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Title: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: StringFever on October 02, 2009, 02:59:56 pm
Hey guys,

So I've noticed that heaps of people have been raising hypotheticals about study and Year 12 in this section; so I thought I'd ask one too! :)

Without a doubt, you guys have experienced some brilliant highs, and some not-too-flash lows this year. My question is - what do you say or do to not allow your disappointments to affect your studies. Since I envisage that it's a very important thing to have high self-confidence leading up the final examinations...

:)
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: StringFever on October 02, 2009, 03:13:31 pm
Oh PS. Sorry to the 11 people who have read this expecting me to divulge information - I just got raped by Heffanan 2009 Methods, so not in the right state-of-mind at the moment.

I would normally say keep going, "just do it", etc.
But after that horror of a paper, I feel a bit shallow saying that haha :)
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: spontaneouscombustion on October 02, 2009, 08:31:31 pm


When I got my first A this year in a SAC (in FURTHER MATHS, of all subjects) I went home and cried and imagined myself sticking a knife on the wall and smashing my head into it. Probably not healthy thinking, but since then I've taken further maths more seriously as a subject.
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: Ilovemathsmeth on October 04, 2009, 06:35:29 pm
Am terrible at it. I get depressed and stop smiling for about a week =(

Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: hellomoto on October 04, 2009, 07:41:37 pm
Am terrible at it. I get depressed and stop smiling for about a week =(


yea if I got 49 in methods id probably jump off the westgate
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: Ilovemathsmeth on October 04, 2009, 07:51:20 pm
Hahahaha well I wasn't referring to that!!

I was referring to more the fact that I am doing badly with Eng :P
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: hellomoto on October 04, 2009, 07:53:28 pm
Hahahaha well I wasn't referring to that!!

I was referring to more the fact that I am doing badly with Eng :P
Can't be that bad since your aim is still 45+. How many practise essays have you written these holidays
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: Ilovemathsmeth on October 04, 2009, 07:57:12 pm
Wrote 3 for language analysis and 3 for text response. Not nearly enough. I despise the subject, cannot actually write essays. Realistically, am looking at below 40. Goodbye, ENTER score =(
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: hellomoto on October 04, 2009, 07:59:48 pm
Wrote 3 for language analysis and 3 for text response. Not nearly enough. I despise the subject, cannot actually write essays. Realistically, am looking at below 40. Goodbye, ENTER score =(
Even if you got 25 you'd get an ENTER of over 95 with your other scores/predicted scores...
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: IntoTheNewWorld on October 04, 2009, 08:02:27 pm
Wrote 3 for language analysis and 3 for text response. Not nearly enough. I despise the subject, cannot actually write essays. Realistically, am looking at below 40. Goodbye, ENTER score =(
Even if you got 25 you'd get an ENTER of over 95 with your other scores/predicted scores...

Over 95 isn't enough to get into everything though...
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: hellomoto on October 04, 2009, 08:05:34 pm
Wrote 3 for language analysis and 3 for text response. Not nearly enough. I despise the subject, cannot actually write essays. Realistically, am looking at below 40. Goodbye, ENTER score =(
Even if you got 25 you'd get an ENTER of over 95 with your other scores/predicted scores...

Over 95 isn't enough to get into everything though...
It is for the course ilovemathsmeths wants (posted in that other thread). I'm saying that <40 for her isn't "goodbye enter score"... and on that matter neither is 25 because it'd still get her a 97.05 (confirmed on entercalc)
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on October 04, 2009, 08:07:03 pm
cut myself
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: minilunchbox on October 04, 2009, 09:27:04 pm
I cut myself another slice of cheesecake.

I normally yell into pillows. :/
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: kurrymuncher on October 04, 2009, 09:28:23 pm
Killing zombies in Left4Dead usually helps, or killing zombies in real life :/
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: QuantumJG on October 04, 2009, 09:50:36 pm
Hey guys,

So I've noticed that heaps of people have been raising hypotheticals about study and Year 12 in this section; so I thought I'd ask one too! :)

Without a doubt, you guys have experienced some brilliant highs, and some not-too-flash lows this year. My question is - what do you say or do to not allow your disappointments to affect your studies. Since I envisage that it's a very important thing to have high self-confidence leading up the final examinations...

:)

If it was a SAC or an exam with me I would spend the rest of the day sulking over it. With my specialist maths exams I literally swore that much after them, you would have said I was crazy.

With my exams the only ones I felt content with, was my mid-year physics, both methods exams and my English exam. My last physics exam really cut me as when I looked at the itute answers I realised I said goodbye to atleast a 40 in physics (this was partially because it was my second last exam and I was tired).

Long story short I don't take disappointments well!
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: d0minicz on October 04, 2009, 09:52:58 pm

With my specialist maths exams I literally swore that much after them, you would have said I was crazy.


same here
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: QuantumJG on October 04, 2009, 09:56:57 pm

With my specialist maths exams I literally swore that much after them, you would have said I was crazy.


same here

You haven't done your specialist maths exams yet!
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: StringFever on October 04, 2009, 10:11:40 pm
Haha this thread is really inspiring my confidence :P

But I guess the message to take out of this is to just move on, reflect and realign yourself for another attack on the monster I call VCE (or IB, for those who do it...)
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: d0minicz on October 04, 2009, 10:12:48 pm

With my specialist maths exams I literally swore that much after them, you would have said I was crazy.


same here

You haven't done your specialist maths exams yet!

oh for my trials i meant =]
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: QuantumJG on October 04, 2009, 10:14:10 pm

With my specialist maths exams I literally swore that much after them, you would have said I was crazy.


same here

You haven't done your specialist maths exams yet!

oh for my trials i meant =]

lol

Specialist maths trial exams :S
Title: Re: How do YOU deal with disappointments?
Post by: Ilovemathsmeth on October 04, 2009, 10:32:38 pm
thanks moshi :) and everyone else