instead of "jap" though as jap used to be a racial slur :( )
I actually found this as well! I did chem in semester 1 and I found balancing equations and chemical formulas to be one of the most enjoyable parts of chemistry. The theory side is what made me start to love chemistry despite how challenging it can be.
So excited to see more!
Aww thank you! I'm so glad you can get something out of this journal
I had no idea "jap" is a racial slur; partially because even some of my Japanese friends use it and I don't think people would be able to tell what "jp" is
I'm glad you're enjoying the language too. I find the grammar rules and conjugations a lot of fun, as well as the kanji. Are you planning on continuing it after VCE?
Also, yeah chem is getting better but I'm not sure how long that will last XD balancing equations was my biggest enemy as I felt I was the only one in my class who had no clue of what I was doing but now I can sorta do it
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Macrob Fun Fact: The typical Mac.Robbian wakes up at 6-6:30 and goes to sleep at midnight. That's why we're always dead on the inside
I can say the same with the boys at MHS, except I was more dead and 'pensive' about life compared to everyone else because I had to wake up at 5-5:30am everyday :P
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I can say the same with the boys at MHS, except I was more dead and 'pensive' about life compared to everyone else because I had to wake up at 5-5:30am everyday :P
Oh god I can't imagine...one of my mhs friends also wakes up at that time (even though we would message each other up until 12-1am and sometimes 2) because he likes either waking up really early or really late? Maybe that's why he's always so dead
It's sad to see people live so far away somehow make it to the city every single day; I'm dying with 6-7.5 hours of sleep a day
Selective schools rlly just hate night owls
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Oh god I can't imagine...one of my mhs friends also wakes up at that time (even though we would message each other up until 12-1am and sometimes 2) because he likes either waking up really early or really late? Maybe that's why he's always so dead
It's sad to see people live so far away somehow make it to the city every single day; I'm dying with 6-7.5 hours of sleep a day
Selective schools rlly just hate night owls
Lmao my school is like 5 minutes from my house and I still manage to walk in like I’m half dead
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Lmao my school is like 5 minutes from my house and I still manage to walk in like I’m half dead
It's funny, but because I live like 25 minutes from school (if I get a lift, 50 if I catch public transport), and I get there early to study, I have to be super organised. My friend who's house you can see from the front office is always an hour or so late, every single day...
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It's funny, but because I live like 25 minutes from school (if I get a lift, 50 if I catch public transport), and I get there early to study, I have to be super organised. My friend who's house you can see from the front office is always an hour or so late, every single day...
"i'm in this photo and i don't like it"
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Lmao my school is like 5 minutes from my house and I still manage to walk in like I’m half dead
Privileged kidsss
But yeah even if my school was 5min away I'd still be dead (just using the distance as an excuse)
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2019年9月12日木曜日 - Update
This week was a tad bit stressful and iffy but it was still good in the end
- I had two parts to my Math exam, CAS + notes enabled yesterday and no CAS no notes today
- I never bring cheat sheets to my exam because everything I need to know is memorized and having a cheat sheet wastes time; I learnt this last year when I had my Math exam and I realized I forgot my cheat sheet at home
- I did horrible in yesterday's one. I ran out of time and skipped 10 questions. Basically, we had around 30 multiple choice questions and I did 20 then moved to short answer and planned on going back. I ended up wasting too much time on that so when I went back, there was like 3-5min left so I just did C C C and looked through them really quickly, changed the C for whichever one seemed like the answer just couldn't be C...I sacrificed my double checking time
- It didn't help I went to sleep at 1:40 to do a bunch of revision and practice exams and then waking up at 6
- After everyone left I uhh got a bit emotional and started crying in front of my teacher. There was an older girl who was doing her SAC and when she gave me a hug; both my teacher and her were so supportive
- I had a second course counselling session and it rlly cleared me up on some things (like if I can move out of a 3/4 during Year 11)
- I went to a Lit teacher and we looked through my Lit analysis paragraph on a text called "Heart of the Darkness". I haven't read the novel but rather read a summary and found some quotes to convey my idea. My style of writing needs to be developed but my analysis was alright. I was told to look at a poem called "Goblin Market"
- I got my Bio test back and it was really bad. I talked to my teacher about it and realized that the main issue was the fact that I'm not good at dealing with things in exam conditions. It's just frustrating getting poor marks in Bio because I already studied the whole unit ahead with my tutor, memorized all the content and have a good understanding. The stress of tests and horrific application questions just get to me (partially because they test common sense and I have none)
- The girl who did her SAC's recognized me from the music committee and told one of my friends from there about what happened. That friend (who is honestly like a sister to me) checked in with me, giving me so much VCE advice, moral support, encouragement and motivation - which made my day
- I took a nap for the first time in my life and holy it's so helpful
- We had an "R U Ok" day today where we wore casual. There was free popcorn and fairy floss, as well as a few activities [and a bouncy castle?]
- I did my second Math test today and it was a lot better than yesterday's one (in terms of my own time management). I skipped only one question and got the chance to proofread. The main things that helped was going to maccas and getting a nice sweet Chai Latte which kept me awake for the whole day
- For chem, we're doing this experiment on neutralization and making a logbook on it (we have a model logbook which was a SAC written by a girl who got a raw 50). I love my partner because she does all the prac stuff and I do all the theory (I don't rlly like doing experiments or prac stuff)
- I submitted my KLD application to the teachers
- One a lighter note, my sport class wanted to go to the mezzanine (so people could do Just Dance or play around with the machines) so I randomly stepped up and told my teacher "The Mezz has machines, it's very active and people can dance; I love the Mezz, it is amazing and I am passionate about the Mezz" and everyone just laughed; now I have to go to the mezz on Tuesday lunch time to demonstrate my passion XD
I guess the overall things are that my school has an amazing community
I also need to get myself to do a lot of questions within time constraints instead of "learning all the content" and checking my notes since I know all of it pretty well and I don't have an issue with memorization
Macrob Fun Fact: The most cherished drink of Macrob is - you know it - Bubble Tea! (followed by Milkis which they sell at the canteen)
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2019年9月12日木曜日 - Update
This week was a tad bit stressful and iffy but it was still good in the end
- I had two parts to my Math exam, CAS + notes enabled yesterday and no CAS no notes today
- I never bring cheat sheets to my exam because everything I need to know is memorized and having a cheat sheet wastes time; I learnt this last year when I had my Math exam and I realized I forgot my cheat sheet at home
- I did horrible in yesterday's one. I ran out of time and skipped 10 questions. Basically, we had around 30 multiple choice questions and I did 20 then moved to short answer and planned on going back. I ended up wasting too much time on that so when I went back, there was like 3-5min left so I just did C C C and looked through them really quickly, changed the C for whichever one seemed like the answer just couldn't be C...I sacrificed my double checking time
- It didn't help I went to sleep at 1:40 to do a bunch of revision and practice exams and then waking up at 6
- After everyone left I uhh got a bit emotional and started crying in front of my teacher. There was an older girl who was doing her SAC and when she gave me a hug; both my teacher and her were so supportive
- I had a second course counselling session and it rlly cleared me up on some things (like if I can move out of a 3/4 during Year 11)
- I went to a Lit teacher and we looked through my Lit analysis paragraph on a text called "Heart of the Darkness". I haven't read the novel but rather read a summary and found some quotes to convey my idea. My style of writing needs to be developed but my analysis was alright. I was told to look at a poem called "Goblin Market"
- I got my Bio test back and it was really bad. I talked to my teacher about it and realized that the main issue was the fact that I'm not good at dealing with things in exam conditions. It's just frustrating getting poor marks in Bio because I already studied the whole unit ahead with my tutor, memorized all the content and have a good understanding. The stress of tests and horrific application questions just get to me (partially because they test common sense and I have none)
- The girl who did her SAC's recognized me from the music committee and told one of my friends from there about what happened. That friend (who is honestly like a sister to me) checked in with me, giving me so much VCE advice, moral support, encouragement and motivation - which made my day
- I took a nap for the first time in my life and holy it's so helpful
- We had an "R U Ok" day today where we wore casual. There was free popcorn and fairy floss, as well as a few activities [and a bouncy castle?]
- I did my second Math test today and it was a lot better than yesterday's one (in terms of my own time management). I skipped only one question and got the chance to proofread. The main things that helped was going to maccas and getting a nice sweet Chai Latte which kept me awake for the whole day
- For chem, we're doing this experiment on neutralization and making a logbook on it (we have a model logbook which was a SAC written by a girl who got a raw 50). I love my partner because she does all the prac stuff and I do all the theory (I don't rlly like doing experiments or prac stuff)
- I submitted my KLD application to the teachers
- One a lighter note, my sport class wanted to go to the mezzanine (so people could do Just Dance or play around with the machines) so I randomly stepped up and told my teacher "The Mezz has machines, it's very active and people can dance; I love the Mezz, it is amazing and I am passionate about the Mezz" and everyone just laughed; now I have to go to the mezz on Tuesday lunch time to demonstrate my passion XD
I guess the overall things are that my school has an amazing community
I also need to get myself to do a lot of questions within time constraints instead of "learning all the content" and checking my notes since I know all of it pretty well and I don't have an issue with memorization
Macrob Fun Fact: The most cherished drink of Macrob is - you know it - Bubble Tea! (followed by Milkis which they sell at the canteen)
its amazing you're able to connect with an older student and get some guidance ;D
you have bubble tea at your canteen,,,,,,,,
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its amazing you're able to connect with an older student and get some guidance ;D
you have bubble tea at your canteen,,,,,,,,
Yes, it is amazing! That's basically our community
And no we don't have bubble tea in our canteen. It's just that bubble tea happens to be on the way to and from school so it's really convenient to buy some, hence it being Macrob's fav drink
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Yes, it is amazing! That's basically our community
And no we don't have bubble tea in our canteen. It's just that bubble tea happens to be on the way to and from school so it's really convenient to buy some, hence it being Macrob's fav drink
That's so awesome! Conversations with older students who have already done your subject and know your school are so helpful!
Do you get your bubble tea at Chatime? What's your favourite flavour?
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That's so awesome! Conversations with older students who have already done your subject and know your school are so helpful!
Do you get your bubble tea at Chatime? What's your favourite flavour?
Yes it is! She gives awesome advice and recommendations for tutoring, she's literally an angel!
Hmm, personally I don't get bubble tea frequently. It's just a bit too sugary (I'm a bit picky as in I don't drink soft drinks AT ALL and the only sugary drink I have is my Chai Latte to keep my brain functioning).
But yeah, I generally get mine from Chatime or Gong Cha. Chatime has a bit of a bad reputation amongst us. People complain it's too pricey or doesn't taste as good; just not worth it. To me, bubble tea tastes like bubble tea and it's rlly just a dollar or two in difference.
My favorite flavor would have to be honey dew milk tea with pearl toppings (my go to drink). I also like guava, though. What about you?
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What about you?
I agree! Chatime is a little pricey, but where I live it's Chatime or nothing. When I'm in the city I go wherever is closest and looks good.
Pearls are a must! At Chatime I always get a tropical tea with no sugar and no ice, but I like any of the fruity flavours.
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Thai milk tea w/ pearls >>>>>>>>
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I agree! Chatime is a little pricey, but where I live it's Chatime or nothing. When I'm in the city I go wherever is closest and looks good.
Pearls are a must! At Chatime I always get a tropical tea with no sugar and no ice, but I like any of the fruity flavours.
Oh same, I don't have sugar either. Ruins the taste and just unnecessary additional calories.
Tbh I only have bubble tea for the pearls (but there have been rough times when the pearls ran out so I ordered aloe vera topping instead)
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Thai milk tea w/ pearls >>>>>>>>
OMG I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THAT BEFORE AND JESUS SOOOOOO GOOD
Maybe if i find a shop selling that on the way home I will get some everyday
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2019年9月20日金曜日 - Update
So I survived until the end of Term 3...yes, still one more to go! I'm typing this while I'm on the train on the way to my ATAR Notes Bio 3/4 lecture
- I did pretty trash on my Jap listening test and reading test (I thought I would've done a lot better on my reading). I guess my listening test is excused because it was the first time I ever did one
- I did a lot better in my Chemistry test
- I was waiting to post this update after I got my KLD outcome but too bad that ain't happening until next term so more anxiety
- We had Spring Concert on Thursday. It was reallyyy emotional and my last concert as Macrob's Middle School Music Rep (MSMR). The old Music Captains were the sweetest most hardworking people I've ever met and one of them is my biggest role model. I'm anxiously waiting for my new Student Music Committee Outcome so I will keep you guys updated on that
- Today, as u know, was the last day of school. School finished at 2:35pm. I left school at 12:50 for the climate strike with my friend (she the best violinist in all of Macrob). We drank some (yep you guessed it) bubble tea (premium milk tea with pearl toppings, less ice and no sugar). We shuffled our way through the depths of Melbourne Central (MC) to Emporium and went to buy a present for my other friend's bday on Sunday. We went to Kikki K. and when the cashier told me to say my email address, my friend and I started giggling because it's such a koreaboo name (related to Kim Seokjin of BTS) and she was like "why u laughin" and I was like because it's a kpop name...she told us she used to be a hugeee exo fan and she's seen them not once but TWICE and she is learning korean; that's not all, she looked at my uniform and said "you know, I used to go to Macrob too" and my friend and I went full fangirl mode
Anyways, thanks for reading. If you guys want a list of all the ATAR Notes lectures I will be going to, I will post it down below
Macrob Fun Fact: We have seasonal concerts which are run by the music department, as well as a few plays and musicals which are run by the drama department.
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Anyways, thanks for reading. If you guys want a list of all the ATAR Notes lectures I will be going to, I will post it down below
Yes!! <3 ;D
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ATAR Notes Revision Lectures I attended/will attend
Saturday 21st September
- 10-1pm Chemistry 1/2 (accidentally missed out because woke up too late)
- 2-5pm Biology 3/4
Saturday, 5th October
- 10-1pm Methods 3/4
- 2-5pm Biology 1/2
Sunday 6th October
- 10-1pm Literature 3/4
- 2-5pm Specialist Maths 3/4
Hope to see you guys there if anyone happens to be going to the same lecture!
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Hope to see you guys there if anyone happens to be going to the same lecture!
Hopefully we'll see each other!!
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2019年9月20日金曜日 - Update
So I survived until the end of Term 3...yes, still one more to go! I'm typing this while I'm on the train on the way to my ATAR Notes Bio 3/4 lecture
- I did pretty trash on my Jap listening test and reading test (I thought I would've done a lot better on my reading). I guess my listening test is excused because it was the first time I ever did one
- I did a lot better in my Chemistry test
- I was waiting to post this update after I got my KLD outcome but too bad that ain't happening until next term so more anxiety
- We had Spring Concert on Thursday. It was reallyyy emotional and my last concert as Macrob's Middle School Music Rep (MSMR). The old Music Captains were the sweetest most hardworking people I've ever met and one of them is my biggest role model. I'm anxiously waiting for my new Student Music Committee Outcome so I will keep you guys updated on that
- Today, as u know, was the last day of school. School finished at 2:35pm. I left school at 12:50 for the climate strike with my friend (she the best violinist in all of Macrob). We drank some (yep you guessed it) bubble tea (premium milk tea with pearl toppings, less ice and no sugar). We shuffled our way through the depths of Melbourne Central (MC) to Emporium and went to buy a present for my other friend's bday on Sunday. We went to Kikki K. and when the cashier told me to say my email address, my friend and I started giggling because it's such a koreaboo name (related to Kim Seokjin of BTS) and she was like "why u laughin" and I was like because it's a kpop name...she told us she used to be a hugeee exo fan and she's seen them not once but TWICE and she is learning korean; that's not all, she looked at my uniform and said "you know, I used to go to Macrob too" and my friend and I went full fangirl mode
Anyways, thanks for reading. If you guys want a list of all the ATAR Notes lectures I will be going to, I will post it down below
Macrob Fun Fact: We have seasonal concerts which are run by the music department, as well as a few plays and musicals which are run by the drama department.
massive wish of good luck with kld!!!! i’m hoping you’ll be successful!!
omg ksj lmao,, which groups do you like + biases?
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Hopefully we'll see each other!!
Ooo nice fingers crossed though I'm not too sure if I still wanna go since my friend and I didn't rlly like the Bio 3/4 lecture
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massive wish of good luck with kld!!!! i’m hoping you’ll be successful!!
omg ksj lmao,, which groups do you like + biases?
NAWWWW THANK YOU!
Hahaha I'm actually just an army but casual listeners to other boy groups.
Bts Bias - Worldwide Handsome : ))))
Exo Bias - Baekhyun
iKon Bias - Jinhwan
Vixx Bias - N
AkMu - BOTH OF THEMMM
idk skz, btob or astro well enough to have a bias
Which groups do u stan and biases?
Also even though Henry got roasted by TwoSet I still love him
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Damn, do you play any instruments?
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NAWWWW THANK YOU!
Hahaha I'm actually just an army but casual listeners to other boy groups.
Bts Bias - Worldwide Handsome : ))))
Exo Bias - Baekhyun
iKon Bias - Jinhwan
Vixx Bias - N
AkMu - BOTH OF THEMMM
idk skz, btob or astro well enough to have a bias
Which groups do u stan and biases?
Also even though Henry got roasted by TwoSet I still love him
yeah same, i'm army + a casual listener! my biases change depending on the day lmao but it's mostly jimin <3
i don't really stan other groups, but i listen to g-idle, mamamoo, got7, etc etc. i listen to more soloists, like heize, crush, chungha.
are you watching any dramas at the moment? i've been trying to get into cha eunwoo's new one on netflix but i'm struggling lmao
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Damn, do you play any instruments?
Yep, of course. I play piano, violin, trombone, double bass and guitar. When it comes to moving with percussion instruments I like scare myself to death since I don’t know anything about them XD
I’ve stopped a lot of my instruments actually because at one point it because overwhelming to manage 5 instruments (plus singing) on top of all my studies
Right now I don’t do much; just double bass and guitar (and I use my piano to accompany my singing)
Do u do anything
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yeah same, i'm army + a casual listener! my biases change depending on the day lmao but it's mostly jimin <3
i don't really stan other groups, but i listen to g-idle, mamamoo, got7, etc etc. i listen to more soloists, like heize, crush, chungha.
are you watching any dramas at the moment? i've been trying to get into cha eunwoo's new one on netflix but i'm struggling lmao
Ayy yess u get me! And I also like solo artists like Bol4
I haven’t been looking at k-dramas recently but I remember not liking Eunwoo’s most famous drama (My ID is Gangnam Beauty) all that much; it was okay but I just liked the webtoon better
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Ayy yess u get me! And I also like solo artists like Bol4
I haven’t been looking at k-dramas recently but I remember not liking Eunwoo’s most famous drama (My ID is Gangnam Beauty) all that much; it was okay but I just liked the webtoon better
i loved gangnam beauty but i have to admit it was generic haha
do you read true beauty ???
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NAWWWW THANK YOU!
Hahaha I'm actually just an army but casual listeners to other boy groups.
Bts Bias - Worldwide Handsome : ))))
Exo Bias - Baekhyun
iKon Bias - Jinhwan
Vixx Bias - N
AkMu - BOTH OF THEMMM
idk skz, btob or astro well enough to have a bias
Which groups do u stan and biases?
Also even though Henry got roasted by TwoSet I still love him
I can see your a boy group stan.....
