If you're shit at writing - get better at it. Fail at it. Fail and keep failing until a time in which you are successful. EVERYONE starts off somewhere. No matter where you are right now, if you work hard... well, what you achieve is up to you. Please, stop discouraging yourselves and thinking about how low you could potentially score (or how high you could potentially score) and just work your guts out! How hard are you willing to work between now and the exam to get the score you want?
"A formula for success? It's quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success."
"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
"Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending."
"Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen."
"Whether you are currently weak or strong in something does not define how good you can be in it."
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
One SAC score doesn't mean you can't get a 50. I got a less than desirable first SAC score (not even an A) - it's all about how you handle yourself from here! You don't even have to be ranked first or go to a top ranked school; neither of those were true in my case. So try not to worry yourself with rankings and scores: just try to get every mark you can, while you can. :)
No sense fussing over numerical SAC scores as you can always climb back from them. I lost my voice the day before the Year 12 oral and accidentally dropped my cue cards way too many times. I also screwed up the first Context SAC so hard, I essentially gave up on the possibility of scoring highly for English...
So I need a 30 minimum [i.e. this is the 'average' score in VCE English] to get into my course at Monash. My grades for English is around C+ and so far, my second semester scores are an E+. (yeah I did really badly) If I do well on the exam, would it still be possible to get a 30?But after getting her scores:
I got a raw score of 36. Managed to pull an A+ in the exams. (: So don't give up! My D+ in semester 2 got scaled into a B.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Positively love it!
Just a little point where I felt a tad peeved :)
-'steal' their great words/phrases
Steal probably isn't the best word here, maybe something like 'use' would sound a bit more positive, 'steal' makes something perfectly tolerable into something that's a bit more nasty, if you get what i mean :)
Tiny concern in a sea of positivity!! Great job~
ALL THE BEST WITH YOUR EXAMS THIS WEEK HSC'ERS! :)) :)) :))
- Don't write essays.
- Focus on what you CAN do, not what you can't.
- Make stupid faces in the mirror and do a fake-happy-dance.
All the best with your exam! Go ye forth and conquer.
Thanks as always- one quick question:
Why don't you recommend writing essays at this stage?
First just to clarify, this is for NSW who have their exam this Mon/Tue, not you VCE guys who are in a different situation :) (few weeks still to go guys! nearly over!)
Reason: because writing essays is, for most people, stressful; because you're under so much tension the couple of days before the exam, as soon as you get stuck in the process, you'll probably go 'help I don't know what to write here PANIIIIICCCCC!' So you'll suddenly feel you know nothing, are hopeless, and completely not ready for the exam... which destroys all your chances of studying effectively, and your confidence.
But if you're simply thinking, jotting random ideas, or churning over essay plans/prompts, it's not anywhere near so scary. And the most important thing about the last couple of days is building your confidence.
Thankyou for taking the time to write that, it was all so positive and helpful :)
Also, i dont know if im qualified to give advice, but for anyone who feels like CREATIVE WRITTING is out to get them, thus you completley dread this section (this was totally me for 3/4 of the year) please dont give up! ...
If you chose to start again dont be afraid!!!
Awesome contribution Mel! Thanks heaps!! ;D
Exactly right! At this point in the game it's totally ok to start over with a creative. I know it can seem terrifying at this point in time, but the pressure of exams looming might be exactly what you need to produce something better than anything you've done yet. 100% agree with you on this!