Hey! It's me.. crazy that it's been just over a month since I wrote an update! For that, I apologise; and to try to make up for it, I'll fill you in from where we left off!
So, at the time of writing this post, I have officially completed my year 11 exams, and thus, year 11 itself! It's crazy to think that this time next year, I will be extremely close to finishing my secondary education forever! Although I'm yearning for post-school life, having a sense of freedom etc, I'm feeling a bit melancholy about it all. Every annual school event next year will be the
last time I do it; there will be final fire-drills, final assemblies, final masses, final fun times in class with friends.. So next year, I really want to enjoy and cherish year 12! Because I know that it'll be over in a flash, and there will
never be an identical environment filled with the people I see at school on a daily basis, or the experiences we have together, again..
Anyway, I had my 3/4 busman exam on the day before Melbourne Cup. I was surprisingly calm the night before, and the day of the examination, which I was not expecting (I thought I'd be a nervous wreck lol!) I ended up just doing some light revision the day before, and practically nothing the day of. Because it was an afternoon exam, I had a bit of a sleep-in, and made myself an omelette for breakfast. When I arrived at school (about an hour prior), I ended up just chatting to my mates about topics un-related to the busman exam, so there wasn't any final minute stress or anything. Felt good during the examination too, and was pretty happy in terms of how I went overall! Had one stressful moment though, when I misread a question, and had already wrote 4 lines. Had to cross it all out and re-write my answer; so this kind of threw my off a bit, but I feel as if I was able to recover well; and it serves as a good learning experience for next year! After the exam, I felt as if a massive weight had been lifted off my shoulder, and my close friend and I did what any year 11 would do on a hot afternoon, and grabbed a slurpee to celebrate haha! The next day, I chucked out all the busman resources I no longer required (bar notes and SACs). It felt really satisfying; sorta as if I was purging all the unnecessary things in my life ahhah!
So, after completing busman, I was greeted with the gift of having 1/2 examinations commencing that very Friday! I sort of felt un-movitated to study, a), because I was slightly worn down from the study of 3/4, and b) because they didn't feel important! (which I know is bad to say, but my whole focus throughout the year was to ensure I did well on my 3/4, so 1/2 examinations didn't have that sense of importance that my 3/4 did). I did, nonetheless,
study cram for my 1/2's, and was actually surprised with how well I think I did! I had my accounting exam on the Friday, followed by English and Maths Methods (non calc) on Monday. For English, our examination consisted of a language analysis and comparative text response. And, (sorry for the late reply!) to this question;
Also for my own curiousity, how are you finding the comparative element for English?
I kinda of wish I did on one hand due to struggling in context, but on the other hand if you get given two terrible texts then you could be in big trouble.
I found the comparative element of English quite daunting initially, but the examination essay topic was quite broad, so it was good to work with! Whilst the text and film were somewhat dry, I'm looking forward to doing it again in 3/4. My school does a comparative on 'Stasiland' and '1984', and from hearing the thoughts from this year's year 12 cohort, they found the comparative component quite manageable!
I didn't have any examinations on Tuesday or Wednesday, but was bombarded with 3 (Methods-Calc, Legal Studies and Japanese written examination). It was quite tiring, and Japanese (especially the listening section (omg they speak too freaking fast holyyy) was very tough! But everyone shared this same thought, so it'll be interesting to see how we all went. がんばった!On Friday, I had my Japanese speaking examination (which I was super happy with!), and my final examination was Ethics.
I now have this entire week off, and start head-start week Monday week. Don't really have any plans, but I'm kind of glad I can just relax without feeling guilty from not studying/revising. I promise to fill you in on the events of head-start week ahah! Thanks for stopping by
-Jigsaw