During these holidays I’ve gone on a LOT of walks and bike rides with my friends to make up for the lack of physical activity that I’ve gotten these past two years. It’s been so nice to have a means to clear my head and my neighbourhood has so many nice paths to walk along. I’ve also gotten a job which has been fun, but a lot of my days are spent avoiding my holiday homework, watching a lot of TV and trying to fix my sleeping patterns, but to no avail.
I'm leaning towards the science-y/medical courses, so I'll most likely be taking the UCAT this year as well. Believe me, I am well aware that methods is a prereq for majority of the biomed and science courses but I'm just going to ignore that for the time being since I really don't need any additional stress right now. :P
Me too! I can't really ever switch off, so I've been trying to go on as many walks as I can to clear my head and free up some space in there. I've had a detox from my phone, trying to only spend 45 minutes on it per day (so far so good as of day 3), and I've found that it's given me so much space in my head to just be, and to process the huge challenge of year 12 that is ahead.
In terms of procrastinating holiday homework, I hear you! I'm exactly the same, although trying to make a start today. Good luck with yours!
Looking forward to reading more of your VCE chronicles :)
lovely to see a new journal appear, and with such a beautiful name hehe (im obsessed with the vocative "bean" if you've read my journal)! happy new year and good luck with year 12!
Hi Beansprout! I'm so excited to follow your journey throughout yr 12. I'm also going into to Yr 12 this year so woohoo! Ooo, I'm also interested in science/biomed/health science courses. I'm not doing methods either (just doing further) and honestly, despite it being a prereq for several courses, I couldn't be happier with my choice to do further instead (the idea of doing methods along with my other subjects sounds way too stressful :P). Anyway, hopefully 2022 will be better than the last two years! I don't think I can cope with lots more online learning hahaha! ;D
My goals for all of my subjects are to prepare for the first sacs of term 1 and to have all of my AOS 1 notes prepared.
I really hope the pandemic gets better this year as well but it doesn't seem very likely. I'm worried about the possibility that schools could be constantly switching between online and onsite whenever someone gets covid.Yes I am the same. I really hope that schools and the government can find solutions for what happens with covid cases without jeopardising everyone else's health. I guess we'll just have to deal with what we get at this point.
Goals! Having all your AoS1 notes prepped is a great idea! Have your teachers given you a timeline of your early sacs yet? Mine haven't >:( I just know I have the English creative in the first week back :'(
Yes I am the same. I really hope that schools and the government can find solutions for what happens with covid cases without jeopardising everyone else's health. I guess we'll just have to deal with what we get at this point.
Chemistry is going smoothly. I love anything formula based in chemistry which is what we have been focusing on recently. This is quite bad as whenever I do practice questions that are require a worded answer I struggle and tend to pull out my notes to answer them. Combustion reaction calculations are still great though! I’m really enjoying the class. We haven’t done a practical yet but I know that our SAC is going to be based on the prac we do this Friday. I definitely will be focusing more on the concepts and not just the maths whilst I prepare for the upcoming sac.
Yes omg I'm the same, formula stuff just makes sense. I definitely also struggle answering with a worded response as opposed to numerical stuff, but the stuff in AoS1 isn't actually tripping me up too bad. I never used to like pracs but now I just love them so much because you get to see your theory get put into practice and it is SO. SATISFYING. Good luck with your prac and subsequent SAC!
- Lemur
The one teacher I wouldn't bother about taking their time with marking decided to mark within three days and therefore I received my chemistry results and I'm so ashamed I don't even want to reveal it.60% isn't bad! As long as you tried your best on it and as long as you work really hard on your other SACs/Tests/Things, I'm sure you'll be just fine! Be proud of yourself, try not to stress too much.SpoilerSo....... I got 60% which isn't entirely terrible but is also so revolting and I nearly burst into tears when I first saw it. However, it is definitely within the range of what I had predicted but seeing it on paper made it hurt so much more.
60% isn't bad! As long as you tried your best on it and as long as you work really hard on your other SACs/Tests/Things, I'm sure you'll be just fine! Be proud of yourself, try not to stress too much.Hi Sodacat, thank you for the kind words :)