Whilst I am more of a casual listener, I tent to listen to girl groups more, like g(idle), blackpink, DreamCatcher, CLC, 2NE1, AOA, Mamamoo and a few others.
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Yep, of course. I play piano, violin, trombone, double bass and guitar. When it comes to moving with percussion instruments I like scare myself to death since I don’t know anything about them XD
I’ve stopped a lot of my instruments actually because at one point it because overwhelming to manage 5 instruments (plus singing) on top of all my studies
Right now I don’t do much; just double bass and guitar (and I use my piano to accompany my singing)
Do u do anything
Oh, but you're the only person I know that does 5 wow, max I've seen is 4. Yeah, I play violin as well, but respect that dedication.
Double Bass is pretty good, that's a free spot in macrob sympho hahah, watch out for Chua though. Looking forward to your albums though!
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i loved gangnam beauty but i have to admit it was generic haha
do you read true beauty ???
YES I DO! Do you prefer Jugyeon and Suho or Jugyeon and Seojun
ALSO I WAS CRYING TODAY OVER THE LATEST CHAPTER BUT WONT SPOIL ANYTHING
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I can see your a boy group stan.....
Whilst I am more of a casual listener, I tent to listen to girl groups more, like g(idle), blackpink, DreamCatcher, CLC, 2NE1, AOA, Mamamoo and a few others.
Oh sorry, I can't rlly do girl groups; they're just not for me
Although I do admire the vocals of Mamamoo but I don't listen to them
Weirdly enough, I sometimes listen to cello covers of popular songs by girl groups
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Oh, but you're the only person I know that does 5 wow, max I've seen is 4. Yeah, I play violin as well, but respect that dedication.
Double Bass is pretty good, that's a free spot in macrob sympho hahah, watch out for Chua though. Looking forward to your albums though!
Thank you! Are u in Macrob too? I think you would've seen me around since I'm getting married to L3 (jokes, I was in SMC)
And nah Chua's nice. I've had him for Music: Let's Play and Music: Performance last year, Chamber Music this year. I'm going to try for Orch next year (and will audition for Chamber Voices because I was lazy last year and backed out this year)
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YES I DO! Do you prefer Jugyeon and Suho or Jugyeon and Seojun
ALSO I WAS CRYING TODAY OVER THE LATEST CHAPTER BUT WONT SPOIL ANYTHING
wait todays?? i havent read it yet!! i completely forgot ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
EDIT: i read it and omGGGGGGgagaaggGgaga
i prefer seojun !!!! all the way. but jugyeon is like in love with suho so yikes.
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Thank you! Are u in Macrob too? I think you would've seen me around since I'm getting married to L3 (jokes, I was in SMC)
And nah Chua's nice. I've had him for Music: Let's Play and Music: Performance last year, Chamber Music this year. I'm going to try for Orch next year (and will audition for Chamber Voices because I was lazy last year and backed out this year)
Nahh I'm the other one hahah, I just know that Chua has a questionable reputation among our music dept and i've heard many questionable things, but that's neither here or there loll, everyone is entitled to their opinions
yo go for it might as well do everything before vce hits
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wait todays?? i havent read it yet!! i completely forgot ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
EDIT: i read it and omGGGGGGgagaaggGgaga
i prefer seojun !!!! all the way. but jugyeon is like in love with suho so yikes.
I prefer Suho!!! Tbf, if Seojun was introduced first then I would've preferred him but yeah
AND HAHAH I WAS CRYING OUT OF SADNESS AND ANGER AFTER THE CHAPTER
After every chapter comes out, I text my friend and we have a discussion (more like rant) about the chapter
I miss Suho sooo much like my friend and I don't rlly care about Jugyeon we're just honestly reading this for Suho and hoping he finds happiness because he's so precious
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Nahh I'm the other one hahah, I just know that Chua has a questionable reputation among our music dept and i've heard many questionable things, but that's neither here or there loll, everyone is entitled to their opinions
yo go for it might as well do everything before vce hits
Yup that's the plan
And wow rlly? I noticed people like ranting and complaining (which sometimes may or may not include me as well XD )
But generally I like being optimistic and friendly towards everyone, ignoring most of the things people may say and forming my own impressions on individuals myself : ))
It's still nice to have a lot of Macrob friends
I hope you continue playing violin!!!
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Yup that's the plan
And wow rlly? I noticed people like ranting and complaining (which sometimes may or may not include me as well XD )
But generally I like being optimistic and friendly towards everyone, ignoring most of the things people may say and forming my own impressions on individuals myself : ))
It's still nice to have a lot of Macrob friends
I hope you continue playing violin!!!
Yeahh, don't let other people bring down your opinion of him if you think he's good!!
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I prefer Suho!!! Tbf, if Seojun was introduced first then I would've preferred him but yeah
AND HAHAH I WAS CRYING OUT OF SADNESS AND ANGER AFTER THE CHAPTER
After every chapter comes out, I text my friend and we have a discussion (more like rant) about the chapter
I miss Suho sooo much like my friend and I don't rlly care about Jugyeon we're just honestly reading this for Suho and hoping he finds happiness because he's so precious
omg hahahah
i feel like his character started getting drawn heaps better later into the chapters, around 50 or so! they tended to focus on jugyeons and seojuns art instead and then they finally dig into suho and noW ITS LIKE UGH WHERE IS HE lmao
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omg hahahah
i feel like his character started getting drawn heaps better later into the chapters, around 50 or so! they tended to focus on jugyeons and seojuns art instead and then they finally dig into suho and noW ITS LIKE UGH WHERE IS HE lmao
SPOILERS FOR TRUE BEAUTY
HAHAHA YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER
And that chapter where he confessed to her right before he left and then Jugyeon was like "just like that, my high school life ended" was probs the best chapter in the whole Webtoon because it was actually rlly emotional
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2019年9月27日金曜日 - Update
First week of the holidays: almost over.
How much did I get done over the holidays? Not much admittedly. I did watch the Netflix Original Switched (a J-drama) and it was soooo good apart from the ending. It somehow tackled serious issues like bullying, domestic violence and such in a realistic way. Would recommend but the ending might make people cry
This week was pretty busy because I had to go to the CBD almost everyday which was kinda exhausting for the holidays. I also forgot to do Eng tutoring online because I was helping my friend with Maths (oops).
I need to remind myself to finish that English and Japanese essay (Japanese one is wayyy overdue, I might go one essay ahead). So far, I'm trying to finish Minna no Nihongo in 3 weeks (it takes a year to finish according to my tutor) so I can focus on studying for my N4 JLPT exam on December. I also need to analyze some more Literature essays and maybe write a new one on "The Goblin Market".
I'm just anxiously waiting for the KLD application, which won't come out until like a week later, as well as my next Student Music Committee application. We'll see what happens.
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I'm just anxiously waiting for the KLD application, which won't come out until like a week later, as well as my next Student Music Committee application. We'll see what happens.
What would being on the Student Music Committee involve?
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2019年9月27日金曜日 - Update
First week of the holidays: almost over.
How much did I get done over the holidays? Not much admittedly. I did watch the Netflix Original Switched (a J-drama) and it was soooo good apart from the ending. It somehow tackled serious issues like bullying, domestic violence and such in a realistic way. Would recommend but the ending might make people cry
This week was pretty busy because I had to go to the CBD almost everyday which was kinda exhausting for the holidays. I also forgot to do Eng tutoring online because I was helping my friend with Maths (oops).
I need to remind myself to finish that English and Japanese essay (Japanese one is wayyy overdue, I might go one essay ahead). So far, I'm trying to finish Minna no Nihongo in 3 weeks (it takes a year to finish according to my tutor) so I can focus on studying for my N4 JLPT exam on December. I also need to analyze some more Literature essays and maybe write a new one on "The Goblin Market".
I'm just anxiously waiting for the KLD application, which won't come out until like a week later, as well as my next Student Music Committee application. We'll see what happens.
wishing you luck with KLD, as I am also a bit anxious about it haha. i think the 22nd of november is the day we get notified. fingers crossed!
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wishing you luck with KLD, as I am also a bit anxious about it haha. i think the 22nd of november is the day we get notified. fingers crossed!
Hey,
For the KLD is the 2 people per school rule a thing at every school or is it just at mine. Just wondering what does the KLD offer.
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What would being on the Student Music Committee involve?
From my experience as Middle School Music Rep, I remember a lot of it was running concerts, communicating with the cohort and work together with the other SMC members. We had to even go to school on school free days to help set up, move instruments into the truck so that it could transport them to the concert venue, check if all the instruments were there and so on. We had monthly meetings on what to do and how we can improve things. All in all, it's a leadership role
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wishing you luck with KLD, as I am also a bit anxious about it haha. i think the 22nd of november is the day we get notified. fingers crossed!
Good luck! Hope you make it in!!!
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Hey,
For the KLD is the 2 people per school rule a thing at every school or is it just at mine. Just wondering what does the KLD offer.
Hey,
For my school, 5 people will get selected for KLD. I've also checked the website and it says max 5 per school. So I think it's probably just at yours. According to the website and the info about KLD on ATAR Notes, I think it's a community of scholars who get to access some stuff at Melb Uni and attend lectures or something (not 100% sure). It also guarantees you some courses in Melb Uni if you get a 95+ ATAR (again, I advise to check the website because I'm not completely certain). I'm trying for it so I can meet new people haha
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Hey,
For my school, 5 people will get selected for KLD. I've also checked the website and it says max 5 per school. So I think it's probably just at yours. According to the website and the info about KLD on ATAR Notes, I think it's a community of scholars who get to access some stuff at Melb Uni and attend lectures or something (not 100% sure). It also guarantees you some courses in Melb Uni if you get a 95+ ATAR (again, I advise to check the website because I'm not completely certain). I'm trying for it so I can meet new people haha
Best of luck for KLD!! Hope you get in :)
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Best of luck for KLD!! Hope you get in :)
Aww thank you! Are you trying for it too?
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Aww thank you! Are you trying for it too?
Nah. I've heard of this since a few students in my year level have tried for it but they are like extremely smart and incomparable academically so I think I wouldn't stand a chance haha xD
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Nah. I've heard of this since a few students in my year level have tried for it but they are like extremely smart and incomparable academically so I think I wouldn't stand a chance haha xD
Nawww you should never feel that way! This scholarship is more for people who are involved in extra-curricular activities (like music, sport, debating, SRC) so you should've tried out! Hopefully, it's not too late to send one to your teachers.
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Nawww you should never feel that way! This scholarship is more for people who are involved in extra-curricular activities (like music, sport, debating, SRC) so you should've tried out! Hopefully, it's not too late to send one to your teachers.
Lol, it's ok, I'm not involved in that much extra-curricular activities either XDDD
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Lol, it's ok, I'm not involved in that much extra-curricular activities either XDDD
Awe, well I hope you apply for other scholarships
Don't ever feel down just because you feel not as highly as your peers (academically) because who knows, there's always a chance as long as you apply
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2019年10月1日火曜日 - Update
I never update on a Tuesday so here it is! (Well I think so anyways)
Today morning I had bio tutoring. Going over Unit 3 and it's sooo content heavy like trying to understand everything. I feel like I've been neglecting Bio and should focus on it a lot more since I'm doing the 3/4 next year. I just need to somehow finddd the motivation
I've had Japanese tutoring last Thursday, Saturday, yesterday (Monday) and today. The days are too close together so it was hard to get homework done. Glad to say I finished both Minna no Nihongo text books! Took me hours of work and effort. I also went over Keigo a little bit, which was quite interesting. To practice for N4, every week I have a kanji quiz, grammar quiz, vocabulary quiz and listening test. I just need to practice transitive and intransitive verbs and あげます, くれます and もらいます. My teacher is awesome, I can't begin to explain it. She has been helping me quickly go through all the content and has been really encouraging the whole way through. I feel like a good teacher makes a hell of a difference for every subject
I also have an Eng essay (which I may have mentioned before) that I want to get out of the way before the holidays are over. I think Imma stay up now and do an intro and body then send it to my tutor (she likes being sent one para at a time but that ain't happening). I also have some math homework and ofc the ATAR Notes lectures coming up soon
Macrob Fun Fact: One of the biggest Macrob and Mhs hang out places is the state library (ofc because we're selective school nerds). It sucks because you can't go there without bumping into someone, which creates awkward conversation, producing despair and utter turmoil (where is my socially awkward gang)
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2019年10月1日火曜日 - Update
I never update on a Tuesday so here it is! (Well I think so anyways)
Today morning I had bio tutoring. Going over Unit 3 and it's sooo content heavy like trying to understand everything. I feel like I've been neglecting Bio and should focus on it a lot more since I'm doing the 3/4 next year. I just need to somehow finddd the motivation
I've had Japanese tutoring last Thursday, Saturday, yesterday (Monday) and today. The days are too close together so it was hard to get homework done. Glad to say I finished both Minna no Nihongo text books! Took me hours of work and effort. I also went over Keigo a little bit, which was quite interesting. To practice for N4, every week I have a kanji quiz, grammar quiz, vocabulary quiz and listening test. I just need to practice transitive and intransitive verbs and あげます, くれます and もらいます. My teacher is awesome, I can't begin to explain it. She has been helping me quickly go through all the content and has been really encouraging the whole way through. I feel like a good teacher makes a hell of a difference for every subject
I also have an Eng essay (which I may have mentioned before) that I want to get out of the way before the holidays are over. I think Imma stay up now and do an intro and body then send it to my tutor (she likes being sent one para at a time but that ain't happening). I also have some math homework and ofc the ATAR Notes lectures coming up soon
Macrob Fun Fact: One of the biggest Macrob and Mhs hang out places is the state library (ofc because we're selective school nerds). It sucks because you can't go there without bumping into someone, which creates awkward conversation, producing despair and utter turmoil (where is my socially awkward gang)
Bio and Jap tutoring, sounds hectic whew. Love your dedication for Jap ahaha
Yo, from personal experience I can safely advise against studying at State if you want to study efficiently or privacy AHAHAH it's really bad/hard. I used to go there to study w mates but they just kept gravitating towards the macrobs, so stopped studying w them. Can recommend u a good place if you want to grind in city next year tho, very close to state and I went there all this year
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Bio and Jap tutoring, sounds hectic whew. Love your dedication for Jap ahaha
Yo, from personal experience I can safely advise against studying at State if you want to study efficiently or privacy AHAHAH it's really bad/hard. I used to go there to study w mates but they just kept gravitating towards the macrobs, so stopped studying w them. Can recommend u a good place if you want to grind in city next year tho, very close to state and I went there all this year
Hahaha thank you. I have tutors for basically all my subjects (apart from Methods because my tutor wasn't the best so I had to quit him)
Yuck, I don't like studying there either. Went there once and never again. Haha gravitating towards Macrob? And ooo what's a good place?
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2019年10月3日木曜日 - Update (more like rant)
After spending some time thinking, I realized I no longer want to continue Bio and do the 3/4. Why? Here are my problems with Bio
1. I don't really like science subjects. Yes, that's right (sorry for those who love science, I'm just really bad at it lol)
2. Unit 4 Bio seems difficult and I don't think I will enjoy it. Evolution? I much prefer the content in Unit 3.
3. It doesn't scale much. Yes, I know some people say scaling doesn't matter but in my case, since I'm not as strong in Bio, I will need to put extra effort in it to have a higher study score. This might mean neglecting my other subjects and it's not very rewarding. If I end up getting a 42, it will go to a 43.
4. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT enjoy pracs. I'm not a hands on person at all, nor do I like applying what I "learnt" from the prac into an assessment.
5. I cannot do application styled questions. This is the main point here. It absolutely sucks, I know my content inside and out yet I do so poorly on my test. I am that one kid that answers all of the teacher's questions correctly and goes home to practice yet when the results come, it doesn't look all that pretty. I can't seem to use common sense and apply my knowledge to unfamiliar, real life scenarios (which Bio seems to love to throw at us). I also struggle to express my answers and give the markers exactly what they're looking for.
Anyways, I'm a bit upset about this. I studied not only 1/2 but also 3/4 and I was dead serious about doing it next year. I guess the knowledge will come about to be useful in Med but now I'm torn between what I want to do as my second 3/4 next year (I really want to do two 3/4's so I only have four for Year 12).
Sorry for the rant, especially to science and Bio lovers. I really wish I could be more passionate and optimistic towards this but I really don't enjoy it that much
I have decided on a few different 3/4 subjects I may want to replace Bio with but it will be a lot of pressure to do well since I've prepared so much for this subject only for it to backfire
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Yo, from personal experience I can safely advise against studying at State if you want to study efficiently or privacy AHAHAH it's really bad/hard. I used to go there to study w mates but they just kept gravitating towards the macrobs, so stopped studying w them.
Can confirm. Was ditched multiple times by my MHS mates because they wanted to hang out with the Macrobs...
I had a mate that only 'tutored' this one Macrobbian and no one else. Oh the memes were glorious :)
After spending some time thinking, I realized I no longer want to continue Bio and do the 3/4. Why? Here are my problems with Bio
1. I don't really like science subjects. Yes, that's right (sorry for those who love science, I'm just really bad at it lol)
2. Unit 4 Bio seems difficult and I don't think I will enjoy it. Evolution? I much prefer the content in Unit 3.
3. It doesn't scale much. Yes, I know some people say scaling doesn't matter but in my case, since I'm not as strong in Bio, I will need to put extra effort in it to have a higher study score. This might mean neglecting my other subjects and it's not very rewarding. If I end up getting a 42, it will go to a 43.
4. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT enjoy pracs. I'm not a hands on person at all, nor do I like applying what I "learnt" from the prac into an assessment.
5. I cannot do application styled questions. This is the main point here. It absolutely sucks, I know my content inside and out yet I do so poorly on my test. I am that one kid that answers all of the teacher's questions correctly and goes home to practice yet when the results come, it doesn't look all that pretty. I can't seem to use common sense and apply my knowledge to unfamiliar, real life scenarios (which Bio seems to love to throw at us). I also struggle to express my answers and give the markers exactly what they're looking for.
Anyways, I'm a bit upset about this. I studied not only 1/2 but also 3/4 and I was dead serious about doing it next year. I guess the knowledge will come about to be useful in Med but now I'm torn between what I want to do as my second 3/4 next year (I really want to do two 3/4's so I only have four for Year 12).
Sorry for the rant, especially to science and Bio lovers. I really wish I could be more passionate and optimistic towards this but I really don't enjoy it that much
I have decided on a few different 3/4 subjects I may want to replace Bio with but it will be a lot of pressure to do well since I've prepared so much for this subject only for it to backfire
Biology is an extremely heavy topic, so I don't blame you for not wanting to continue it (evolution is actually terrible lol). It's best if you actually do subjects you enjoy, so definitely try to think of subjects you'll think you'll do well. I don't really recommend you do subjects that require prior knowledge from unit 1/2 and jump straight to 3/4 as there are fundamental learnt from 1/2 that will significantly help you (though, a bit hypocritical as I did accounting in 1/2 and switched to chem in 3/4, which is heavily reliant on 1/2 knowledge).
