2019年9月12日木曜日 - Update
This week was a tad bit stressful and iffy but it was still good in the end
- I had two parts to my Math exam, CAS + notes enabled yesterday and no CAS no notes today
- I never bring cheat sheets to my exam because everything I need to know is memorized and having a cheat sheet wastes time; I learnt this last year when I had my Math exam and I realized I forgot my cheat sheet at home
- I did horrible in yesterday's one. I ran out of time and skipped 10 questions. Basically, we had around 30 multiple choice questions and I did 20 then moved to short answer and planned on going back. I ended up wasting too much time on that so when I went back, there was like 3-5min left so I just did C C C and looked through them really quickly, changed the C for whichever one seemed like the answer just couldn't be C...I sacrificed my double checking time
- It didn't help I went to sleep at 1:40 to do a bunch of revision and practice exams and then waking up at 6
- After everyone left I uhh got a bit emotional and started crying in front of my teacher. There was an older girl who was doing her SAC and when she gave me a hug; both my teacher and her were so supportive
- I had a second course counselling session and it rlly cleared me up on some things (like if I can move out of a 3/4 during Year 11)
- I went to a Lit teacher and we looked through my Lit analysis paragraph on a text called "Heart of the Darkness". I haven't read the novel but rather read a summary and found some quotes to convey my idea. My style of writing needs to be developed but my analysis was alright. I was told to look at a poem called "Goblin Market"
- I got my Bio test back and it was really bad. I talked to my teacher about it and realized that the main issue was the fact that I'm not good at dealing with things in exam conditions. It's just frustrating getting poor marks in Bio because I already studied the whole unit ahead with my tutor, memorized all the content and have a good understanding. The stress of tests and horrific application questions just get to me (partially because they test common sense and I have none)
- The girl who did her SAC's recognized me from the music committee and told one of my friends from there about what happened. That friend (who is honestly like a sister to me) checked in with me, giving me so much VCE advice, moral support, encouragement and motivation - which made my day
- I took a nap for the first time in my life and holy it's so helpful
- We had an "R U Ok" day today where we wore casual. There was free popcorn and fairy floss, as well as a few activities [and a bouncy castle?]
- I did my second Math test today and it was a lot better than yesterday's one (in terms of my own time management). I skipped only one question and got the chance to proofread. The main things that helped was going to maccas and getting a nice sweet Chai Latte which kept me awake for the whole day
- For chem, we're doing this experiment on neutralization and making a logbook on it (we have a model logbook which was a SAC written by a girl who got a raw 50). I love my partner because she does all the prac stuff and I do all the theory (I don't rlly like doing experiments or prac stuff)
- I submitted my KLD application to the teachers
- One a lighter note, my sport class wanted to go to the mezzanine (so people could do Just Dance or play around with the machines) so I randomly stepped up and told my teacher "The Mezz has machines, it's very active and people can dance; I love the Mezz, it is amazing and I am passionate about the Mezz" and everyone just laughed; now I have to go to the mezz on Tuesday lunch time to demonstrate my passion XD
I guess the overall things are that my school has an amazing community
I also need to get myself to do a lot of questions within time constraints instead of "learning all the content" and checking my notes since I know all of it pretty well and I don't have an issue with memorization
Macrob Fun Fact: The most cherished drink of Macrob is - you know it - Bubble Tea! (followed by Milkis which they sell at the canteen)