Hey everyone!
I know I said I'd do an actual update in my last post but that was a massive lie. Things are incredibly tight at the moment, but I feel confident for some reason. I'm not going to bother putting everything in nice neat headings, but I might come back and do it later.
First off, just some general stuff. My laptop's battery has been dying lately, probably because I have wayyy too many tabs open 24/7 for all my subjects. When I first got it, it lasted 8+ hours, but now it barely reaches 4. Luckly, I have software in the middle of the day pretty much every day, so I can just charge it then. Still, tad concerning.
Next off T3 assessments. I've only got a few back, but I'm happy and disappointed at the same time. I'll go through all of the one by one.
EnglishI have a imaginative + persuasive + 2 reflections due friday, which I just finished. I'll talk about why later down, but I have high hopes for this one.
Modern HistoryReally good! We finished Apartheid in South Africa, which I found difficult at first but it was quite interesting by the end albeit quite linear. But, seeing how similarities between those movements and the current Black Lives Matter movement in the US has been pretty cool, since there are a surprising amount of similarities. Another note, for the exam I got 24/25!!! I think this is the highest mark I've gotten in HSC ever, so I'm hella happy.
We just started Arab Israeli Conflict, which is much harder and absolute hell in terms of foreign relations, but I enjoy the relevance and everything. Looking forward to really delving into this during the holidays!
MathsAdvanced I haven't gotten back yet, but for Ext 1 I absolutely fucked it, 35%, one of the lowest in the class. Nothing I can do about it though, although it has been quite a blow considering I was expecting to pass at least.
SoftwareWE FINISHED THE WHOLE COURSE! We have a small class + everyone had prior programming/computing knowledge, so we were able to blaze through the content and last week, we officially finished the entire HSC course. This means that for the rest of the year, we can just do past papers in class. A massive relief, it definitely takes a lot of stress of me.
History ExtensionThis will be the death of me. It's due Tuesday next week, and I only have 2000/2500 words. I've submitted a draft to my teacher (We're allow one full draft submission), which I'll get back on Friday. I'm super annoyed at myself for getting myself into this situation, but I can't even.
So pretty much, I have English on Friday, History Ext next Monday. I've pretty much done English, so I have Thursday to redraft my essay to 2500 words, plus referencing and all associated documentation. I'm headed to a friends 18th on Friday, so I need to get together a card and gift tomorrow alongside everything else. I'm really looking forward to it though, It's one good thing about this absolute kerfuffle that has been Term 2. Weekend will be completely redoing my entire major project into something resembling History Extension standard. I'm suppose I'm not so much afraid of a bad mark as disappointing my teacher. She's just so amazing and has so much faith in everyone that I'd feel bad not delivering a good or at least engaging end product.
I swear to god, term 2 has been the literal embodiment of 2020 for me. We would have usually done our yearly musical last week, and I'm lowkey glad that was cancelled because I would be dead if I had to do a midnight bump out last Saturday (When our musical would have ended). Do miss not having afters though. We did do a livestreamed rewatch of last year's musical though, which was really wholesome and brought back some great memories. Looking back, the quality of my journal has been going way downhill, but that's just something you'll just have to accept.
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One more thing, I emailed my History Extention teacher the other day and she replied in THREE (3) minutes!?!?! Like how??? I take half an hour just to draft an email!!!