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hello !!! love your journal (especially the title as soon as I saw it I had to read lol)
so awesome to see you're so passionate about Japanese and striving for your goals. Also fully appreciate that you're into k-media?? what to call it? and looking into med!!! Very relatable bahahaha
I felt obliged to leave a few thoughts lmao
• don't fret about biology !! idk about Monash or whatever but at UNSW med they had catchup modules for people who hadn't done bio. And look, I'm not proud of it, but I didn't even do them. Nonetheless I haven't been kicked out. You can just pick it up. Don't worry! Reading your rationalisation though, med does have a ton of pracs (some of which are absolute shit), relies on real-life application by nature and though it pains me to say so, the exams and essays do not end. It's not a big deal. Just be aware that you might have to tolerate some of the stuff you don't like !
• you'll get N4!!!!!!! to be using Japanese like you do at the moment you have the most important factor in success: passion!! My advice is literally just use Japanese everyday as much as you can. Set your Facebook language to Japanese. Watch anime (lmao). Tell your parents about how WhOa the Japanese word for journal is 日記 which means "day" + "speak + self"!!!yOoOo.
• bubble tea at school is mad. make sure you drive your parents broke before you have to begin paying for it yourself (jk)
• what are you thinking as a replacement for bio? If I were you I'd probably consider psych (kinda sciencey ish but way more interesting and literally the single most useful subject I did lol) or maybe further?? Looking forward to see what you choose
• Awe, well I hope you apply for other scholarships
Don't ever feel down just because you feel not as highly as your peers (academically) because who knows, there's always a chance as long as you apply
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Extremely true!!!! Also to aspiringantelope, I feel your pain. I did jack in high school, held no leadership positions, and even now I only do ExTrACuRRiculArs because I want to meet people and god knows the opposite was true in hs. Literally don't worry about that stuff. Just do whatever you want. Make yourself happy because that's the most important. The caveat of course is that, by the same logic, if you feel a something somewhere in you wanting to try something out... do it! Don't dog yourself.
Sorry for crashing your journal. It's great! Absolute BEST of luck for everything coming your way. I'll be reading from time to time !! Xox
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Can confirm. Was ditched multiple times by my MHS mates because they wanted to hang out with the Macrobs...
I had a mate that only 'tutored' this one Macrobbian and no one else. Oh the memes were glorious :)
Biology is an extremely heavy topic, so I don't blame you for not wanting to continue it (evolution is actually terrible lol). It's best if you actually do subjects you enjoy, so definitely try to think of subjects you'll think you'll do well. I don't really recommend you do subjects that require prior knowledge from unit 1/2 and jump straight to 3/4 as there are fundamental learnt from 1/2 that will significantly help you (though, a bit hypocritical as I did accounting in 1/2 and switched to chem in 3/4, which is heavily reliant on 1/2 knowledge).
Oh your mate sounds quite umm scandalous XD
Well, I'm still thinking about what I should do (nothing that is reliant on the 1/2); I think I'm gonna go crazy at the next ATAR Notes lecture and go on a shopping spree buying every single study guide I see
Switching into Chem 3/4 from accounting? That's awesome
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hello !!! love your journal (especially the title as soon as I saw it I had to read lol)
so awesome to see you're so passionate about Japanese and striving for your goals. Also fully appreciate that you're into k-media?? what to call it? and looking into med!!! Very relatable bahahaha
I felt obliged to leave a few thoughts lmao
• don't fret about biology !! idk about Monash or whatever but at UNSW med they had catchup modules for people who hadn't done bio. And look, I'm not proud of it, but I didn't even do them. Nonetheless I haven't been kicked out. You can just pick it up. Don't worry! Reading your rationalisation though, med does have a ton of pracs (some of which are absolute shit), relies on real-life application by nature and though it pains me to say so, the exams and essays do not end. It's not a big deal. Just be aware that you might have to tolerate some of the stuff you don't like !
• you'll get N4!!!!!!! to be using Japanese like you do at the moment you have the most important factor in success: passion!! My advice is literally just use Japanese everyday as much as you can. Set your Facebook language to Japanese. Watch anime (lmao). Tell your parents about how WhOa the Japanese word for journal is 日記 which means "day" + "speak + self"!!!yOoOo.
• bubble tea at school is mad. make sure you drive your parents broke before you have to begin paying for it yourself (jk)
• what are you thinking as a replacement for bio? If I were you I'd probably consider psych (kinda sciencey ish but way more interesting and literally the single most useful subject I did lol) or maybe further?? Looking forward to see what you choose
• Extremely true!!!! Also to aspiringantelope, I feel your pain. I did jack in high school, held no leadership positions, and even now I only do ExTrACuRRiculArs because I want to meet people and god knows the opposite was true in hs. Literally don't worry about that stuff. Just do whatever you want. Make yourself happy because that's the most important. The caveat of course is that, by the same logic, if you feel a something somewhere in you wanting to try something out... do it! Don't dog yourself.
Sorry for crashing your journal. It's great! Absolute BEST of luck for everything coming your way. I'll be reading from time to time !! Xox
HAHA YES! I saw your name and I already knew we would get along
Oh no, the pracs eat me alive and I'm lucky I always have friends who enjoy pracs and do most of the prac component while I write down notes and help answering the questions (I sure hope med doesn't have lots of individual prac assignments)
And thank you for the Jap advice! It's also rare but refreshing to see someone doing extra-curricular stuff to meet knew people
The subjects I'm planning on doing are either English 3/4, Psych 3/4, Accounting 3/4, Philosophy 3/4 or History 3/4. I mostly want to do English but the 1/2 is compulsory in my school before the 3/4. However, I found out one girl got offered Lit 3/4 in Year 11? Also, I literally cannot do a 3/4 for any of my other subjects in Year 11. Chem also requires 1/2, so does Lit, so does Spesh and I can't do Japanese 3/4 just because I started this year. I am hoping I can negotiate with the teachers and do English but Psych is a back up (Psych worries me because it's a science subject so something I'm trying to avoid. I am interested in it but not passionate about it unlike English; I was also interested in Bio but didn't score very well up until now)
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I really appreciate it
Also I scrolled down and looked at your signature but a raw 50 for Japanese plus premier's award?! What? I look up to you and I feel sooo inspired hahaha
Are you ever planning on starting tutoring for it?
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HAHA YES! I saw your name and I already knew we would get along
Oh no, the pracs eat me alive and I'm lucky I always have friends who enjoy pracs and do most of the prac component while I write down notes and help answering the questions (I sure hope med doesn't have lots of individual prac assignments)
Hahahahah literally me! I'm not really super keen on participating either so I shirk the responsibilities if I can. But, I hate to tell you (but it's better you know now!) that nine times out of ten there's too much prac work to just piggyback. I can only talk about my experience, but we don't do prac "assignments", although we do have a practical exam!!! Which necessitates knowing the ins and outs of not just one prac, but every prac you've done for the entire year! (We usually have 2+ a week!) But hey! You're answering questions, and that might actually help you more! Sounds like you might have to develop a *cough*fake*cough* appreciation of practical work but if you're understanding what's going on, there's no need to stress :)
And thank you for the Jap advice! It's also rare but refreshing to see someone doing extra-curricular stuff to meet knew people
There's more to life than your CV! Hahahaha
The subjects I'm planning on doing are either English 3/4, Psych 3/4, Accounting 3/4, Philosophy 3/4 or History 3/4. I mostly want to do English but the 1/2 is compulsory in my school before the 3/4. However, I found out one girl got offered Lit 3/4 in Year 11? Also, I literally cannot do a 3/4 for any of my other subjects in Year 11. Chem also requires 1/2, so does Lit, so does Spesh and I can't do Japanese 3/4 just because I started this year. I am hoping I can negotiate with the teachers and do English but Psych is a back up (Psych worries me because it's a science subject so something I'm trying to avoid. I am interested in it but not passionate about it unlike English; I was also interested in Bio but didn't score very well up until now)
If you're passionate about English, that sounds like a solid investment. Don't give up on negotiation! It's your life, after all. Best of luck making a decision. I think whatever you do, it will be an exciting and valuable experience :)
Thanks for all the sweet comments! I really appreciate it
Also I scrolled down and looked at your signature but a raw 50 for Japanese plus premier's award?! What? I look up to you and I feel sooo inspired hahaha
Are you ever planning on starting tutoring for it?
Hahahahah you're welcome and thanks!
I actually get asked this a lot and honestly, I don't really know. My biggest concern was that as a non-native speaker, I can't bring myself to correct someone's pronunciation or something without really feeling like a hypocrite! The other problem is that I'm not sure how well I can 'teach', considering that I owe most of my success to A) having a good memory, B) working hard and C) having a passion for language, rather than to some method or strategy. Maybe I'm taking it too seriously? In any case, I haven't been tutoring!! hahahah
Best of luck!!
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2019年10月3日木曜日 - Update (more like rant)
After spending some time thinking, I realized I no longer want to continue Bio and do the 3/4. Why? Here are my problems with Bio
1. I don't really like science subjects. Yes, that's right (sorry for those who love science, I'm just really bad at it lol)
2. Unit 4 Bio seems difficult and I don't think I will enjoy it. Evolution? I much prefer the content in Unit 3.
3. It doesn't scale much. Yes, I know some people say scaling doesn't matter but in my case, since I'm not as strong in Bio, I will need to put extra effort in it to have a higher study score. This might mean neglecting my other subjects and it's not very rewarding. If I end up getting a 42, it will go to a 43.
4. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT enjoy pracs. I'm not a hands on person at all, nor do I like applying what I "learnt" from the prac into an assessment.
5. I cannot do application styled questions. This is the main point here. It absolutely sucks, I know my content inside and out yet I do so poorly on my test. I am that one kid that answers all of the teacher's questions correctly and goes home to practice yet when the results come, it doesn't look all that pretty. I can't seem to use common sense and apply my knowledge to unfamiliar, real life scenarios (which Bio seems to love to throw at us). I also struggle to express my answers and give the markers exactly what they're looking for.
Anyways, I'm a bit upset about this. I studied not only 1/2 but also 3/4 and I was dead serious about doing it next year. I guess the knowledge will come about to be useful in Med but now I'm torn between what I want to do as my second 3/4 next year (I really want to do two 3/4's so I only have four for Year 12).
Sorry for the rant, especially to science and Bio lovers. I really wish I could be more passionate and optimistic towards this but I really don't enjoy it that much
I have decided on a few different 3/4 subjects I may want to replace Bio with but it will be a lot of pressure to do well since I've prepared so much for this subject only for it to backfire
honestly i didnt think youd be able to cope with bio 3/4 but i assumed youd plough through it, since youre the type of person wholl do anything to get to their goal once theyre committed. good on you tho for realising you dont really want to do it. whatll you do in place of it?
edit: sounded a bit mean ;-;
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Hahahahah literally me! I'm not really super keen on participating either so I shirk the responsibilities if I can. But, I hate to tell you (but it's better you know now!) that nine times out of ten there's too much prac work to just piggyback. I can only talk about my experience, but we don't do prac "assignments", although we do have a practical exam!!! Which necessitates knowing the ins and outs of not just one prac, but every prac you've done for the entire year! (We usually have 2+ a week!) But hey! You're answering questions, and that might actually help you more! Sounds like you might have to develop a *cough*fake*cough* appreciation of practical work but if you're understanding what's going on, there's no need to stress :)There's more to life than your CV! HahahahaIf you're passionate about English, that sounds like a solid investment. Don't give up on negotiation! It's your life, after all. Best of luck making a decision. I think whatever you do, it will be an exciting and valuable experience :)Hahahahah you're welcome and thanks!
I actually get asked this a lot and honestly, I don't really know. My biggest concern was that as a non-native speaker, I can't bring myself to correct someone's pronunciation or something without really feeling like a hypocrite! The other problem is that I'm not sure how well I can 'teach', considering that I owe most of my success to A) having a good memory, B) working hard and C) having a passion for language, rather than to some method or strategy. Maybe I'm taking it too seriously? In any case, I haven't been tutoring!! hahahah
Best of luck!!
Oh no, I think I'm gonna die in med, hopefully something will change by then and I will start "liking pracs"
Thanks for the awesome advice though and naw, I think people would appreciate your tutoring either way; it just depends on whether you have an interest in the first place
I'm the same type of person, people have asked me "how are you so good at Japanese" (by that they mean how did I improve so fast) and to that I didn't really know how to respond apart from learning languages quickly due to good memory, having the passion and working hard, so same case here
And thanks for the advice on English! Hopefully I will get it
Also I was gonna ask, how are you personally finding med? Is it fun or not so much?
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honestly i didnt think youd be able to cope with bio 3/4 but i assumed youd plough through it. good on you tho for not wanting to continue with it next year otherwise youre literally asking to die. what are you gonna do in place of bio?
Not really, I definitely would've been able to cope with it since content heavy subjects don't matter as I can memorize things quite well
It's more so the application side of things that I'm not good at. To be honest, I think I would've been fine now that I look back at it since my tutor expected me to get 100%
Bio didn't have much pressure either. I just didn't study it properly from the beginning and as a result, lost confidence and interest. I also don't really like the content (especially the deadly pracs) and doing two English's is more helpful for me anyways
I wouldn't have died if I continued it next year lol. English, imo, is more work since you have to constantly write whilst developing new ideas. Personally, that's a lot harder for me as I am a perfectionist and take ages to make my essay the best so doing it under timed conditions will be far more challenging. It will undoubtedly be difficult for me to juggle that with Lit 1/2 but oh well, I like English anyways so that'd help
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Oh no, I think I'm gonna die in med, hopefully something will change by then and I will start "liking pracs"
Thanks for the awesome advice though and naw, I think people would appreciate your tutoring either way; it just depends on whether you have an interest in the first place
Haha nah you won't!! The pracs aren't everything either, don't worry about it.
Good point! It's not really something I'm super interested in doing so maybe it isn't for me right now.
I'm the same type of person, people have asked me "how are you so good at Japanese" (by that they mean how did I improve so fast) and to that I didn't really know how to respond apart from learning languages quickly due to good memory, having the passion and working hard, so same case here
And thanks for the advice on English! Hopefully I will get it
Also I was gonna ask, how are you personally finding med? Is it fun or not so much?
I love med!!!! It has been amazing course so far. Like I can't lie to you, it's kind of like school. When I'm going to lectures or doing assignments, it's a drag. The feeling of waking up in the morning and thinking ugh I don't want to go to school today doesn't change. But when I finish a unit and look back on it, go to speaker nights with doctors who are engaging and have interesting work, talk to patients, or learn something weirdly interesting, it makes me feel so grateful and inspired. I've met both people who don't find our course inspiring at all, and people who literally draw anatomical diagrams for fun. I have no regrets about the degree so I can confidently recommend you give it a go. Chances are you'll love it, and even if you don't, you will have had a once in a lifetime experience.
If you have any specific questions always feel free to DM me!
Also, I just want to commend your attitude throughout your posts. It's really easy to get sucked into feeling or speaking the same way others do because you want to connect with them. It takes a lot of integrity and self awareness to disagree with others and express your true self. Legend!!
Good luck xx
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Haha nah you won't!! The pracs aren't everything either, don't worry about it.
I love med!!!! It has been amazing course so far. Like I can't lie to you, it's kind of like school. When I'm going to lectures or doing assignments, it's a drag. The feeling of waking up in the morning and thinking ugh I don't want to go to school today doesn't change. But when I finish a unit and look back on it, go to speaker nights with doctors who are engaging and have interesting work, talk to patients, or learn something weirdly interesting, it makes me feel so grateful and inspired. I've met both people who don't find our course inspiring at all, and people who literally draw anatomical diagrams for fun. I have no regrets about the degree so I can confidently recommend you give it a go. Chances are you'll love it, and even if you don't, you will have had a once in a lifetime experience.
Ahh tysm for the insight! It's really great to see you're actually passionate about it and not just doing it because it's a course sought out by many! So much respect for that (and thanks for being the sweetest)
Also, I just want to commend your attitude throughout your posts. It's really easy to get sucked into feeling or speaking the same way others do because you want to connect with them. It takes a lot of integrity and self awareness to disagree with others and express your true self. Legend!!
Aww, thank you! It wasn't anything special, I was just trying to be as honest as possible
But still, that means so much to me :' )
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Hello chopsticks,
I'm in Year 10 this year and doing 1/2 Methods as well. I'm so excited to finish this year and get stuck into VCE because I love love love all my subjects for next year.
I was wondering why you want to study Medicine since you said you don't like pracs and science subjects and Medicine is pretty much those two things.
btw I really love your journal, best of luck for your VCE and future endeavours!
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I was wondering why you want to study Medicine since you said you don't like pracs and science subjects and Medicine is pretty much those two things.
I would personally disagree with this but I'm also curious about chopstick's story behind wanting to do med!
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Hello chopsticks,
I'm in Year 10 this year and doing 1/2 Methods as well. I'm so excited to finish this year and get stuck into VCE because I love love love all my subjects for next year.
btw I really love your journal, best of luck for your VCE and future endeavours!
Hey, thank you! How are you finding Methods? I personally enjoy it
Which uni course are you currently aiming for
I was wondering why you want to study Medicine since you said you don't like pracs and science subjects and Medicine is pretty much those two things.
I would personally disagree with this but I'm also curious about chopstick's story behind wanting to do med!
Unfortunately, I don't have a really good reason but here's my backstory (that sounds too epic for something not that interesting haha)
I was born in a family mostly consisting of doctors. You would expect someone like me to be like "omg it's my dream to be a doctor like my parents and uncles" but that wasn't really the case. Even though my family kept trying to convince and occasionally pressure me, I was actually always AGAINST being a doctor (same thing with my cousins, none of whom ended up doing med).
However, after growing up, I started to realize I wanted to pursue a stable job with a somewhat okay income (doctors aren't necessarily rich btw, watch the Purple Pen podcast for info). But even then, I wasn't motivated to study med.
Last year, something happened to one of my friends. He was mentally unwell, to say the least. That inspired me to become an adolescent psychiatrist. It's upsetting that even though mental illnesses are more prominent from ages 13-25 (correct me if I'm wrong since I'm stating this from memory), most psychiatrists tend to be paediatric or for adults. Adolescent psychiatrists are still high in demand. It's always been avoided since teenagers have all these other hormones which make them the hardest to treat.
I guess that's my story. I think people will ask me why I'm not doing Psych. Initially, I got rid of it in exchange for Japanese (I wanted to do Bio since I assumed it was necessary for med and I could always study psychology later). I don't want to do 3/4 next year for Psych since I got out of Bio because its a science.
Edit: More info on my "background" story, my uncle who passed away when I was very young was a pretty famous psychiatrist back in those days. He used to counsel his patients over using meds to fix their problems. I also have a lot of friends who tell me antidepressants make things worse (and there is no solid proof it helps last time I checked). I believe it works for some and not so much for others but meds always have side effects. Anyways, that's also why I am interested in it : ))
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2019年10月8日火曜日 - Update
So Kwong Lee Dow results just came out and unfortunately I didn't receive it. That's okay, whatever happens is for the better. I feel like if I received it, I would've been so relieved by being accepted into any Melb Uni course with a 95+ ATAR that I wouldn't try my best for VCE.
I had my Associate Concert Manager interview yesterday and it didn't go too well. I stuttered heaps and the questions were really difficult (I ended up having a mind blank and skipped a question only to go back to it later).
I am still negotiating with my school about whether I will be able to do English 3/4 next year. I'll keep you guys updated on whatever happens next.
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Hey, thank you! How are you finding Methods? I personally enjoy it
Which uni course are you currently aiming for
I'm having a lot of fun in Methods this year, math is definitely my favourite subject. I'm looking forward to Specialist next year too, bit of a shame there is little (or maybe no) calculus in 1/2 spesh though, because I love calculus.
