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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => The VCE Journey Journal => Topic started by: skyofsecret on February 17, 2021, 04:33:33 pm
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Hi everyone (if anyone is actually reading this),
I am an international student from Hong Kong. You can call me Sky, not my real name of course. I kind of regret making my user name skyofsecret. It is a name I used in games when I was still a kid that barely knew how to write English. I thought I could change the name displayed in the forum but nah, I don't know how.
I am now a year 11 student. It's my 2nd year in Melbourne. I started studying here in Jan 2020 and I have been staying here since then because of the pandemic. I miss my family and friends in HK :'(
MY SUBJECTS
I am a typical science person. I can't do any humanities - I would just forget anything my humanities teacher (especially history, both English and Chinese) taught a second later, but I love, and I am good at maths and sciences.
This year I am doing two Unit 3&4 subject, maths method and algorithmics. Till now, I am enjoying both subjects although algorithmics has sat folio tasks that really stress me out :-\
Next year I am planning to do EAL, specialist maths, physics, chemistry(not sure about this) and UMEP physics. I am really interested in the UMEP physics, but I know it is going to be difficult, so I am thinking about dropping my chemistry next year for UMEP physics.
Currently, I love all the subjects I am taking, except I am struggling with chemistry at the moment because the study design of chemistry here is so different from the chemistry in Hong Kong. Hopefully, I will get used to that soon.
MY CURRENT STUDY PLAN
Methods: I would read through my Cambridge textbook, understanding what I have to know for the course and write them down in my notebook. Then, I would do questions on each topic to make sure I know how to apply the skills. As most topics are covered in unit 1&2, I don't spend much time on those familiar topics. Maybe just a day or two. If there is any concept that I don't know, I would go to Khan Academy to search for tutorials. Those are really useful. I am planning to do past papers after making sure I know everything necessary and finish those questions in my textbook.
Specialist: I have a really really bad teacher for specialist, so I don't pay attention in class and do my own things. And again, I would read through the textbook and write down all the important summary in my notebook. However, I don't spend as much time for specialist at the moment because my main foci are Methods and Algorithmics this year.
Algorithmics: I am doing that through VSV, so I have access to must resources in the virtual classroom. I tend to self learn those topics before the weekly lesson, so I can ask the teacher questions about that topic.
EAL: I... I didn't really revise EAL before. I would revise that in the future but I don't know when and how¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Physics: I would read the textbook after every lesson to see if there are anything in the textbook that I may want to know. I am also starting to read some physics books to learn more about things that my teacher is not mentioning.
Chemistry: Not much. Read the book, focus in class, write notes... typical things, not worth mentioning I guess
THINGS I AM WORKING ON
I am a really careless student that can copy a wrong number from the question, work out everything right except the answer is missing a decimal point... I don't want to make these silly mistakes anymore.
I have to practice more probability related questions. Probability is one of my weakest topic in Method.
CURRENT GOALS & FUTURE PLANS
- get study score as high as possible
- study Physics/ Engineering(electronic/ computer)
Oh my god it is my first time writing so many words on any social platform. Sorry if my English is really bad... Feel free to correct my English, I have to practice writing things afterall. Hopefully, writing this journal would help to motivate my study and improve my English (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
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Hi Sky,
I (and many others, I'm sure) are keen to follow your journey and gain some insight into what it's like to do VCE as an international student! :)
Do you have hobbies that you like to do in your spare time?