So I may have only just remembered to update this...
But in the past month or so since my last post, so much has changed and so much still remains uncertain. In the time that has passed, two main things have happened (that concern my HSC Journey), I completed HSC Task 2 and the coronavirus situation became much more intense in Australia and around the world.
Let's start with HSC Task 2. Overall, I did okay and managed to both improve/fall in my subjects
(but not too significantly, so that's not too bad - I guess!)
Subjects:
English Advanced - I jumped about 80 ranks, so I'm glad about that, although I did majorly screw up Task 1 aha.
Maths Advanced - My rank improved a few places, not amazing, but not terrible. I think I'd feel more comfortable if I was maybe 20 ranks ahead.
English Extension - Our first assessment! I'm quite happy with my rank - within the top 30. Looking back, on previous stats (idk how reliable/smart it is to refer to), top 45-50 at my school normally get an E4.
Economics - We haven't gotten our ranks back yet so not too sure how I went, but from my marks, I've improved!
Legal Studies - Fell a few ranks
I got above average marks in the previous task and I think average marks in this one.
French - Fell a few ranks but not too concerned as my class is generally packed quite close together.
French Extension - Our first assessment for this subject as well. Didn't do too great
Next, the current climate/situation and the transition to online learning.
I'm not actually going to talk about what's been happening in the world (direct impacts) because I'm sure you and I have both been hearing about it nonstop for the past few months. Now relating it to school, everyone is now so uncertain about what the end of this year and the end of our schooling life will look like. I've become increasingly unsure about the importance of and need for my current studying.
Not going to lie, but I haven't been the most productive/motivated since we began online classes on the 25th of March. Our periods are a lot shorter and we have a long break between classes. On the HSC Discussion Group, I saw a lot of people talking about how their teachers have been giving them double/triple the amount of work that they would normally get at school. Initially, I felt exactly the same. The first few days, I felt like I was constantly doing work, I was waking up early to get stuff done and I was working during the breaks (school had told us that this was a break to get off our screens). However, I soon realised that the work I was doing were things that I have should done ages ago or things that we would normally be doing during our normal periods! (sorry if that didn't make sense oops and it seems so contradictory to the first sentence of this paragraph)
Last week (our second week of online learning) I was a lot more lazy. I kind of got it into my brain that because I'm not actually seeing my teachers in person, I don't need to submit everything on time?? (so, so twisted!) Additionally, with the holidays around the corner, I've kind of told myself that I will catch up on everything then. Writing this now, it doesn't sound very reassuring at all. My teachers normally use MS Teams, Zoom and Google Classroom and I've overall been quite impressed with the quality of teaching/learning. But some of my teachers will only talk for 20 minutes, and after the 'lesson' has finished, I tend to not use the rest of the period doing my work (completely my fault!) Also, because the new season of Money Heist came out on Friday, this past week, I've been rewatching the series from the beginning so my work has become quite neglected
Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed reading this and that it hasn't been too confusing. Let's see if I will actually remember to update this regularly
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