In terms of uni courses, I'm not entirely set on anything yet but I am looking at doing the Bachelor of Commerce at UoM and majoring in either Economics + Finance or Actuarial Studies. I was considering Law but I did work experience in the legal group at a bank and even though it was very fun, it made me realise I have to do something with maths in it.
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I'm having a lot of fun in Methods this year, math is definitely my favourite subject. I'm looking forward to Specialist next year too, bit of a shame there is little (or maybe no) calculus in 1/2 spesh though, because I love calculus.
In terms of uni courses, I'm not entirely set on anything yet but I am looking at doing the Bachelor of Commerce at UoM and majoring in either Economics + Finance or Actuarial Studies. I was considering Law but I did work experience in the legal group at a bank and even though it was very fun, it made me realise I have to do something with maths in it.
HAHAHA YES! Maths is the best
Honestly, not trying to be dramatic over here but not doing calculus in Spesh took a while to sink in
Calculus is just so much fun
On a positive note, everyone who I have talked to so far said Spesh 1/2 is easier than Methods 1/2. One girl said Spesh builds on the foundation of Methods but it is an entirely different content
With that being said, it may or may not be similar to calculus but it's likely to be enjoyable as well
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So Kwong Lee Dow results just came out and unfortunately I didn't receive it. That's okay, whatever happens is for the better. I feel like if I received it, I would've been so relieved by being accepted into any Melb Uni course with a 95+ ATAR that I wouldn't try my best for VCE.
According to their website results don't come out till : 22 November 2019.
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According to their website results don't come out till : 22 November 2019.
Ahhhh sorry for the confusion, my school has a process for it
First, we have to apply to the teacher’s panel. Then we need to get shortlisted for an interview and then finally we're allowed to officially apply on the KLD website
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Edit: More info on my "background" story, my uncle who passed away when I was very young was a pretty famous psychiatrist back in those days. He used to counsel his patients over using meds to fix their problems. I also have a lot of friends who tell me antidepressants make things worse (and there is no solid proof it helps last time I checked). I believe it works for some and not so much for others but meds always have side effects. Anyways, that's also why I am interested in it : ))
That's not not interesting at all! You have some great reasons for aspiring to medicine. I actually relate a lot to your family situation because my family are all nurses (haha) and I thought for a long time that I would never want to work in healthcare like they did.
It's really amazing that you have been so inspired by your friend's situation. I definitely feel your passion for the issue of mental health care. It's still inadequate in much of the world, including in Australia. Some realities of the situation can be really ridiculously frustrating... the kind of social issue that makes you want to rip into Parliament and square up the health minister themself hahaha
That's awesome that you have a famous psychiatrist in the family whose legacy you can continue!! Non-pharmacological interventions are really important and therapy helps many thousands of people. I'm not sure I would make such hasty judgements against the pharmacological interventions, though. Anecdotes from your friends may help strengthen your support for talk-based therapy, but their experiences are individual and I don't think they really paint a picture of all people (or even adolescents) with psychiatric conditions. Also, I think you might want to have a deeper look for meta analyses and reliable studies to form your opinion on whether there is "proof" behind the purported efficacy of antidepressants etc. It's a bit of a tricky field because there is still a stigma surrounding "meds" or pharmacological treatments. Some people need them for a long time just to manage day to day, rather than for a short time as a curative measure. Even the notion that mental illnesses can be "fixed" is a bit controversial. Being from Victoria you might be familiar with Danny Frawley, who died recently. His wife released a statement after his death saying that Danny felt that he had 'beat' his mental health issues and made the decision to withdraw himself from professional care. He ended his life not long after that, and his wife encouraged other people to talk about decisions about treatment and mental health with professionals even if you are feeling "fixed".
But I see that you understand that because you acknowledge that treatment should be individualised for the person. If you do feel that non-pharmacological treatment is something you are more interested in, you could explore the fields of psychology and counseling. They focus almost exclusively on talk-based therapies, while psychiatry often (but not necessarily) involves medication as a treatment.
In any case, it's great to see that you have such a passion. It will make learning things so much more rewarding.
Best of luck!!
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That's not not interesting at all! You have some great reasons for aspiring to medicine. I actually relate a lot to your family situation because my family are all nurses (haha) and I thought for a long time that I would never want to work in healthcare like they did.
Hahaha thank you! And isn't it ironic that those people who come from families with a good medical knowledge end up not wanting to do med?
It's really amazing that you have been so inspired by your friend's situation. I definitely feel your passion for the issue of mental health care. It's still inadequate in much of the world, including in Australia. Some realities of the situation can be really ridiculously frustrating... the kind of social issue that makes you want to rip into Parliament and square up the health minister themself hahaha
Aww yes. I guess it made a pretty big impact on my life. In saying that, I wasn't really knowledgeable (and didn't care much) about mental healthcare. I completely agree with you and yes exactly ahaha
That's awesome that you have a famous psychiatrist in the family whose legacy you can continue!!
HAHAHA, thank you! We'll see what happens
I'm not sure I would make such hasty judgements against the pharmacological interventions, though. Anecdotes from your friends may help strengthen your support for talk-based therapy, but their experiences are individual and I don't think they really paint a picture of all people (or even adolescents) with psychiatric conditions. Also, I think you might want to have a deeper look for meta analyses and reliable studies to form your opinion on whether there is "proof" behind the purported efficacy of antidepressants etc. It's a bit of a tricky field because there is still a stigma surrounding "meds" or pharmacological treatments. Some people need them for a long time just to manage day to day, rather than for a short time as a curative measure. Even the notion that mental illnesses can be "fixed" is a bit controversial. Being from Victoria you might be familiar with Danny Frawley, who died recently. His wife released a statement after his death saying that Danny felt that he had 'beat' his mental health issues and made the decision to withdraw himself from professional care. He ended his life not long after that, and his wife encouraged other people to talk about decisions about treatment and mental health with professionals even if you are feeling "fixed".
That's completely true. I guess I also want to take a look into that in the future. Thanks for giving me a little something interesting to read, although the reality is very tragic.
But I see that you understand that because you acknowledge that treatment should be individualised for the person. If you do feel that non-pharmacological treatment is something you are more interested in, you could explore the fields of psychology and counseling. They focus almost exclusively on talk-based therapies, while psychiatry often (but not necessarily) involves medication as a treatment.
In any case, it's great to see that you have such a passion. It will make learning things so much more rewarding.
I was considering that, more as a back up option. My other uncle, who is also a psychiatrist, told me he really enjoys it. I kinda wanna try it out too (particularly shock therapy haha)
Sorry for the short replies, I'm super duper tired for some reason today (lately I have been)
I love your responses though, they are so nicely expressed and I can just feel how genuine it is
Also, I happened to stumble across your medical journal the other day (although it hasn't been updated for months)
I would love to see more posts on it although no pressure hahha it's just interesting to see uni journals too and time flies by so past (just today I learnt one of my cousins graduated for uni!)
All the best for your uni adventures too!!!
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Sorry for the short replies, I'm super duper tired for some reason today (lately I have been)
I love your responses though, they are so nicely expressed and I can just feel how genuine it is
Also, I happened to stumble across your medical journal the other day (although it hasn't been updated for months)
I would love to see more posts on it although no pressure hahha it's just interesting to see uni journals too and time flies by so past (just today I learnt one of my cousins graduated for uni!)
All the best for your uni adventures too!!!
That is of course okay!!!!! Make sure you get some rest. It's such a stressful time of year, so definitely set aside some time for yourself.
Hahah thank you so much!! I'm glad I can come off that way. Sorry for literally bombarding your journal. I've taken such a keen interest in your story hahahaah
Yessss my god. I am quite upset that I didn't keep up the journal this year. It would have undoubtedly been beneficial for me on many levels. I kind of threw in the towel at some point because most of my university experience has been concerned with things outside the course. Apart from being quite personal, it also isn't really that engaging for people wanting to know what MeDiCinE is like. But I'm at a point now where the course is more of a priority in my life and I'm hoping to continue a journal all year next year. So stay tuned for that :))
Time really does fly by so quickly!!! It's grosses me out bahahah
Thanks so much!! Enjoy yours too xx
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That is of course okay!!!!! Make sure you get some rest. It's such a stressful time of year, so definitely set aside some time for yourself.
Thank you! I've been getting stressed out as of late and I'm still not in the two toughest years so that's a bit scary (I think it's actually more to do with lack of sleep over study pressures)
Hahah thank you so much!! I'm glad I can come off that way. Sorry for literally bombarding your journal. I've taken such a keen interest in your story hahahaah
No, thank you. Everything you say is super inspirational, I could be feeling dead but after reading your posts I actually get some kind of mysterious energy to get up and go study
And no, you haven't bombarded my journal at all, keep posting because I love the spam XD
And thank you!!!
Yessss my god. I am quite upset that I didn't keep up the journal this year. It would have undoubtedly been beneficial for me on many levels. I kind of threw in the towel at some point because most of my university experience has been concerned with things outside the course. Apart from being quite personal, it also isn't really that engaging for people wanting to know what MeDiCinE is like. But I'm at a point now where the course is more of a priority in my life and I'm hoping to continue a journal all year next year. So stay tuned for that :))
Time really does fly by so quickly!!! It's grosses me out bahahah
Hahaha aww I get what you mean. I will look forward to next year's one for sure!
Also, I was looking through some of the notes for Japanese on ATAR Notes and I happened to stumble across a pot of gold. It actually turned out to be your diary SAC and I was like omg why is this so good
I just wanted to thank you for that glorious 19/20 sac (which we all know should be a 21/20)
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2019年10月12日土曜日 - Update
First week of school - OVER!
Apparently, we have 6 "normal" weeks of school left (towards the end we have one or two weeks off for work exp and camp and stuff).
So here's a run down of what happened
- I didn't get another chance to negotiate with the teachers about doing English 3/4. They told me they will arrange a meeting time on Tuesday and then let me know but that hasn't happened yet. I think I'm just gonna send a kind reminder email.
- We had a heart dissection Thursday morning. The minute the teacher came in with the organs, I ran outside the classroom. I can't deal with those things. The teacher came out (she's extremely sweet) and told me I can just go to the library. Basically a free period
- We had lots of meetings for next years Japanese exchange
- I didn't go chorale on Thursday lunch because my friend really wanted a bit of help on her Maths test and I was like stuff it, I'll help you out (she's doing Year 10 Math whereas I'm in Methods so often these kinds of things happen)
- I realized that I have never done a comparative IN MY LIFE! And it's worth 60% of sacs as far as I know. My tutor was like grab two texts, write a prompt and then write your essay and I was like okay
- I'm finally getting a credit card!!!
I think I also procrastinated wayyy too much. Also just a question, do you prefer the Ti-Inspire or the Casio Classpad? Our school uses the Ti-Inspire but I literally die because the buttons are sooo annoying and it wastes so much time that I usually work out by hand (which is a big no no in the exams). I heard that a lot of people prefer it over the Casio though, so I'm not quite sure. Let me know!
Macrob Fun Fact: We're known as the biggest toilet block in Victoria. Need I say more?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=macrob
Also I obviously didn't write that definition, it was up there when I was 4 years old so obviously I had no idea what Macrob was back then.
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- We had a heart dissection Thursday morning. The minute the teacher came in with the organs, I ran outside the classroom. I can't deal with those things. The teacher came out (she's extremely sweet) and told me I can just go to the library. Basically a free period
Also just a question, do you prefer the Ti-Inspire or the Casio Classpad? Our school uses the Ti-Inspire but I literally die because the buttons are sooo annoying and it wastes so much time that I usually work out by hand (which is a big no no in the exams). I heard that a lot of people prefer it over the Casio though, so I'm not quite sure. Let me know!
Hello there! I've read your journal a couple of times, and now I've finally decided to overcome my laziness and reply
Is it the smell or just the prospect of dissections that you don't enjoy, or something else??
And I much much prefer the Casio because the Ti-Inspire is hard for me to use. I think that's mostly because I'm used to the cas though. But whichever one you use, with practice you'll be much better and faster. I think most people just go for the one their school uses because it's much easier (the teachers will be better versed with the calculator the school wants you to use, most of the time)
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Hello there! I've read your journal a couple of times, and now I've finally decided to overcome my laziness and reply
Hahaha thank you! I'm super lazy too
Is it the smell or just the prospect of dissections that you don't enjoy, or something else??
I have a fear of organs, more so the heart. I can't exactly remember why though. The earliest memory was a guy was poking my chest area when we were little and it hurt a lot but I'm not so sure how it relates to this HAHAHA (it wasn't really sexual assault since we were both kids and didn't know about these things anyways)
And I much much prefer the Casio because the Ti-Inspire is hard for me to use. I think that's mostly because I'm used to the cas though. But whichever one you use, with practice you'll be much better and faster. I think most people just go for the one their school uses because it's much easier (the teachers will be better versed with the calculator the school wants you to use, most of the time)
Thank you for the input! I'm planning on teaching myself the Casio, my current math teacher can use it (she finds it easer than the Ti-Inspire) but she warned me next year, other teachers might not know how to
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Apparently, we have 6 "normal" weeks of school left (towards the end we have one or two weeks off for work exp and camp and stuff).
Do you know what you are doing for work experience?
- We had a heart dissection Thursday morning. The minute the teacher came in with the organs, I ran outside the classroom. I can't deal with those things. The teacher came out (she's extremely sweet) and told me I can just go to the library. Basically a free period
I feel your pain, we had to dissect a bull's eye earlier this year and I almost passed out. The eye had all this black stuff coming out of it (too much info maybe).
- I realized that I have never done a comparative IN MY LIFE! And it's worth 60% of sacs as far as I know. My tutor was like grab two texts, write a prompt and then write your essay and I was like okay
HAHA I feel like all I have ever done in English is write comparatives. Make sure you use your comparative metalanguage, (words like "similarly", "in contrast", and then of course every English teacher's dream: "JUXTAPOSE".)
Also just a question, do you prefer the Ti-Inspire or the Casio Classpad?
I've always used the Ti-Inspire, I've being using it since year 8. Try to get really familiar with the standard commands so that you can save time and not have to find them (e.g. menu/3/1 for solve, shift/- for derivative, menu/6/4 for intersection points etc.) I think you will become more comfortable with practice.
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Do you know what you are doing for work experience?
Hahah I have already done work exp at a pharmacy. Wbu, where are you planning on doing it
Also our school annoys me; we have to sacrifice our holidays for work exp instead of taking time out of school weeks : (
I feel your pain, we had to dissect a bull's eye earlier this year and I almost passed out. The eye had all this black stuff coming out of it (too much info maybe).
OH MY GOD!! That's horrendous! At least you ave gotten it over and done with
Sorry to hear that
HAHA I feel like all I have ever done in English is write comparatives. Make sure you use your comparative metalanguage, (words like "similarly", "in contrast", and then of course every English teacher's dream: "JUXTAPOSE".)
Ah really? Well you're in luck since it will make up sooo much of the course
Thanks for that advice hehe I was watching some videos on it
I've always used the Ti-Inspire, I've being using it since year 8. Try to get really familiar with the standard commands so that you can save time and not have to find them (e.g. menu/3/1 for solve, shift/- for derivative, menu/6/4 for intersection points etc.) I think you will become more comfortable with practice.
I wish our school made us do that. Admittedly, I'm not very familiar with it since I just spend most of my time glaring at the screen and cursing it. Why does it have to be Mathematical Methods (CAS), why can't it just be Mathematical Methods!?
Thanks for the advice, though! I think I'm gonna buy the casio and see which I prefer before I become comfortable with Ti-Inspire and be like "nope nvm I like casio better but I spent all this time on the Ti-Inspire"
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Hahah I have already done work exp at a pharmacy. Wbu, where are you planning on doing it
Also our school annoys me; we have to sacrifice our holidays for work exp instead of taking time out of school weeks : (
Awesome! I already did my work experience at the end of term 2 in the legal group of a bank. It was really fun but I sort of decided that law wasn't really for me afterwards because I realised I had to do something with maths in it.
OH MY GOD!! That's horrendous! At least you ave gotten it over and done with
Sorry to hear that
Lol thanks. The worst part was that we were in pairs, and the person I was with just ran away as soon as he saw the eyes so I had to do it by myself. It was disgusting.
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I wish our school made us do that. Admittedly, I'm not very familiar with it since I just spend most of my time glaring at the screen and cursing it. Why does it have to be Mathematical Methods (CAS), why can't it just be Mathematical Methods!?
Thanks for the advice, though! I think I'm gonna buy the casio and see which I prefer before I become comfortable with Ti-Inspire and be like "nope nvm I like casio better but I spent all this time on the Ti-Inspire"
This is actually quite a controversial topic as to whether CAS calculators should be used in VCE maths. In a way even if you don’t know the concepts but know how to plug and play with your calculator you’re set so that’s why some people don’t agree with using calculators. Also, the subject is called Mathematical Methods now not CAS (correct me if I’m wrong). This is because the TI-nspire and Casio are not the only CAS calculators being used. Recently VCAA introduced Methods CBE (computer based exam) using Wolfram Mathematica as their CAS but eventually combined both CBE and CAS last year. I’m using Mathematica and will have a laptop in the exam not a handheld calculator and I won’t be surprised if VCAA abandons handheld CAS calculators overall transitioning into Mathematica in the near future. (Look at the recent examiners reports). Using a laptop is much more powerful than a handheld but then again it just makes the CAS exploitability even worse in my opinion.
Edit: It’s still called Methods CAS but just Methods in the scaling reports now
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Awesome! I already did my work experience at the end of term 2 in the legal group of a bank. It was really fun but I sort of decided that law wasn't really for me afterwards because I realised I had to do something with maths in it.Lol thanks. The worst part was that we were in pairs, and the person I was with just ran away as soon as he saw the eyes so I had to do it by myself. It was disgusting.
Oh, nice to know work exp was good, a legal group in a bank sounds awesome
And yes, maths is a way of living
Also can I say EWWWWW again
I'm sorry but I would be that one dude that runs away and leaves something THAT gross to my partner
How does your school even allow it? Shouldn't it be optional
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This is actually quite a controversial topic as to whether CAS calculators should be used in VCE maths. In a way even if you don’t know the concepts but know how to plug and play with your calculator you’re set so that’s why some people don’t agree with using calculators. Also, the subject is called Mathematical Methods now not CAS (correct me if I’m wrong). This is because the TI-nspire and Casio are not the only CAS calculators being used. Recently VCAA introduced Methods CBE (computer based exam) using Wolfram Mathematica as their CAS but eventually combined both CBE and CAS last year. I’m using Mathematica and will have a laptop in the exam not a handheld calculator and I won’t be surprised if VCAA abandons handheld CAS calculators overall transitioning into Mathematica in the near future. (Look at the recent examiners reports). Using a laptop is much more powerful than a handheld but then again it just makes the CAS exploitability even worse in my opinion.
Edit: It’s still called Methods CAS but just Methods in the scaling reports now
Wow, I always knew it was a controversial topic
Personally, I get the exploitability. As the advancements of technology proceeds through time, we need to adapt. It's not about doing the Math but rather getting familiar with it.
Since I'm bad with tech, I much prefer doing it by hand. People like me are unfortunately disadvantaged, which is why I personally wish that it wouldn't require a calculator.
