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)