term two, week four: finding my motivation again 11 May 2020I'm finding my motivation again (touch wood), and I'm finally studying properly again. It only took a failed study timetable, an inspiring mentoring session and a cleanout of my bedroom to get me back into the swing of things. I have so little to report on like iso is so uneventful. On the 9th I meal prepped and made a lot of veggie soup, fruit salad, and banana oat biscuits and for Mothers day I made pancakes. ANDDD i found my old ebook reader which i haven't seen since like 2012. It still had charge and my CAS charger fits it and it has ALL the Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Skulduggery Pleasant books on it! Reread the HP series for the 14th time in my life? YES PLEASE! Probably the most eventful thing since my last update haha!
Psychology: So I'm up to Unit 4, but I don't really want to progress further without my class so at this stage I think I'm going to keep doing checkpoints, topic tests and questions from the Jacaranda and Oxford textbook
(thanks for my illegal copies 2018 r/VCE). My teacher has made comments on my SAC and then I marked myself harshly against his comments. I think I'm going to be looking at 86% which Im annoyed at but hopefully my actual mark is a little better! I made silly mistakes such as referring to the neutral stimulus as ringtone and then saying the conditioned stimulus was sound! If I hadn't messed up the last question I would have had time to read over my responses, but at least I got the 12 marker right! Let me know how you guys study for subjects like Psych!
Biology: Still annoyed at my ranking but this is why I have finished Unit 3 so I can spend the next month studying for the SAC
(I love my fellow classmates but fuck off this one's mine!). My class is so slow...they've spent 3 classes on 9A, which is IMO a little ridiculous cause it's a 15-minute video with 20 questions like I don't like complaining but its really annoying and when the teacher is like where are you up to and I'm like oh 9D he's like oh and then I get a disapproving look and sometimes told that its bad to work ahead like ohhhkaaaaayyy. I'm unsure of whether I should be doing checkpoints (would have to buy) to study for the sac or just do practice exams.... also are the AN Bio topic tests any good?
Further Maths:I've finished Recursion and financial modelling and we haven't been told when the sac is so I'm going to do some checkpoints and my friend that graduated last year
gave me her neap smart study exams which I am so so so grateful for. My teacher said we will probably get our SAC results end of next week at the earliest which is making me nervous like idk why Im nervous like I did my best on the SAC but for some reason I dont wanna see it? I hope hope hope I get above 95% but the pessimistic me reckons Im going to get a 60 or 70%
How does everyone study for math sacs?
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English: Pretty sure I cooked the LA SAC, but it's fine. Like i think I have a chance at a B but im not a hopeful person when it comes to results, so realistically i think im gonna get a C but i will not be surprised if i get an D+. On a better note, I'm not even trying not to toot my own horn but TOOT TOOT I'm fucking awesome at creative and presenting argument AND I'm already practising comparative essays (Ransom & The Queen) because we don't do comparative till term 4? I think? So I have so much time to get good at it. A+ grades from here on out? You fucking bet. I don't care if I have to write 100 essays I will get a god damn A+. Lowkey proud I've actually found the motivation to actually do stuff for English haha
Also my mentor has set me up with two uni students, one that did The Lieutenant and is a biomed student and the other is a global studies student and studied Station Eleven last year which I am SO grateful for.
Legal Studies: The content is so chill I actually love it. I love walking into class and not having to use my MEGA BRAIN POWER to learn the content..hopefully U4 is just as chill (touch wood). The next SAC is on the 29th (not sure if it's online or in school) and I'm making content posters to put up in my room and a doing checkpoints. Are the AN Legal topic tests any good??? The resources for this subject are kinda limited which is a bit of a pain.
Monash MentoringMy mentor is SO nice, she's set me up with some current uni students to tutor me in English that have studied the texts I'm doing which I'm lowkey nervous about and she's also happy to read over all the essays I've written this year and provide me with specific feedback and help me improve my essays overall. Also Monash has set up 'Connect with Monash' which is free, basically, you can join circles (kinda like FB groups) about things you might be interested in for me I'm in 5 circles; Paramedicine, Law, Applying through VTAC, Study Skills and Life at Monash. Within these circles you can ask questions of current students studying a course you might be interested in! You can sign up
hereExtra curricularSo I've gotten two articles for VicSRC done, with 2 to go. My first article is being published on Thursday and you can find it on the
Student Voice Hub. I'm also so close to finishing an article for ATARNotes which is neat as! and as you guys know, because I'm terrible at keeping secrets (wasn't supposed to tell till it was ready to launch), I'm developing a tutoring business...sounds weird calling it a business haha. But you aren't finding out any more until launch because I wasn't supposed to say anything. I also helped run training last week, my friend went through all the new jaws of life equipment and I did a very quick revision session on using a defib. I'm also helping @J_Wal with a very big and exciting project!
This Weeks Main To Do's- Station Eleven Edrolo
- Ransom & The Queen Edrolo
- Analytical Essay - The Lieutenant
- Analytical Essay - Station Eleven
- Language Analysis Essay
- Comparative Essay - Ransom & The Queen
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- Do 10 Financial Maths Checkpoints a day
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- Do 10 Civil law checkpoints a day
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- Do Diagnostic Bio Tests for AOS2
- Do 1 Bio U3 Exam
- Type up my essays for my mentor
Here's a punny conversation, hopefully it makes you laugh
HAPPY MONDAY!