Also how is the Mathematica? Is it user friendly and do you prefer it over handheld calculators?
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Oh, nice to know work exp was good, a legal group in a bank sounds awesome
And yes, maths is a way of living
Also can I saw EWWWWW again
I'm sorry but I would be that one dude that runs away and leaves something THAT gross to my partner
How does your school even allow it? Shouldn't it be optional
Yeah, technically we didn't have to do it, we could copy off someone else afterwards, but because it was a prac report that we were being assessed on, I wanted to do it myself. The thing is, I had done a dissection of a fish before and I was fine with it, so I didn't know what I was going to put myself through. I was all cool with cutting the fat off around the eye, but I was the first in the class to actually cut it open and when that stuff started to come out of it, I just stopped as well.
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I stopped participating in dissections after I went vego but they never bothered me. I'd done a fair few (cuttlefish, sheep organs, cow's eye) and I always just thought they were interesting.
I don't remember any black liquid coming out of the eye but that might just be because it was years ago.
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I stopped participating in dissections after I went vego but they never bothered me. I'd done a fair few (cuttlefish, sheep organs, cow's eye) and I always just thought they were interesting.
I don't remember any black liquid coming out of the eye but that might just be because it was years ago.
Interesting. I had dissected fish, sheep organs like you said, a frog, and maybe something else prior to this cow's eye earlier this year, and they never bothered me apart from the smell. I found them quite interesting. However, there was something about dissecting this eye that really got to me.
I'm not sure if the "black stuff" was a liquid, it could possibly have been some sort of dense fluid, but I can't recall exactly.
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Yeah, technically we didn't have to do it, we could copy off someone else afterwards, but because it was a prac report that we were being assessed on, I wanted to do it myself. The thing is, I had done a dissection of a fish before and I was fine with it, so I didn't know what I was going to put myself through. I was all cool with cutting the fat off around the eye, but I was the first in the class to actually cut it open and when that stuff started to come out of it, I just stopped as well.
Awe poor thing
I just can't deal with dissections in general
I stopped participating in dissections after I went vego but they never bothered me.
Wow, I've always wanted to become vegetarian (maybe not vegan because that's just a bit too much work for me) but in my family we eat a lot of meat so it will be a big hassle for them to cook vegetarian dishes separately for me
I'm thinking about it once I move out
Interesting. I had dissected fish, sheep organs like you said, a frog, and maybe something else prior to this cow's eye earlier this year, and they never bothered me apart from the smell.
Whaaat? I've done one dissection before. It was a lobster one and I was forced to do it. We were also meant to do fish but due to a rare case of ichthyophobia, I could not do it. The lobster one was still horrible. One dissection is one too many for me
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2019年10月15日火曜日 - Update
So a few problems happened this week
1. Did not get role of associate concert manager (I expected it anyways)
2. Did not get that English 3/4
About the English 3/4, after receiving the email from one of the teachers, I still wasn't quite satisfied. Taking English 3/4 was less of a risk than other subjects like Psych and Bio since I'm not very interested in those, I'm not very good at those and also because if I do bad in Lit 3/4 (for Year 12), I can use my English 3/4 SS and vice versa.
So I went to talk to the Head of English and it was one of the most meaningful conversation ever. He told me that even some of the brightest students, who did Lit 3/4 in Year 11, didn't get the score they wanted to. He also explained the year level separation as in, classes (like Legal Studies 1/2) which have both Year 10 and 11 students have a segregation. It's always like Year 10 students sitting on one side and Year 11's on the other. Imagine being the only Year 10 in a class full of Year 11's and not being able to ask them for help and feedback in a subjective subject like English. Sounds tough.
The Head of English also answered the very question I was going to ask him next without me having to say anything (I think he can read my mind). He recommended to do a humanities 3/4 next year instead (partially to complement Lit). It was really amazing, although I was half convinced before I entered the room that I would get my 3/4. I came in with a whole plan of what I was going to say (meant to be dot points but slowly became paragraphs) as attached below. However, after I left the room, I became fully convinced, as well as satisfied, for why I didn't get it. Also, I think it's important to mention that an English 3/4 in Year 11 has never occurred before the school.
I talked to the other teacher again and she recommended to do one 3/4 next year so I can do the English 1/2. My main concern was the uni extension program but she did say I can do it with five 3/4's in Year 12; the school just doesn't recommend it. I still feel like five 3/4's are a lot of pressure and I'm the type who likes to do more work first and less work after instead of letting everything pile up.
We have so many restrictions on VCE (like strictly 6 subjects, no more and definitely no less). I can't tell if this is a good thing or not. Oh well, just gotta deal with it (correct me if I'm wrong but I heard Melbourne High is worse in this case?).
Oh and I forgot to mention, I had a look again at the study designs for subjects I'm interested in for my second 3/4 (Psych, History, Philosophy, Global Politics and Accounting) and I've narrowed it down to history, yay! The problem with Psych is that I don't want to do a 3/4 only to realize it's like Bio. I read through the 3/4 exam and examiner's report, as well as a raw 50 student's advice for Psych and apparently those "scenario" questions still pop up. Philosophy and Global don't have many high scoring students from my school or resources available on our student sites so I kinda crossed them out. So I'm sticking with history, that is IF I do a second 3/4 next year.
My plan is to switch out of Bio 1/2 and go to Year 10 History (yes, I know it will be very different from VCE), just to get a taste. It's a shame that the AOS at school are French and Russian Revolution, respectively. I really wanted to study the Chinese Revolution and there are many chinese students in the school. Perhaps, they thought it might lead to an unfair advantage? I'm not quite sure, oh well.
Macrob Fun Fact: I'm not sure about other schools but every year we have an Enviro Parade. Basically, each form class selects a student to be the model and the rest of the form try to create a dress out of recycled material. During the parade, all the classes gather around to see which class wins!
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2019年10月15日火曜日 - Update
So a few downs this week happened
1. Did not get role of associate concert manager (I expected it anyways)
2. Did not get that English 3/4
About the English 3/4, after receiving the email from one of the teachers, I still wasn't quite satisfied. Taking English 3/4 was less of a risk than other subjects like Psych and Bio since I'm not very interested in those, I'm not very good at those and also because if I do bad in Lit 3/4 (for Year 12), I can use my English 3/4 SS and vice versa.
So I went to talk to the Head of English and it was one of the most meaningful conversation ever. He told me that even some of the brightest students, who did Lit 3/4 in Year 11, didn't get the score they wanted to. He also explained the year level separation as in, classes (like Legal Studies 1/2) which have both Year 10 and 11 students have a segregation. It's always like Year 10 students sitting on one side and Year 11's on the other. Imagine being the only Year 10 in a class full of Year 11's and not being able to ask them for help and feedback in a subjective subject like English. Sounds tough.
The Head of English also answered the very question I was going to ask him next without me having to say anything (I think he can read my mind). He recommended to do a humanities 3/4 next year instead (partially to complement Lit). It was really amazing, although I was half convinced before I entered the room that I would get my 3/4. I came in with a whole plan of what I was going to say (meant to be dot points but slowly became paragraphs) as attached below. However, after I left the room, I became fully convinced, as well as satisfied, for why I didn't get it. Also, I think it's important to mention that an English 3/4 in Year 11 has never occurred before the school.
I talked to the initial teacher again and she recommended to do one 3/4 next year so I can do the English 1/2. My main concern was the uni extension program but she did say I can do it with five 3/4's in Year 12; the school just doesn't recommend it. I still feel like five 3/4's are a lot of pressure and I'm the type who likes to do more work first and less work after instead of letting everything pile up.
We have so many restrictions on VCE (like strictly 6 subjects, no more and definitely no less). I can't tell if this is a good thing or not. Oh well, just gotta deal with it (correct me if I'm wrong but I heard Melbourne High is worse in this case?).
Oh and I forgot to mention, I had a look again at the study designs for subjects I'm interested in for my second 3/4 (Psych, History, Philosophy, Global Politics and Accounting) and I've narrowed it down to history, yay! The problem with Psych is that I don't want to do a 3/4 only to realize it's like Bio. I read through the 3/4 exam and examiner's report, as well as a raw 50 student's advice for Psych and apparently those "scenario" questions still pop up. Philosophy and Global don't have many high scoring students from my school or resources available on our student sites so I kinda crossed them out. So I'm sticking with history, that is IF I do a second 3/4 next year.
My plan is to switch out of Bio 1/2 and go to Year 10 History (yes, I know it will be very different from VCE), just to get a taste. It's a shame that the AOS at school are French and Russian Revolution, respectively. I really wanted to study the Chinese Revolution and there are many chinese students in the school. Perhaps, they thought it might lead to an unfair advantage? I'm not quite sure, oh well.
Bad luck on the 3/4 English, I can see the passion you have for the subject. If only I enjoyed English that much LOL.
For comparison, I have never heard of anyone from my school accelerating in 3/4 English either.
Good luck with History if you end up doing it, I'm sure you'll smash it! ;D
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Is there a reason you are really wanting to complete two subjects in Year 11? I mean if you don't really like the second subject, really don't do it. You won't find interest in it and it will only be a burden. Without having done the 1/2's, you will only be more under pressure.
And for English 3/4 in Year 11, I've never seen someone do that regardless of their ability
But ultimately this is your choice. Good luck with your studies
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Bad luck on the 3/4 English, I can see the passion you have for the subject. If only I enjoyed English that much LOL.
For comparison, I have never heard of anyone from my school accelerating in 3/4 English either.
Good luck with History if you end up doing it, I'm sure you'll smash it! ;D
Thank you!!! And HAHAHA naww, at least you're enjoying Maths
Also, I met a girl in one of the ATAR Notes lectures and she's doing accel English which is pretty rare but pretty cool
Thank you and good luck in Methods! We can both do it together except I'll be probs struggling while you ace it : ))
Also, I noticed you have five subjects in your signature. Are you planning on doing five altogether or undecided for your sixth one?
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Is there a reason you are really wanting to complete two subjects in Year 11? I mean if you don't really like the second subject, really don't do it. You won't find interest in it and it will only be a burden. Without having done the 1/2's, you will only be more under pressure.
And for English 3/4 in Year 11, I've never seen someone do that regardless of their ability
But ultimately this is your choice. Good luck with your studies
Well, I completely agree with your point. That's why I decided that I want to switch out of Bio 1/2 and into Year 10 History, just for a taste because I'm not sure how I feel about it.
My school doesn't run 1/2 History, so that pressure part doesn't quite apply. For English, however, I have considered that but going into Psych 3/4 without the 1/2 would be harder for me than doing English 3/4. Adding on, I mentioned people from my school got offered Lit 3/4, despite it being more difficult according to most students. I don't see why that is.
I met a girl in an ATAR Notes lecture doing English 3/4 in Year 11. It's probably something that happens in some schools but not in others. She did the 1/2 in Year 11 (unlike my plan).
About the two 3/4's part, it is recommended to do four 3/4's in Year 12 for Uni Extension. That's what I'm aiming for (Uni Extension Literature). I'm also the type of person (as stated above) who likes more work initially and less afterwards. Doing five 3/4's in Year 12 seems more hectic, despite the experience gained from doing the 1/2. I'd rather get two subjects out of the way.
Hope that answers all your questions! Thanks for the luck because I will definitely need it and good luck to you as well!
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Well, I completely agree with your point. That's why I decided that I want to switch out of Bio 1/2 and into Year 10 History, just for a taste because I'm not sure how I feel about it.
My school doesn't run 1/2 History, so that pressure part doesn't quite apply. For English, however, I have considered that but going into Psych 3/4 without the 1/2 would be harder for me than doing English 3/4. Adding on, I mentioned people from my school got offered Lit 3/4, despite it being more difficult according to most students. I don't see why that is.
I met a girl in an ATAR Notes lecture doing English 3/4 in Year 11. It's probably something that happens in some schools but not in others. She did the 1/2 in Year 11 (unlike my plan).
About the two 3/4's part, it is recommended to do four 3/4's in Year 12 for Uni Extension. That's what I'm aiming for (Uni Extension Literature). I'm also the type of person (as stated above) who likes more work initially and less afterwards. Doing five 3/4's in Year 12 seems more hectic, despite the experience gained from doing the 1/2. I'd rather get two subjects out of the way.
Hope that answers all your questions! Thanks for the luck because I will definitely need it and good luck to you as well!
Ok, as long as you can cope with it.
I wouldn't want to see someone break down because of the unforeseeable pressure. Since you like Literature, I would recommend History as well because people who do well in English usually do well in History :)
Thank you for the luck as well ;)
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Thank you!!! And HAHAHA naww, at least you're enjoying Maths
Also, I met a girl in one of the ATAR Notes lectures and she's doing accel English which is pretty rare but pretty cool
Thank you and good luck in Methods! We can both do it together except I'll be probs struggling while you ace it : ))
Also, I noticed you have five subjects in your signature. Are you planning on doing five altogether or undecided for your sixth one?
Haha thanks! Good luck to you as well!
In regards to my subjects, my school makes us do Religion in Year 11 (whyy) so I am doing that plus the 5 mentioned in my signature next year. I'm not entirely sure about year 12 yet, but at the moment I want to do UMEP Maths.
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Interesting updates!!
Sorry to hear that you won't be able to do English in Year 11 as you initially wanted. It sounds like you had a fantastic consultation though and your teacher was able to get you on the right path. I think a humanities subject could be a great idea for you! Good luck with whatever you end up doing :)
I really admire your enthusiasm and love of math! Is there any reason that you're not keen on pursuing it further in university or as a career?
Disliking dissections will be a big hurdle to overcome for medicine. I'm sure I didn't need to point that out though. I feel like you might be a tad discontented with the course because it has a profound lack of math... study of psychology within medical schools is pretty understated too. What do you think?
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Ok, as long as you can cope with it.
I wouldn't want to see someone break down because of the unforeseeable pressure. Since you like Literature, I would recommend History as well because people who do well in English usually do well in History :)
Thank you for the luck as well ;)
Haha, thank you! Yes, I've considered a lot of different options and to me, doing Eng 3/4 in Year 11 seemed less pressure than anything else.
That's true! I actually narrowed it down after seeing some of the sac's in our previous school, reading the actual exam and also the examiner's report. I'm still a bit unsure so I'll try Year 10 history and see how it goes.
How are your VCE subjects like?
Haha thanks! Good luck to you as well!
In regards to my subjects, my school makes us do Religion in Year 11 (whyy) so I am doing that plus the 5 mentioned in my signature next year. I'm not entirely sure about year 12 yet, but at the moment I want to do UMEP Maths.
That sounds gross! Sorry, don't mean to be disrespectful to anyone that enjoys it but religion being compulsory? I would literally change schools
Oh, since you like Maths so much I think that would be a great idea, I heard that it's a lot of fun and might even help you clear concepts in Spesh (some people have stated that, although someone who has actually experienced it first hand would let you know better)
Good luck!
Interesting updates!!
Sorry to hear that you won't be able to do English in Year 11 as you initially wanted. It sounds like you had a fantastic consultation though and your teacher was able to get you on the right path. I think a humanities subject could be a great idea for you! Good luck with whatever you end up doing :)
I really admire your enthusiasm and love of math! Is there any reason that you're not keen on pursuing it further in university or as a career?
Yes I did! Thank you!!! I never took any Humanities subject seriously (partially because I never had a good Humanities teacher in the first place throughout my high school life)
Hmm, I was thinking about it. Although I really do like Math, I think I prefer it in moderation. Whereas for Literature, it's kind of like leisure. Sometimes doing a lot of Maths feels like studying instead of enjoying whereas you can discuss poems and writings with your friends. I love communicating with others (I'm an extrovert so I literally start losing energy if I stay alone for too long) and I guess writing is a form in which you're basically talking to other people
Disliking dissections will be a big hurdle to overcome for medicine. I'm sure I didn't need to point that out though. I feel like you might be a tad discontented with the course because it has a profound lack of math... study of psychology within medical schools is pretty understated too. What do you think?
Yeah, I'm not super excited for med. I think I just want to try it out and see how it goes. It definitely does, a lot of people say how Math and science are linked but they really aren't
That sounds about right. I'm pretty sure people finish med and then go towards other courses (as in to be a Psychiatrist, you need psychology)
If I really don't enjoy med, I think I might go towards something completely different like a teacher. I guess the future is far away so I will just have to wait to see what happens
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2019年10月20日日曜日 - Update
I have been overall quite productive this week (always feels good to know you did a lot of work) aka
- Maths Chapters: Did almost all of the Maths chapters, partially because the teacher missed out on one chapter when she was writing it on the board
- Japanese Scripts: Basically, we have to write 5 scripts (more like essays), 2 weeks on each script. The first one is family, second one is school, third one is weekend, forth one is traveling and fifth one is future. It takes a lot of time, effort, creativity and motivation for each essay and if you know me, you know I lack all of these XD But I did write them in the end and the teacher said it was good (surprisingly) although I did dog my friends a little hehe like saying one of them wanted a Japanese boyfriend
Wednesday was a busy day. My friend and I were planning a surprise party for a really close friend, and my cousin so we ended up waddling for 2-3 hours just walking around from Collins St to MC. I even bought an Uncle Tetsu's cake for her (can you believe a tiny cake was $18).
I had a chem tutor info session. There were SOOO many people there and it was almost overwhelming about how many people are serious about this subject. There were some girls my current and old schools, respectively. They also have a ranking SAC-like structure apparently and that's what worries me. I'm so bad at science that I'm probs gonna stuff things up (I've also heard from MANY people that their 1/2 isn't good but their 3/4 is) and it's also 2 hours long on a subject I don't even like ahh
I'm meant to study French and Russian Revs but the Chinese one is soooo interesting. I was trying to find different Chinese characters to say empress (because there is a different one for queen and different one for empress...so confusing) so I stumbled across famous empresses in Chinese history like Wu Zetian and Zhangxian Mingsu Empress. I don't think they're in the VCAA study designs but it just goes to show how interesting history (a subject despised by many) is!
If anyone is studying French or Russian revolution, please tell me how interesting you find it! I'm just curious about other people's opinions
Macrob Fun Fact: While our school - contrary to what most people hear - isn't competitive, almost everyone (or everyone who does well) has a tutor(s). We had an unfortunate incident a few years ago, sort of brushing on this subject and I guess this is more of a sad fact than a fun fact for those with socioeconomic issues.
Also, if you aren't doing tutoring, don't get scared! Tutoring only does so much. Really, it's more about the way you approach the subject and the amount of time and effort you put into it. Tutors don't work for everyone either, so don't feel like you won't get a good study score without tutoring : ))
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(always feels good to know you did a lot of work)
I know exactly what you mean! Also, can I just say that I love your macrob facts at the end of every journal entry!! ;D
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2019年10月20日日曜日 - Update
I have been overall quite productive this week (always feels good to know you did a lot of work) aka
- Maths Chapters: Did almost all of the Maths chapters, partially because the teacher missed out on one chapter when she was writing it on the board
- Japanese Scripts: Basically, we have to write 5 scripts (more like essays), 2 weeks on each script. The first one is family, second one is school, third one is weekend, forth one is traveling and fifth one is future. It takes a lot of time, effort, creativity and motivation for each essay and if you know me, you know I lack all of these XD But I did write them in the end and the teacher said it was good (surprisingly) although I did dog my friends a little hehe like saying one of them wanted a Japanese boyfriend
Haha it feels so good when you know you got stuff done. We had to do a similar thing for Italian except it was for oral conversation prep and we had to get really familiar with the sort of questions that they might ask in the VCE Oral Conversation assessment, so our topics were family, work, future aspirations, school and free time (pretty similar to you I guess.)
Wednesday was a busy day. My friend and I were planning a surprise party for a really close friend, and my cousin so we ended up waddling for 2-3 hours just walking around from Collins St to MC. I even bought an Uncle Tetsu's cake for her (can you believe a tiny cake was $18).
That's really nice of you! and yeah the CBD is atrocious when it comes toward prices for anything.
I had a chem tutor info session. There were SOOO many people there and it was almost overwhelming about how many people are serious about this subject. There were some girls my current and old schools, respectively. They also have a ranking SAC-like structure apparently and that's what worries me. I'm so bad at science that I'm probs gonna stuff things up (I've also heard from MANY people that their 1/2 isn't good but their 3/4 is) and it's also 2 hours long on a subject I don't even like ahh
oof I'm lucky that I enjoy all my subjects next year (well I don't like English but hopefully Eng Lang is better.) Hope you survive lol.
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I know exactly what you mean! Also, can I just say that I love your macrob facts at the end of every journal entry!! ;D
Yes, that satisfaction of being productive is the feeling I live for, it's sad that it takes a lot of motivation to start the work though
And thank you! I just wanted to make the journal stand out a little and I thought, since a lot of people are interested in the school, why not a fun fact at the end
Haha it feels so good when you know you got stuff done. We had to do a similar thing for Italian except it was for oral conversation prep and we had to get really familiar with the sort of questions that they might ask in the VCE Oral Conversation assessment, so our topics were family, work, future aspirations, school and free time (pretty similar to you I guess.)
Oh yeah that's exactly what it is except we don't get assessed until either next year or the year after (not too sure)
Woahh that's really similar but how did you do the work one (since most people in Year 10 don't have part time jobs I believe)
That's really nice of you! and yeah the CBD is atrocious when it comes toward prices for anything.
Thank you! I take birthdays really seriously so I put in a lot of effort to try and make it as perfect as possible. It was my first time doing a surprise thing for someone
Yes, once you go to the city you come out broke XD
oof I'm lucky that I enjoy all my subjects next year (well I don't like English but hopefully Eng Lang is better.) Hope you survive lol.
Thank you!!! Luckily, chem 3/4 is Year 12 but I think that's the only subject I passionately despise. Sad that it's a prereq for most uni courses
If you don't like English then I think Englang is good. Well, I've heard a lot of contradictory things about Englang from diff people. Some people say if you're good at languages, do Englang. Some people say if you like Maths, do Englang. My Englang teacher said if you like science and humanities then do it
But I'm sure you will end up enjoying it anyways, good luck!
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2019年10月24日木曜日 - Update
I have an application task for Methods tomorrow and I did not study AT ALL. It doesn't matter too much because it's just, if you attempt it, you get a pass and if you don't, then it's a fail. But we will still do it under exam conditions because my teacher wants to prepare us for next year.
I have been focusing less on Bio now that I know I won't do it next year but that worries me a bit. There's a Bio exam not so far away and I should motivate myself to study for it, even if I don't end up continuing (don't we all just want those good study habits).
For Japanese, I have been learning and testing my kanji. I realized I know a lot more than I did one or two months ago (well I didn't know what hiragana or kanji was before this year so I guess it's an improvement to be able to write and recognize around 150 kanji)
A bunch of my history books have arrived so I'm pretty happy about that. I can finally begin studying toward 3/4.
Going to school has been an absolute pain, especially today. The past two weeks, there have been bus replacements between Shrine of Remembrance and Toorak Road (two different tram - or as I like to say, "street car" - stops). Walking in the heat to and from school has been burning my body. WHY MELBOURNE!
Also, this is quite irrelevant but after today, my self esteem boosted up drastically. I thought I was 155cm the past few years but one friend was like "there's no way you're 155, you're 156". This was the tallest achievement I've ever received (okay I'm sorry I'll stop) but life sucks being short. I've been armrested by tall as mhs guys so many times that I've lost count
Sorry for the short (and pretty irrelevant) entries, my brain is fried and the heat isn't helping either. Not much has happened apart from the obvious stress but oh well, that's just life
Macrob Fun Fact: Macrob is a very LGBTQ+ friendly environment, or at least from what I've seen. I personally don't know too much about these kinds of things but I know a lot of people would be interested in it
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Those study habits can really stick! I did the same for physics, I knew I was going to drop it after unit 1, but I ended up studying for it when I didn't need it..... Life if weird like that.
What made you choose history? And specifically that history? I do think the revolutions is the most interesting out of the bunch, I mean no offence to our own history, but it's just colonisation, a few interesting moments, and wars that we didn't do a whole bunch in I mean we had a war with emu's...... Ancient history does look cool, but if I did a humanities subject I might have done classical studies. I love mythology especial roman and greek.
Can't relate to the height problem.... For some reason I was always quite tall, and no one can really armrest me as I am 174cm ;)
It's great that Macrob is like that, it's nice to see!
Good luck with exams!
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I have been focusing less on Bio now that I know I won't do it next year but that worries me a bit. There's a Bio exam not so far away and I should motivate myself to study for it, even if I don't end up continuing (don't we all just want those good study habits).
I can relate, at the moment I'm struggling to motivate myself for my subjects that I'm not doing next year (which is most of them.)
For Japanese, I have been learning and testing my kanji. I realized I know a lot more than I did one or two months ago (well I didn't know what hiragana or kanji was before this year so I guess it's an improvement to be able to write and recognize around 150 kanji)
Wow, great job! That's great considering you've only being doing it for a year!
Also, this is quite irrelevant but after today, my self esteem boosted up drastically. I thought I was 155cm the past few years but one friend was like "there's no way you're 155, you're 156". This was the tallest achievement I've ever received (okay I'm sorry I'll stop) but life sucks being short. I've been armrested by tall as mhs guys so many times that I've lost count
Oof, I know what it feels like to be short, I was always the shortest kid in primary school, especially since I was the youngest in my year level, and I was 4'11" at the start of year 7. I'm 5'10" now lol but it's weird, I still think of myself as a short sort of person. bit off topic there sorry.
That's nice to hear about Macrob. In my experience I think that girls' schools are generally better with that sort of thing that boys' schools.
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Those study habits can really stick! I did the same for physics, I knew I was going to drop it after unit 1, but I ended up studying for it when I didn't need it..... Life if weird like that.
Really? Thanks for the advice. I was really considering whether I should continue wasting time studying Bio or if I should start studying my next year subjects (particularly History 3/4)
What made you choose history? And specifically that history? I do think the revolutions is the most interesting out of the bunch, I mean no offence to our own history, but it's just colonisation, a few interesting moments, and wars that we didn't do a whole bunch in I mean we had a war with emu's...... Ancient history does look cool, but if I did a humanities subject I might have done classical studies. I love mythology especial roman and greek.
So the subjects that I narrowed down to were Psych, Global Politics, Philosophy and Rev. I think I've already said this a few times (sorry if I'm just repeating myself haha) but Psych seemed too sciency and I don't want to take a risk. Global Politics was interesting. It's a topic I really enjoy discussing with my friends. However, I had a look at the actual VCAA exams and I was like nah. Philosophy was basically the same.
For Rev, we have a really good teacher. I picked Rev out of all the History subjects because it's the only one (I believe) which runs at out school. Ancient History 3/4 is a possibility but it usually doesn't run due to a lack of interest. Classical studies sounds cool. I find mythology really interesting and creative as well
Ancient history is really interesting, particularly the Chinese dynasties, empresses and so on. I might've considered it if it had a higher chance of running.
Can't relate to the height problem.... For some reason I was always quite tall, and no one can really armrest me as I am 174cm ;)
Hahaha lucky! Guess I will have to forever look up to you (literally)
It's great that Macrob is like that, it's nice to see!
Good luck with exams!
Yeah, I think the acceptance is nice as well. Of course, it's not perfect but it is notably far better than other schools.
Also, thank you and good luck to you too! You will do amazing : ))
I can relate, at the moment I'm struggling to motivate myself for my subjects that I'm not doing next year (which is most of them.)
Ahh, it feels horrible. I know this is weird but one thing which helps me motivate myself to study is by cleaning my desk. But I need motivation for that too so...
Wow, great job! That's great considering you've only being doing it for a year!
Thank you! I feel like I haven't studied enough but I guess that's because I need to divide my time for other subjects as well
Oof, I know what it feels like to be short, I was always the shortest kid in primary school, especially since I was the youngest in my year level, and I was 4'11" at the start of year 7. I'm 5'10" now lol but it's weird, I still think of myself as a short sort of person. bit off topic there sorry.
Hahaha, not off topic at all. I'm sooo jealous, when will my growth spurt come
Jk, that's awesome (and actually the biggest growth spurt I've ever heard of) but don't armrest the shorter people around you XD
That's nice to hear about Macrob. In my experience I think that girls' schools are generally better with that sort of thing that boys' schools.
Yes, for sure. I heard mhs has a bit of a homophobic environment (but I might be completely wrong)
I think it might be because a lot of guys say "that's gay" whereas the majority of girls I met are quite against that (of course there are guys against it and girls who do use it a lot, it's just more common that way)
Regardless, I'm still not too sure why the LGBTQ+ community is more accepted in girl's schools
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Hey chopsticks!!
How do you plan to go about studying for your 3/4 subjects? Will you just read over the textbooks, or take notes and start answering questions? :)
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Hey chopsticks!!
How do you plan to go about studying for your 3/4 subjects? Will you just read over the textbooks, or take notes and start answering questions? :)
Hey Laura!
Is this for Methods and History or just History? For Methods, I've already started since 1/2 is basically the same as 3/4. I'm not taking any notes, just doing questions. This might sound overly ambitious (but I can always change my mind), I'm thinking about not taking any bound reference to exam 2 next year. I want to know my content so well that I won't need notes. In saying that, I will probably write them but leave them on the day of the exam.
For Rev, since I'm not familiar with any kind of History subject AT ALL (I didn't even do History this year so I feel like I'm low key screwed). I think I'm gonna do everything you said but more so on the emphasis of reading and doing questions over taking notes. I want to understand the content first and then work towards the questions. I don't learn well without someone explaining concepts to me so I think note taking will be mostly a waste of time (I'll type up some things though)
What about you? How are you planning on tackling your 3/4 subjects?
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I'm not taking any notes, just doing questions. This might sound overly ambitious (but I can always change my mind), I'm thinking about not taking any bound reference to exam 2 next year. I want to know my content so well that I won't need notes. In saying that, I will probably write them but leave them on the day of the exam.
Wow, are you sure you aren't my clone? I never write notes for maths as well, because I think that the time spent writing notes could be spent doing more questions and doing maths problems is more fun than writing notes. I always put some notes together the night before a test and never use them during the test. I would rather that I do more questions so that I know the content by heart than look at a book during the test. And if I want to look over topics for revision, I will just use the textbook.
For Rev, since I'm not familiar with any kind of History subject AT ALL (I didn't even do History this year so I feel like I'm low key screwed)
I'm doing year 10 history rn and I feel like the best way to go about history tests/exams is to get really familiar with the sort of questions which they ask on history tests, things like a Source Analysis, to what extent/evaluate questions and the like. It's not enough to just you know your info (dates, events, facts, etc.) you have to know how to apply that knowledge to answer the in-depth questions they ask. (lol just realised I'm not really the best person to be giving advice on this subject but whatever.) Good luck for Revs!
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2019年10月30日水曜日 - Update
So, my application task was meant to be on Friday. I ended up being absent anyways lol so it was delayed to Tuesday (and then again delayed today).
On Monday, we had a Bio excursion to the Melbourne Zoo! It was heaps of fun, we only had to do compulsory activities for 1.5 hours and the rest was free time, meaning roaming around and taking pics of random animals. It was funny because we got dismissed at 2:20 (10min before when we were supposed to get dismissed) and my friend went around Melbourne Central to buy some food. Within the time she took, I got my eyebrows done, had an eye test and bought two pairs of glasses. Gotta love saving time
Yesterday, I had an interview for the Japanese Exchange (which will happen next year but everything is being prepared early). I didn't think it was particularly important since they didn't give us anything to prepare for until my friend told me all the questions were on Instagram (great because that's the one social media I don't have). She sent it to me and I was like wtf these are so hard to answer in Japanese. Turns out, we were meant to answer in English so it turned out great. The interview was also held by super friendly Year 11 VCE Japanese students who went on the exchange so that's pretty cool
Today, I sat the app task and it was a lot easier than expected. We were allowed to take our pre-task (which had exactly the same styled questions) into the test. Surprisingly, I heard most people didn't finish on time.
I didn't use the pre-task paper because I wanted to see how much I learnt from it. I had one question left (and I had less time than everyone else) whereas most people couldn't finish the whole last page
Tbf, I did skip a few questions because
a) my CAS was being dumb/I was struggling on how to use the stupid thing/typed the wrong equation lol
or
b) there was one question from the pre-task that I didn't understand so obviously I had to skip it
It doesn't matter much anyways since it's just an S or N task (aka pass if you attempt, fail if you don't)
I'm a bit worried because the busiest week of this term is coming up soon (I think week 6 or 7) where we have to fit all of our assignments. Currently, I have a Bio assessment about adaptations (we have to do it about either the Southern Corroboree Frog, Helmeted Honeyeater, Phillipines Crocodile or the Asian Elephant) and I chose to do the Southern Corroboree Frog. For Japanese, we have a series of weekly tests coming up aka Reading Test, Listening Test and Oral. English easily has the best assignment though. We get to do a persuasive piece on any current issue we are passionate about and can present it as an Opinion Piece, Letter to the Editor, Editorial or even as a cartoon. I decided to do mine on the Hong Kong protests since it's something I feel strongly about and have already researched
Since it's getting closer to the end of the year, I am trying to organize a present for my Methods teacher with my Methods class. She is the best teacher ever! I think I might have mentioned this before but I did Methods tutoring with a very well known tutor and I absolutely hated it. Biggest waste of time. I much preferred my current teacher because she pushes her students but is also super understanding. My tutor never checked our work, never pushed us and was always behind curriculum. I would always work ahead everything he did. I have actually been getting better results after quitting.
Also, I finally told my school Bio teacher and Essential Science teacher I wasn't gonna continue Bio. My Essential Science teacher said I still have time to think about it since the subject change requests will happen in December. My Bio teacher said she was quite surprised and she wasn't expecting it. She asked me if it was because I did so badly on my first test and I was like ehh kinda. I also told one of my friends from Essential Science and she was like "dude, are you sure you're not gonna do Bio? You're so good at it" (she's one of those must protect, too sweet human beings). Even then, I've made up my mind. I know if I continue, I'll neglect this subject and place others above it.
I have also been thinking about doing a seventh subject (if the school even lets) but that's something for later on. I think I've mentioned how previous alumni have graduated with well over 6 subjects. If I do a seventh one, it'll definitely be English
Anyways, that's my update for now. Sorry, it's a whole lot of stuff but just a recount of my latest thoughts
Macrob Fun Fact: On Wednesdays, we finish school at 1:40 every week (used to be 1:35 last year welp)
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Wow, are you sure you aren't my clone? I never write notes for maths as well, because I think that the time spent writing notes could be spent doing more questions and doing maths problems is more fun than writing notes. I always put some notes together the night before a test and never use them during the test. I would rather that I do more questions so that I know the content by heart than look at a book during the test. And if I want to look over topics for revision, I will just use the textbook.
"Hey mom, I think I've found my long lost twin"
Honestly, the best part about Maths is that once you start doing questions, you can keep doing them. With English, you need so much time and motivation to write every single essay (and don't get me started on science subjects)
I'm doing year 10 history rn and I feel like the best way to go about history tests/exams is to get really familiar with the sort of questions which they ask on history tests, things like a Source Analysis, to what extent/evaluate questions and the like. It's not enough to just you know your info (dates, events, facts, etc.) you have to know how to apply that knowledge to answer the in-depth questions they ask. (lol just realised I'm not really the best person to be giving advice on this subject but whatever.) Good luck for Revs!/
Noooo, that's awesome advice!
Yeah, I want to first understand and memorize the content and then start getting familiar with the questions
Thank you so much! I completely agree with everything you said
How do you personally find History though (just trying to get some opinions lol)
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2019年10月30日水曜日 - Update
Yesterday, I had an interview for the Japanese Exchange (which will happen next year but everything is being prepared early). I didn't think it was particularly important since they didn't give us anything to prepare for until my friend told me all the questions were on Instagram (great because that's the one social media I don't have). She sent it to me and I was like wtf these are so hard to answer in Japanese. Turns out, we were meant to answer in English so it turned out great. The interview was also held by super friendly Year 11 VCE Japanese students who went on the exchange so that's pretty cool
Haha a similar thing happened with me the other day for my Italian exchange. We were sent some outlining questions for the interview which I believe is in a week or so, and I thought we had to answer them in Italian so I was freaking out and trying to prepare answers until the teacher told me it was in English lol. When will you find out if you made it in, or do you already know?
I'm a bit worried because the busiest week of this term is coming up soon (I think week 6 or 7) where we have to fit all of our assignments. Currently, I have a Bio assessment about adaptations (we have to do it about either the Southern Corroboree Frog, Helmeted Honeyeater, Phillipines Crocodile or the Asian Elephant) and I chose to do the Southern Corroboree Frog. For Japanese, we have a series of weekly tests coming up aka Reading Test, Listening Test and Oral. English easily has the best assignment though. We get to do a persuasive piece on any current issue we are passionate about and can present it as an Opinion Piece, Letter to the Editor, Editorial or even as a cartoon. I decided to do mine on the Hong Kong protests since it's something I feel strongly about and have already researched
Your English sound interesting! It was a shame, we did an opinion oral presentation earlier this year and my class was the only one where we all just did the same topic and it was a dull topic because everyone argued from the same point of view. It was boring because I wanted to do something I am really interested in, like drug legalisation and how we should deal with addicts (rehabilitation rather than criminilisation).
Also, I finally told my school Bio teacher and Essential Science teacher I wasn't gonna continue Bio. My Essential Science teacher said I still have time to think about it since the subject change requests will happen in December. My Bio teacher said she was quite surprised and she wasn't expecting it. She asked me if it was because I did so badly on my first test and I was like ehh kinda. I also told one of my friends from Essential Science and she was like "dude, are you sure you're not gonna do Bio? You're so good at it" (she's one of those must protect, too sweet human beings). Even then, I've made up my mind. I know if I continue, I'll neglect this subject and place others above it.
Yeah, it's good that you're being honest and not trying to convince yourself to do something that you don't want to do. I upset some of my teachers back when I chose my subjects earlier this semester, (because they all wanted me in their class hahaha jk 8)) but I really felt like I was making the best decisions for myself and I chose the subjects that I would enjoy the most.
Macrob Fun Fact: On Wednesdays, we finish school at 1:40 every week (used to be 1:35 last year welp)
Damn, lucky, we finish Wednesdays at 1:45, what a stitch up haha
How do you personally find History though (just trying to get some opinions lol)
I'm personally not the biggest fan, which is interesting because I'm really interested in politics (standard conversation with friends is discussing the latest Democratic presidential debates lol) and bits of history too but I'm not a huge fan of the tests and essays that you have to do for history. What are your reasons for doing the subject?
Sorry for literally invading your journal recently with these all these huge comments, I just find these conversations interesting. :)
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Haha a similar thing happened with me the other day for my Italian exchange. We were sent some outlining questions for the interview which I believe is in a week or so, and I thought we had to answer them in Italian so I was freaking out and trying to prepare answers until the teacher told me it was in English lol. When will you find out if you made it in, or do you already know?
HAHAHA God I feel like life tries to spook us for no reason
The exchange is guaranteed, the interview is just to see if you know what to do when you go to Japan and how to ask for help
Your English sound interesting! It was a shame, we did an opinion oral presentation earlier this year and my class was the only one where we all just did the same topic and it was a dull topic because everyone argued from the same point of view. It was boring because I wanted to do something I am really interested in, like drug legalisation and how we should deal with addicts (rehabilitation rather than criminilisation).
You know, I was thinking about my old school and how in English, everyone had to do the same topics. I felt sorry for the teacher initially for having to hear the same damn thing over and over again but then I realized she liked it?
Yeah, it's good that you're being honest and not trying to convince yourself to do something that you don't want to do. I upset some of my teachers back when I chose my subjects earlier this semester, (because they all wanted me in their class hahaha jk 8)) but I really felt like I was making the best decisions for myself and I chose the subjects that I would enjoy the most.
That's awesome! Always trust ur own decisions first
My teachers weren't upset, they just wanted me to re-evaluate my life decisions
Damn, lucky, we finish Wednesdays at 1:45, what a stitch up haha
Really? I thought every other high school finishes at normal time 3:25 Wednesdays (except mhs, it differs for them since they have to do after school sport lol)
I'm personally not the biggest fan, which is interesting because I'm really interested in politics (standard conversation with friends is discussing the latest Democratic presidential debates lol) and bits of history too but I'm not a huge fan of the tests and essays that you have to do for history. What are your reasons for doing the subject?
I like the essay part of it. Rather not get tested via questions and do my own analysis. It's kinda like Lit in that way
I also love talking about politics and I was never interested in History until I actually looked through the SACs, talked to some Year 11's and the history teacher
Sorry for literally invading your journal recently with these all these huge comments, I just find these conversations interesting. :)
Nooooo, don't feel sorry at all
Spam spam spam away, I love talking to other peops as well (I'm just slow at responding because notifications are off lol)
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On Monday, we had a Bio excursion to the Melbourne Zoo! It was heaps of fun, we only had to do compulsory activities for 1.5 hours and the rest was free time, meaning roaming around and taking pics of random animals. It was funny because we got dismissed at 2:20 (10min before when we were supposed to get dismissed) and my friend went around Melbourne Central to buy some food. Within the time she took, I got my eyebrows done, had an eye test and bought two pairs of glasses. Gotta love saving time
oh my goodness- that sounds like the most fun excursion ever!! Were you meant to be learning about evolution?
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oh my goodness- that sounds like the most fun excursion ever!! Were you meant to be learning about evolution?
No, evolution is mostly unit 3/4
We're doing biodiversity and adaptations
But yes it was fun haha, have you ever had zoo excursions and how was it?
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No, evolution is mostly unit 3/4
We're doing biodiversity and adaptations
But yes it was fun haha, have you ever had zoo excursions and how was it?
No, unfortunately. We do go to GTAC for excursions a lot though.
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No, unfortunately. We do go to GTAC for excursions a lot though.
that's really cool tho. how's it like?
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No, unfortunately. We do go to GTAC for excursions a lot though.
Yeah I've never been there either lol
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2019年10月30日水曜日 - Update
I have also been thinking about doing a seventh subject (if the school even lets) but that's something for later on. I think I've mentioned how previous alumni have graduated with well over 6 subjects. If I do a seventh one, it'll definitely be English
I'm pretty sure we were told that we could only do six vce subjects at MacRob and the alumni which you're talking about have probably all had a pretty good reason to do 7 and have had it approved by the school as well.
And yes, its me, a fellow macrobbian heuheuheu
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I'm pretty sure we were told that we could only do six vce subjects at MacRob and the alumni which you're talking about have probably all had a pretty good reason to do 7 and have had it approved by the school as well.
And yes, its me, a fellow macrobbian heuheuheu
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Yo yo yo glad to see u finally got on here, are u thinkin bout making a journal
Nah she did 9 and I was talking to another year 12, they said u can do more than 6 but u just need to talk about it lol
I think senior school is more negotiable when it comes to this but I’ll talk to u more about it in person (being safe online)
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Yo yo yo glad to see u finally got on here, are u thinkin bout making a journal
Nah she did 9 and I was talking to another year 12, they said u can do more than 6 but u just need to talk about it lol
I think senior school is more negotiable when it comes to this but I’ll talk to u more about it in person (being safe online)
Nope, a journal seems like way too much effort and I think my life is pretty uneventful at the moment. Your one absolutely rocks though, and I'll be sure to be here to hype it up!!
And about senior school, I totally get where you're coming from. One of our friend's tutors claimed to have changed out of her bio class into another one without an actual reason and I was like :0
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Nope, a journal seems like way too much effort and I think my life is pretty uneventful at the moment. Your one absolutely rocks though, and I'll be sure to be here to hype it up!!
Lol ur life ain't uneventful but I get what you mean, I also feel like sharing a lot of stuff or putting a lot of amazing events but can't because they're too private to share to something accessible by practically anyone lol
And thank u, if u made a journal, I still think it would be great <333
And about senior school, I totally get where you're coming from. One of our friend's tutors claimed to have changed out of her bio class into another one without an actual reason and I was like :0
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Really? I heard somethn like that happened in Middle School as well but idk, best for me not to spread potentially misleading info lol
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2019年11月12日火曜日 - Update
Long story short, no, I didn't die and no, drowning in homework didn't make me slow down my update speed. I was actually going to update on Saturday but I didn't really have much to say since I forgot everything that happened that week.
I was stressing out on Sunday because I was writing notes for all of Bio Unit 1 and everything I know from Unit 2 (lol not much) for a friend who wants to do 3/4 next year without tutoring and is aiming for a pretty high raw score. Most of my notes are from memory but I have this weird perfectionist thing that makes me double check everything so I check some notes, the textbook, my previous very ugly, pencil-drawn notes and google. I have written 22 pages exactly so far and I haven't even covered all of AOS1 (probs because my notes have more detail than the textbook lmao I had to chuck in everything I knew + stuff that they didn't teach us in school). I guess the main issue was, my Methods probability test is supposedly this week, my Japanese listening test is tomorrow and I have an English essay due this Friday and a Bio assessment due yesterday but I only finished 50%.
In the end, I finished the rest of the 50% during other classes yesterday and managed to print everything out since writing an opinion piece for Bio is less work than it sounds. My English essay is actually due next week Tuesday (I misinterpreted it as being due on Tuesday instead of Friday) and my Maths PRACTICE TEST is this week but the legit one is next week. Not to mention, I finished the English essay today so all I gotta do is practice for Maths, finish off them Bio notes (it will also serve as my revision for the exam), study for the Japanese listening test & role play oral and memorize content for History: Revs.
Yesterday, I asked my other Bio teacher (stick around for the Macrob fun fact at the end so you get what I mean) what the bare minimum mark is for the Bio exam for me to pass the subject. She was like 50% (wow no wayy) and then I told her I'm dropping Bio so I don't wanna study for it. She completely understood everything and wished my the best of luck for my other subject :' )
I feel like I am extremely lazy. Maybe I should become one of those VCE authors and write a book "Ultimate Guide to bullshitting through High School, VCE and Life".
Now onto some non-study related things
One of my friends told me to go to sleep yesterday night. Apparently, 4 hours a night isn't enough. Screw 9.25 hours, how can I manage that alongside studies and musical commitments in such a short time frame
My good ol' friend is willing to give me some gorgeous exercise books that she bought. She is so precious (if you're reading this, give yourself a shout out, you deserve it)
I also got a lot of advice from this Revs girl who's been acing the subject. Apparently, the combination of Methods and Revs in Year 11 isn't as uncommon as I initially thought
Today, two weird things happened. When I was walking downstairs towards Health, one of the teachers was walking in the opposite direction and he wasn't even looking at me. Somehow, he saw the forms I was holding and he just took it from me right there. My friend and I were like whaaat because I can assure you, nobody can see that from that angle. The second weird thing was in Health (well I was being weird this time). I finished my assessment a week early so I was just chillin on my laptop. One of my weeby-otaku mhs friends told me to watch RWBY (even though I am anything but a weeb) so I watched it without sound AND subtitles (the Crunchyroll Eng subs weren't working). Basically, I had no idea what was going on but the animation was absolutely phenomenal, I couldn't stop laughing that whole period.
Macrob Fun Fact: Some subjects have dual teachers (depending on your luck and timetabling). For example, in Bio, one teacher might teach you on Monday and Wednesday whilst the other Bio teacher might teach you on Tuesday and Friday. Although this can happen for practically any subject, the chances of you having one teacher for a particular subject is higher than dual teachers. Whether it's good or bad, you be the judge of that.
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Yeah I've never been there either lol
that's really cool tho. how's it like?
GTAC is cool. It's a centre that specialises in DNA. It's attached to Uni High and near Melbourne Uni. They have heaps of really cool equipment and you spend the day in small groups working with a scientist who specialises in genetics. I really enjoyed it! ;D
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GTAC is cool. It's a centre that specialises in DNA. It's attached to Uni High and near Melbourne Uni. They have heaps of really cool equipment and you spend the day in small groups working with a scientist who specialises in genetics. I really enjoyed it! ;D
Oh really? That's so cool and so close by too!
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GTAC is cool. It's a centre that specialises in DNA. It's attached to Uni High and near Melbourne Uni. They have heaps of really cool equipment and you spend the day in small groups working with a scientist who specialises in genetics. I really enjoyed it! ;D
Yeah, I went to GTAC last year and we did the same thing. Even though I'm not too interested in genetics or DNA as a career, it was really interesting!
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I was stressing out on Sunday because I was writing notes for all of Bio Unit 1 and everything I know from Unit 2 (lol not much) for a friend who wants to do 3/4 next year without tutoring and is aiming for a pretty high raw score.
I didn't get tutoring for any of my subjects and I got 47 raw in bio - it's definitely possible to do well without having that advantage :)
(I also didn't stress out and do a bunch of studying for bio. I did a bit of prep but I definitely also had a holiday)
Just thought I'd let you know so you can maybe pass onto your friends and reduce their stress a bit :)
Also 4 hours definitely isn't enough sleep and is very likely to be undermining your ability to learn and remember. I did a bunch of extra curriculars (played saxophone (was in the senior school band), school leadership, youth council, scouts... ) and there was only one day in year 12 where I stayed up past 10pm studying. Please don't undermine your sleep for your academics, it's often counter productive & I don't want you to have to keep dealing with all of the negative consequences of sleep deprivation.
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Yeah, I went to GTAC last year and we did the same thing. Even though I'm not too interested in genetics or DNA as a career, it was really interesting!
Really? I wish my school would've taken us but then again I can't complain with all the excursions we've had so far
I didn't get tutoring for any of my subjects and I got 47 raw in bio - it's definitely possible to do well without having that advantage :)
(I also didn't stress out and do a bunch of studying for bio. I did a bit of prep but I definitely also had a holiday)
Just thought I'd let you know so you can maybe pass onto your friends and reduce their stress a bit :)
Thank you for the advice! I let my friend know :))
Also 4 hours definitely isn't enough sleep and is very likely to be undermining your ability to learn and remember. I did a bunch of extra curriculars (played saxophone (was in the senior school band), school leadership, youth council, scouts... ) and there was only one day in year 12 where I stayed up past 10pm studying. Please don't undermine your sleep for your academics, it's often counter productive & I don't want you to have to keep dealing with all of the negative consequences of sleep deprivation.
I guess that's true
I don't have 4 hours every day of the week but unfortunately that's how much I usually end up with as I began a bad habit
Although, I have a friend who pulls a few days off without any sleep because she feels "more refreshed" but obviously it doesn't work for everyone and I think I should really focus on my inadequate sleep issue
Thanks for all the advice!
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Have you had Yr 10 exams yet, chopsticks?
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Have you had Yr 10 exams yet, chopsticks?
Extremely late response (so sorry) but yeah. Our school is weird as in we only get a Maths exam once a year + exam on Biology (and possibly any other VCE subject although I'm not sure.
The Bio one, which was fairly recent, was alright. I wasn't satisfied because I assure you, I gave in 0% effort. I only did four questions of the practice exam untimed and didn't bother checking I was correct. Honestly, for the real exam, I was aiming for a 30%. I skipped the whole last page because I couldn't be bothered. Somehow, I got a lot lot higher than I anticipated
Anyways, how was your exam
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2019年12月10日火曜日 - Update
So, it's been a while since my last update (and by that, I mean almost a WHOLE MONTH). I think last few weeks were quite busy and all in all everyone was stressed.
I've only had good news lately. I got my two 3/4's and all the subjects I asked for. There are people I like in all of my classes. I also got to switch out of Bio 3/4 for Revs successfully!
The last week was when we had our VCE orientation days and camp (which I missed out on since I was sick). I snuck into my friend's Philo 1/2 class and ngl, looks like heaps of fun. Lit also seemed like a lot of fun and Revs was, by far, the most interesting. The only subject I am not looking forward to is Chem, even though it's the only class I share with my best friend. We had to do a prac for our Orientation (and if you know me, you know that pracs and I aren't the best of friends). But hey, at least my friends and I got to eat some pho after.
We also got our lockers and I think my class got the worst ones! They're so small it's hard to chuck stuff in there.
Anyways, that's it for my short update.
Macrob Fun Fact: There is a Netflix film or series or somethn which will be filmed at our school!
ALSO FOR EVERYONE WHO'S FINISHED YEAR 12: Congrats on finishing VCE and well, high school! GOOD LUCK FOR THE RESULTS ON THURSDAY!!!
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2019年12月10日火曜日 - Update
So, it's been a while since my last update (and by that, I mean almost a WHOLE MONTH). I think last few weeks were quite busy and all in all everyone was stressed.
I've only had good news lately. I got my two 3/4's and all the subjects I asked for. There are people I like in all of my classes. I also got to switch out of Bio 3/4 for Revs successfully!
The last week was when we had our VCE orientation days and camp (which I missed out on since I was sick). I snuck into my friend's Philo 1/2 class and ngl, looks like heaps of fun. Lit also seemed like a lot of fun and Revs was, by far, the most interesting. The only subject I am not looking forward to is Chem, even though it's the only class I share with my best friend. We had to do a prac for our Orientation (and if you know me, you know that pracs and I aren't the best of friends). But hey, at least my friends and I got to eat some pho after.
We also got our lockers and I think my class got the worst ones! They're so small it's hard to chuck stuff in there.
Anyways, that's it for my short update.
Macrob Fun Fact: There is a Netflix film or series or somethn which will be filmed at our school!
ALSO FOR EVERYONE WHO'S FINISHED YEAR 12: Congrats on finishing VCE and well, high school! GOOD LUCK FOR THE RESULTS ON THURSDAY!!!
Love reading your journal! (Especially the fun facts :P) What do you like the most about Revs so far? Chem is like a rollercoaster, sometimes it's really good and sometimes it pretty boring for 1/2. You are going to have so much fun in Revs, many of my friends loved that subject ;D
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Extremely late response (so sorry) but yeah. Our school is weird as in we only get a Maths exam once a year + exam on Biology (and possibly any other VCE subject although I'm not sure.
All good :)
Anyways, how was your exam
Most of my exams went alright I guess.
Macrob Fun Fact: There is a Netflix film or series or somethn which will be filmed at our school!
Wow! That must be exciting.
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Love reading your journal! (Especially the fun facts :P)
Aww thank you! I feel honored because I've been reading your journal too (haven't commented yet but will soon) and I love your sketches...how does one draw
What do you like the most about Revs so far?
I like the content, it's really interesting what happened
I also like the different views of key characters and historians about the circumstances that occurred
Chem is like a rollercoaster, sometimes it's really good and sometimes it pretty boring for 1/2.
Wow, I haven't even started chem but I can already imagine it, it's like sometimes I like it but sometimes I just want the class to end asap
You are going to have so much fun in Revs, many of my friends loved that subject ;D
Aww thank you! Revs has already been so interesting
I've finished reading the French Rev textbook, now I'm just going over the sections in depth and memorizing things
Wow! That must be exciting.
Yup, sure is
People have been taking photos with the set changes in the school (by that I mean some things got painted over or somethn temporarily like a board showing the direction to the entrance) and posting it all over their insta stories
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Hey Chopsticks!
It's been a while since we have heard from you. ;D How are you going with the new academic year? (Settling into Year 11?).
I've finished reading the French Rev textbook, now I'm just going over the sections in depth and memorizing things
It's so good to see that you are enjoying Revs! Keep that motivation up :D.
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Hey Chopsticks!
It's been a while since we have heard from you. ;D How are you going with the new academic year? (Settling into Year 11?).
It's so good to see that you are enjoying Revs! Keep that motivation up :D.
Hey Ashmi,
It's actually been a while since I've used ATAR Notes (oops). I will write an update soon. Thanks for reading my journal (I feel so flattered hahah)!
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2020年2月3日月曜日 - Update
Wow, it's already one week into Year 11. It's nice having a good set of friends in every class
I like all my subjects so far and I'm starting to like chem again (maybe?). Methods is still obviously my favorite subject which is followed by Japanese. I haven't had a spesh class yet so I'm just waiting for that
I love the free periods in Year 11. I literally used my free period to go to Philo with my friend and the teacher is so sweet. She literally let me join the Google Classroom.
For chem, today the teacher went on about some shit that went in one ear and out the other; or so I thought. I had absolutely know idea what she was talking about. After the handed out the worksheets, my friend started zooming through it somehow. It was only once I looked at the worksheet that I realized that I understood everything she had explained? Somehow, I managed to fill up the whole sheet...somehow.
Aside from these good things, my class was granted the shittiest lockers in the school (which we obviously didn't ask for). Not only are they placed in the most crowded location in the entire school but also we got the brand new tiny lockers. I barely brought anything but my locker is already full? (well tbf, I don't have a good history when it comes to organizing my locker as 99% of the stuff I lose magically appears in my locker)
I've been getting my organized by using my school diary for once to record all of my homework (I have a shit ton of it oh god). To be honest, the only reason why I decided to use it was because the school actually bothered to make the front cover aesthetic by letting the students designing it and picking the best art. I've been able to consistently use my diary because I don't write in it in English. It's so much more fun and worthwhile writing in another language
Anyways, that's all for now. I don't know if I will be able to survive this year but oh well, fingers crossed lol
Macrob Fun Fact: The school introduced three more classes for the Year 9s (meaning they will take 3 classroom's worth of students in). In order to cater for the great number of students being accepted into the school, a bunch of lockers had to be moved and the locker bays became classrooms. We have too many year nines this year yikes.
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I like all my subjects so far and I'm starting to like chem again (maybe?).
I like where this is going ;D. Become one with Chemistry and who knows it might become your favourite subject🤣
Trust me, if you don't like 1/2 Chem you will definitely like 3/4.
I love the free periods in Year 11.
Who doesn't love the good old free periods? (Especially when you have them at times you can eat before the lunch rush or leave early). The true beauty of being in Year 11 is the luxury of free periods.
For chem, today the teacher went on about some shit that went in one ear and out the other; or so I thought. I had absolutely know idea what she was talking about. After the handed out the worksheets, my friend started zooming through it somehow. It was only once I looked at the worksheet that I realized that I understood everything she had explained? Somehow, I managed to fill up the whole sheet...somehow.
A little tip for Chem (applies to all subjects but I find best works for Chem) is the night before to read your textbook out loud on the section you will cover in class and have a small sticky note of all the main key terms (and any questions). Then go to class as normal and make sure that every word you wrote on the sticky note is covered (and also see how your interpretation of the word differs from each person). It helps to understand the content better and shifts you away from memorising it on the spot? Chem is definitely one of those subjects where sometimes things make sense and sometimes the concepts are seriously just going through your head.😂
Aside from these good things, my class was granted the shittiest lockers in the school (which we obviously didn't ask for). Not only are they placed in the most crowded location in the entire school but also we got the brand new tiny lockers.
This is an absolute nightmare. I feel for you on a spiritual level here and I hope you get through the year with these lockers! (Do you have a top or bottom locker?)
I barely brought anything but my locker is already full? (well tbf, I don't have a good history when it comes to organizing my locker as 99% of the stuff I lose magically appears in my locker)
I'm in this photo and I don't like it🤣. Same though, everything that goes into my locker usually never comes out.
Macrob Fun Fact: The school introduced three more classes for the Year 9s (meaning they will take 3 classroom's worth of students in). In order to cater for the great number of students being accepted into the school, a bunch of lockers had to be moved and the locker bays became classrooms. We have too many year nines this year yikes.
There goes the lockers once again. Seriously, the amount of Yr 9 students is ridiculous this year!
I'm really looking forward to seeing more updates soon Chopsticks! Sounds like you have a massive adventure this year and you will, of course, survive 2020. ;D
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2020年2月3日月曜日 - Update
Macrob Fun Fact: The school introduced three more classes for the Year 9s (meaning they will take 3 classroom's worth of students in). In order to cater for the great number of students being accepted into the school, a bunch of lockers had to be moved and the locker bays became classrooms. We have too many year nines this year yikes.
Plus, they LOST THE LOCKERS. Somehow the school lost 40 lockers, so half of my class (not me!) and all of 9J had to put their bags in a class room lol. Now they are just trying to work out where the hell to put them.
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2020年2月19日水曜日 - Update
I have been so busy and can you believe it? It's already Week 4 (I think).
Here's a breakdown of what happened in terms of tests just for a glimpse of how busy and sad my life is rn
- Methods - I just had a test today. It's not counted in the report or anything, just literally practice but regardless, a test feels like a test. I'm honestly not too sure how well I did. I realized I have enough practice, it's mostly about ironing out the careless mistakes since I understand my content fairly well and have done enough questions in untimed conditions
- Spesh - I had my spesh test two weeks ago and I actually did a lot better than I thought I did (considering I didn't just a bit, didn't do any practice tests and neglected the holiday homework lol). To be fair, our spesh 1/2 course is kinda designed for students who are doing 3/4 and it was just trig and circular functions.
- Chem - Chem might as well eat me. I had my chem test on the same day as spesh two weeks ago and another chem test last week Monday and I did horrible in both :)
- Jap - I have my jap sac next week ahhhhhhh I mean it's 1/2 but ahhh it's conversation and I can't even have a "spontaneous" conversation in English
Methods has still remained my favorite subject by far but spesh is really cool too. I think it helps to have an awesome spesh teacher (my spesh teacher literally gives us time to work on our 3/4's). We have finished functions and I think we are going to finish transformations soon? Transformations was my least favorite topic last year but I've gotten fairly confident in it this year. It's the topic where I make the least amount of mistakes. I personally found it really easy to make some really dumb mistakes in functions though since I find it a bit more content heavy in terms of the graphs, sum and multiplication of functions, composite functions etc.
Revs has been fun but I think I regret reading ahead. It's like I know all the spoilers so everything is a bit less interesting. During class, I just write down notes based on what the teacher is saying and the power points just for extra content revision. It's been pretty chill so far. Literature is similar in that it's really, really chill. We spend a whole period analyzing a poem individually (and surprise surprise, some people do other things).
Jap has been fun but hectic. There is so much to keep up with and I need to re-edit my script for my 1/2 sac next week AND memorize it. I don't know how I will memorize 14 pages by like Wednesday rip
INCOMING RANT
Finally, best for last (worst for last), chem. Chem has been the death of me. My teacher is apparently really good. Every other student likes her but I, I am well and truly an exception. I honestly wish I could switch into the other class where the teacher doesn't explain anything and just hands the students worksheets.
If I am wearing a bracelet and a girl from another table is wearing the same exact thing, guess who the teacher comes to? That's right, me! To be fair, my first few times I got in trouble because I was focusing on the worksheet in front of me when the teacher called all of us to look at the whiteboard and I didn't hear her at all because I just happen to block every noise around me when I'm so focused on my work (something I got in trouble for a lot during primary school). But now, she just yells at me even when it's my friend who is talking to me (not saying she should yell at my friend but it's just me who's the "bad" one all the time). Obviously, I am exaggerating and she is a good teacher. It doesn't help that I have a lack of motivation to do well in this subject [aims for a 30+ study score]
Sorry about the rant. Usually, I'm careful about these kinds of things but ahhh chem wants to rip me into shreds (again, except for when I do it with my tutor). I am on good terms with all my other teachers as well, especially with my Methods and Spesh teachers - which almost always happens to be the case for me.
Other Updates:
- It was my birthday last week. AHh how am I already 16? It was fun though, we went to an escape room and then to a korean restaurant. I booked two rooms: one horror and one about hacking a computer thing idk. I went to the horror one since it was my first time ever going to an escape room and what a great way to start. Even though I wasn't scared, I was extremely useless. I ended up being the person every person who was scared clinged onto and that one person that just kept the door open lol. My IQ was too low to actually be able to solve the mysteries lmao. Even though we failed, our team did really well
- I moved houses so now school is a lot closer. No more having to take the trains.
- I love having all my free periods scheduled on the last period so I can go home early : ))
And that's about it. Once again, I'm so sorry for the horrible frequency of updates. I really will try my best to post consistently but I can't guarantee because of how busy and somewhat overwhelming the Year 11 life really is!
Macrob Fun Fact: Like most schools, we have a swimming carnival (obviously not joined with mhs). This year, it's a "twilight swimming carnival" which will sorta end later on in the night. I believe it was 1-5pm or 1-6pm. I'm just glad it's a day off school because I really need some more of those. [/list][/list]
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I like where this is going ;D. Become one with Chemistry and who knows it might become your favourite subject🤣
Trust me, if you don't like 1/2 Chem you will definitely like 3/4.
HAHAHA hopefully! I think I might be enjoying the subject for the subject but hating it because of the teacher at the moment. But my hopes and optimism for chem has shattered for the time being
Who doesn't love the good old free periods? (Especially when you have them at times you can eat before the lunch rush or leave early). The true beauty of being in Year 11 is the luxury of free periods.
Oh, I just posted about this again in my latest update whoops. I think I love them a little too much. But I definitely agree with it being the luxury of Year 11s XD
A little tip for Chem (applies to all subjects but I find best works for Chem) is the night before to read your textbook out loud on the section you will cover in class and have a small sticky note of all the main key terms (and any questions). Then go to class as normal and make sure that every word you wrote on the sticky note is covered (and also see how your interpretation of the word differs from each person). It helps to understand the content better and shifts you away from memorising it on the spot? Chem is definitely one of those subjects where sometimes things make sense and sometimes the concepts are seriously just going through your head.😂
I wish our class actually followed the textbook structure. We just go around random chapters and it feels so disorganized. But that's a really good idea! I wish I read it earlier so I could have actually done that for the past week
Tysm for the advice <333
This is an absolute nightmare. I feel for you on a spiritual level here and I hope you get through the year with these lockers! (Do you have a top or bottom locker?)
I have the bottom locker but I'm thankful. I'm too short to reach the top locker anyways. It's been a bit annoying, getting almost kicked by students and teachers alike because of the horrible location but thankfully it's not too big of a deal. At least my locker is clean since I can only fit like 5 exercise books in there XD
I'm in this photo and I don't like it🤣. Same though, everything that goes into my locker usually never comes out.
HAHAHA, at least your lockers are made for that. My lockers are made to make us students angry with how little space there is. It's like we can't even use it
There goes the lockers once again. Seriously, the amount of Yr 9 students is ridiculous this year!
I'm really looking forward to seeing more updates soon Chopsticks! Sounds like you have a massive adventure this year and you will, of course, survive 2020. ;D
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate these words (and will hopefully survive 2020 thanks to them alone) :))
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Plus, they LOST THE LOCKERS. Somehow the school lost 40 lockers, so half of my class (not me!) and all of 9J had to put their bags in a class room lol. Now they are just trying to work out where the hell to put them.
OMG WHAT? IS THAT LEGIT? Lucky duck, got away with having your locker. Man, most of my cohort was mad about so many Year 9's but I think most of my sympathies just go to the Year 9's alone; poor kids have to deal with all this bs
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You don't know how excited I get when I see a new update
Good to see that you are adjusting and figuring out your way :D.
Chem - Chem might as well eat me.
Me too Chopsticks, me too. I don't think I have ever spiritually related to something so much.🤣
Other than Chem, it's so good to hear that you are loving your other subjects!!
INCOMING RANT
Finally, best for last (worst for last), chem. Chem has been the death of me. My teacher is apparently really good. Every other student likes her but I, I am well and truly an exception. I honestly wish I could switch into the other class where the teacher doesn't explain anything and just hands the students worksheets.
If I am wearing a bracelet and a girl from another table is wearing the same exact thing, guess who the teacher comes to? That's right, me! To be fair, my first few times I got in trouble because I was focusing on the worksheet in front of me when the teacher called all of us to look at the whiteboard and I didn't hear her at all because I just happen to block every noise around me when I'm so focused on my work (something I got in trouble for a lot during primary school). But now, she just yells at me even when it's my friend who is talking to me (not saying she should yell at my friend but it's just me who's the "bad" one all the time). Obviously, I am exaggerating and she is a good teacher. It doesn't help that I have a lack of motivation to do well in this subject [aims for a 30+ study score]
Absolutely understand where you are going here. My Chem teacher last year was a nice person overall, but I found it hard to adjust to their overall style (your situation was literally me last year). You might get one of the world's best teachers, but sometimes life just doesn't work out. One thing it does do is that it encourages you to fend for yourself and be an independent learner however it can get super hard when the teacher has 'biases'. Might be good to just talk it out with them if it does escalate (you guys want to be working together. Just be honest with each other and it should work out). ~*Sending motivation for Chem*~
- It was my birthday last week. AHh how am I already 16? It was fun though, we went to an escape room and then to a korean restaurant. I booked two rooms: one horror and one about hacking a computer thing idk. I went to the horror one since it was my first time ever going to an escape room and what a great way to start. Even though I wasn't scared, I was extremely useless. I ended up being the person every person who was scared clinged onto and that one person that just kept the door open lol. My IQ was too low to actually be able to solve the mysteries lmao. Even though we failed, our team did really well
- I moved houses so now school is a lot closer. No more having to take the trains.
- I love having all my free periods scheduled on the last period so I can go home early : ))
Happy Belated Birthday!!! Glad to see you had an awesome time out and yum Korean!
Closer to school? WOOHOO! That is a miracle and one of the best things to hear. Free periods last are again, a blessing. Enjoy them when you can! ;D
Macrob Fun Fact: Like most schools, we have a swimming carnival (obviously not joined with mhs).
Imagine how hectic this would be if mhs was like 'Yo, let's join our swimming carnivals together'.😂
I wish our class actually followed the textbook structure. We just go around random chapters and it feels so disorganized. But that's a really good idea! I wish I read it earlier so I could have actually done that for the past week
Tysm for the advice <333
*That feeling when the class doesn't follow the textbook structure*
Totally understand this and if you want to have a more solidified understanding before you even get there to class, just ask the teacher at the start of every week what they plan to cover, hopefully, it gives you an idea what to expect. Anytime for advice~ 💕.
I have the bottom locker but I'm thankful. I'm too short to reach the top locker anyways. It's been a bit annoying, getting almost kicked by students and teachers alike because of the horrible location but thankfully it's not too big of a deal. At least my locker is clean since I can only fit like 5 exercise books in there XD
HAHAHA, at least your lockers are made for that. My lockers are made to make us students angry with how little space there is. It's like we can't even use it
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate these words (and will hopefully survive 2020 thanks to them alone) :))
That is a whole mood. Imagine having a clean locker let alone a locker that's big enough to put your stuff in.... (I literally only have a bag and food in mine. Thanks for the snowball treat suggestion~)
I'm so glad to see you are doing amazing Chopsticks! Good luck and keep up the beautiful work! You will be fine and you will absolutely smash 2020! ;D[/list]
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Chem might as well eat me
That is 100% a mood. Sorry to hear you are having trouble in chem, aside from the teacher how are you finding the content? Is it enjoyable? Difficultly? That sucks about the teacher. I guess everyone just has different styles of learning and whilst some teachers are great for some, others not so much. I hope it gets better for you, and who knows, maybe she will get better throughout the year.
But can I please swap methods teacher with you, they sound great compared to mine!
And that's about it. Once again, I'm so sorry for the horrible frequency of updates. I really will try my best to post consistently but I can't guarantee because of how busy and somewhat overwhelming the Year 11 life really is!
VCE is so busy with so much to do, so never feel bad for infrequency of posts. Plus, it can be a nice surprise when we haven't had one in a while :)
Happy 16th birthday! Sounds like you had an awesome time. Are you going to try get your L's?
It was nice to get an update, enjoy the rest of your week :)
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You don't know how excited I get when I see a new update
Good to see that you are adjusting and figuring out your way :D.
HAHAHA REALLY? I am flattered, straight up blushing. I have been continuing this journal so that at the end of Year 12, I'll be able to see a collection of how I've grown as a person and I kinda wanted to look at my old posts but I can't because ohhh the cringe. Irl, I am one of those really crazy and weird kids so when I read my journal, I am just like why is this so boring like who would actually want to read this. So those words literally mean everything to me :D
And yes, I am still adjusting though. Some subjects are just so intense (I'm looking at you jap)
It's great to see how quickly you've adjusted to the Year 12 life. Honestly, I'm always so motivated by your journal and your words.
Absolutely understand where you are going here. My Chem teacher last year was a nice person overall, but I found it hard to adjust to their overall style (your situation was literally me last year). You might get one of the world's best teachers, but sometimes life just doesn't work out. One thing it does do is that it encourages you to fend for yourself and be an independent learner however it can get super hard when the teacher has 'biases'. Might be good to just talk it out with them if it does escalate (you guys want to be working together. Just be honest with each other and it should work out). ~*Sending motivation for Chem*~
That is...every single word is filled with wisdom. I will keep hanging on and try to do better in chem. I think my chem teacher does like me but she just has a different way of showing it (I'll update about it in my next entry). But I definitely do agree that in the end, it has benefits too (like the independent learning thing which I have never thought about before). Thank you so much for the motivational words! I will study harder and [attempt to] follow your footsteps!
Happy Belated Birthday!!! Glad to see you had an awesome time out and yum Korean!
Closer to school? WOOHOO! That is a miracle and one of the best things to hear. Free periods last are again, a blessing. Enjoy them when you can! ;D
Thank you! Korean food is one of the best because I'm a sucker for spicy food. Funnily enough, everyone goes to the library to hang out during free periods. It's like if you go to the library, you will always see at least one of your friends just hanging about and around.
Imagine how hectic this would be if mhs was like 'Yo, let's join our swimming carnivals together'.😂
OMG THE SCANDALS! House Cup (which is a joined event for Year 10's only) is already one of the most controversial events because every year, at least 80% of the people complain. Each year, we complain about them being stupid and aggressive and they complain about us being annoying and petty. Maybe this is why an mhs x mghs couple never survives (I mean have you ever met a married mhs x mghs alumni)
But ew I would be so uncomfortable standing next to boys in their speedos (I believe their swimming uniform is a school speedo...don't ask how I know)
*That feeling when the class doesn't follow the textbook structure*
Totally understand this and if you want to have a more solidified understanding before you even get there to class, just ask the teacher at the start of every week what they plan to cover, hopefully, it gives you an idea what to expect. Anytime for advice~ 💕.
I love all of your advice. I think I should just look at the course outline - whose existence everyone seems to forget - in order to get ahead. Most macrob teachers are reluctant to let students get ahead which is really annoying. They think that everyone should learm it once the teacher teaches or something like that. Not to mention, they bear grudge against tutoring (except for my cool as spesh teacher who has no problem with it).
That is a whole mood. Imagine having a clean locker let alone a locker that's big enough to put your stuff in.... (I literally only have a bag and food in mine. Thanks for the snowball treat suggestion~)
HAHAHAHA I want a middle locker one day...one day. Year 9 top locker was the worst though, things would fall from my locker onto other people's heads and let's just say...it wasn't very nice.
I wouldn't be surprised if I can't even fit food in there. They might as well give us those hooks like in primary school (okay maybe lockers are the better option)
Also anytime for the snowball suggestion haha. Glad it was helpful :)
I'm so glad to see you are doing amazing Chopsticks! Good luck and keep up the beautiful work! You will be fine and you will absolutely smash 2020! ;D
Thank you, thank you and thank you again. You have no idea how big of an impact your words have. Also, 2020 is your year! Own it and beat the shit out of VCE, I know you will do amazing ;D
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That is 100% a mood. Sorry to hear you are having trouble in chem, aside from the teacher how are you finding the content? Is it enjoyable? Difficultly? That sucks about the teacher. I guess everyone just has different styles of learning and whilst some teachers are great for some, others not so much. I hope it gets better for you, and who knows, maybe she will get better throughout the year.
Hey Geoo,
The content is kind of like, slowly coming together. I find it harder to memorize things for chemistry because of my lack of interest for it. That's why chapters like characteristics of ionic compounds, metallic bonding etc are things I struggle with a bit. The RIM and RAM stuff are a lot of fun though. I think it's really about my attitude towards it which makes it more difficult altogether. I have been prioritizing my other subjects over chem.
And yes, everyone does have different styles of learning. I am heavily reliant on my teachers in all my subjects so having a bad teacher makes a bit of a difference.
But can I please swap methods teacher with you, they sound great compared to mine!
Oh no! I need to catch up on your journal. I promise I'll get to it soon!
VCE is so busy with so much to do, so never feel bad for infrequency of posts. Plus, it can be a nice surprise when we haven't had one in a while :)
Yeah it really is. It's hard to explain but VCE to me is like less work than I expected but more work than I can deal with as of yet. I have little to no room for procrastination yet somehow I do (like falling asleep when I get home...is that procrastinating?)
Happy 16th birthday! Sounds like you had an awesome time. Are you going to try get your L's?
It was nice to get an update, enjoy the rest of your week :)
Thank you for the birthday wishes! I regret not taking any pictures or videos (because I forgot) so I have no memories from it. Only one of my friends took a video where most of my friends are in it (but not me lol)
Yes, I am going to try for it. I should really start getting to it but I've been managing my time so poorly that it's been a bit difficult to get to
I'm glad you liked the update! Again, it still feels like "wow, people actually read my journal?"
Thanks so much Geoo, good luck and enjoy your week too :)