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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: absurdlittlebird on August 30, 2010, 05:10:49 pm
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Compared to the past twelve years of schooling, how has your final year experience shaped up?
Have you loved this year? Or has it failed to meet your expectations?
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I finished a while ago, but I loved year 12. Better than uni in a lot of ways.
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I love my school, supportive teachers and everything else that has come with year 12, except the pressure of this year being the final year.
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infinitely better than all years after grade 5. Radical downhill slope from then onwards. 2010 has been a good year to me though.
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HATE IT! cannot wait to get away from the uniforms, the dictatorship that is the school administration, shitty and uninspiring teachers, the immature freaks of nature i call my peers and wait im sure im forgetting something, oh yeah, the unbelievable, depression-rendering, cause of my premature aging, sleep depriving amount of STRESS and PRESSURE brought on by exams, UMAT, parents, future aspirations and most of all my own expectations.
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HATE IT! cannot wait to get away from the uniforms, the dictatorship that is the school administration, shitty and uninspiring teachers, the immature freaks of nature i call my peers and wait im sure im forgetting something, oh yeah, the unbelievable, depression-rendering, cause of my premature aging, sleep depriving amount of STRESS and PRESSURE brought on by exams, UMAT, parents, future aspirations and most of all my own expectations.
does that make me a pessimist or a realist?
haha agree with basically all of that. Year 10 was the best year for me. I've got the worst teachers for year 12 it's probably the worst lot I've ever had in my entire schooling life.
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HATE IT! cannot wait to get away from the uniforms, the dictatorship that is the school administration, shitty and uninspiring teachers, the immature freaks of nature i call my peers and wait im sure im forgetting something, oh yeah, the unbelievable, depression-rendering, cause of my premature aging, sleep depriving amount of STRESS and PRESSURE brought on by exams, UMAT, parents, future aspirations and most of all my own expectations.
does that make me a pessimist or a realist?
It makes you a pampered bitch. If year 12 was the hardest thing ive ever had to go through then I would have had a cushy life. I think when you go through some REAL shit in your life you learn to be resilient and for me this has made VCE a walk in the park basically.
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HATE IT! cannot wait to get away from the uniforms, the dictatorship that is the school administration, shitty and uninspiring teachers, the immature freaks of nature i call my peers and wait im sure im forgetting something, oh yeah, the unbelievable, depression-rendering, cause of my premature aging, sleep depriving amount of STRESS and PRESSURE brought on by exams, UMAT, parents, future aspirations and most of all my own expectations.
does that make me a pessimist or a realist?
most of this, except that I'm not that stressed and not doing the UMAT. I've liked this year, but haven't really enjoyed school. I like that I get a lot of free periods and freedom and I don't mind the work, but I don't like school much at all. It's just not an environment I feel very comfortable in.
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hated in a way because you actually have to do work but otherwise it has been better, a lot of dickheads have left which is good and classes are generally better behaved
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HATE IT! cannot wait to get away from the uniforms, the dictatorship that is the school administration, shitty and uninspiring teachers, the immature freaks of nature i call my peers and wait im sure im forgetting something, oh yeah, the unbelievable, depression-rendering, cause of my premature aging, sleep depriving amount of STRESS and PRESSURE brought on by exams, UMAT, parents, future aspirations and most of all my own expectations.
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except for the only thing i love this year is my social life, but school, oh my eff it's the absolute worst. i've felt so trapped in all this stress recently that it's difficult to do much.
It makes you a pampered bitch. If year 12 was the hardest thing ive ever had to go through then I would have had a cushy life. I think when you go through some REAL shit in your life you learn to be resilient and for me this has made VCE a walk in the park basically.
It's not that VCE is 'omg so hard', it's just so long and tiring, and none of us have experienced working hard like this since as early as january without a break with so much pressure as it COUNTS all of it.. blah blah there are ways around it but still, most of us want to do well and show that all our years of schooling meant something, and want to get somewhere.
i have taken quite a few 'breaks' though as people have suggested, or whatever, but they have just felt like wasting time and being stressed during them, and so it's hardly felt like a break.
yes there are harder things in life, but they aren't like this, this long, mentally draining 'school'. they are different.
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love it or hate it
remember this, what doesn't kill you (but almost does :P) can only make u stronger!
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im so sick of school now
honestly
i get home at 4
study till 10
go to sleep
wake up
go to skool
.. repeats
then i get my marks
B .. B+
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its really shattering
cant wait for year to end . .. UNI TIME
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how do you study?
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im so sick of school now
honestly
i get home at 4
study till 10
go to sleep
wake up
go to skool
.. repeats
then i get my marks
B .. B+
..
its really shattering
cant wait for year to end . .. UNI TIME
your amazing!
you will do so well at uni with your organisation if you can manage that, i'm jealous:)
I want to do this !! I will try and be like you - inspirational. but probably won't start till holidays..
how do you not get tired? i lose concentration too quickly:(
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Hmm.. mixed emotions guys?
For me, it's more a case of how I feel each day.
At the core I feel year twelve is pointless; at a vce level I've come to decide our education system isn't conducive to learning. I spent most of this year walking around going 'I hate year twelve, I hate year twelve, I hate year twelve' but you have to make the best of a bad situation I suppose. It took me seven months to come to that conclusion. So now I'm just trying to have a blast, and make the most of the next six weeks.
how do you study?
depends. i do history revs by correspondence which is a pain and a half. i generally do one of two things depending on my mood.
a) -finish school at 3. go grab some food. start studying at 3.30. leave school 5.30-6.. get home. eat dinner. relax. start studying at 7.30. work til 11ish.
b) get home at 4. walk til 5. study til 6.30. dinner. relax. work from 8-11.30
you guys?
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Hate. Too much pressure and stress on the one year in my opinion.
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Hate. Too much pressure and stress on the one year in my opinion.
probs would be alright if you could break up the subs you do in yr 12 from 5 to 2-3 over a few years. skipping yr 9-10 would be okay too.
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Yeah true, or even say doing half in year 11 and half in year 12.
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i loved it, probably my most enjoyed year at school
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im so sick of school now
honestly
i get home at 4
study till 10
go to sleep
wake up
go to skool
.. repeats
then i get my marks
B .. B+
..
its really shattering
cant wait for year to end . .. UNI TIME
your amazing!
you will do so well at uni with your organisation if you can manage that, i'm jealous:)
I want to do this !! I will try and be like you - inspirational. but probably won't start till holidays..
how do you not get tired? i lose concentration too quickly:(
haha vexxx
nah man i wish i was half as smart as you.
ahhh .. its hard to keep motivated .. half the time . i get home .. start to muck around .. but then remind myself what im studying for .. ( to get into uni , if i do bad il be stuck at year 12 again) and theres no way i wanna repeat al this ahah.
also .. theres 2 people im trying to beat at school .. when you trying to beat someone .. your motivated to study lol
:P
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At the time of doing VCE, I just wanted to get out of school, get out of such a restricted jail cell.
But now, a little over 6 months down the track, I love year 12 and it was the best year of my life. I would do (almost) anything to rewind the clock back 12 months.
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I'm really liking year 12, i'm finally doing subjects i like and life in general has been pretty good. lol only thing i would change about it is having to do english, the one part of yr 12 i hate, esp cos it counts for so much.
Tbh i have really mixed emotions about leaving high school. On one hand there is so many thing about year 12 and my school i love, i guess i will be missing having everything handed to me on a silver platter once i get into uni and have to fend for myself. Then again uni does have it's pluses e.g. a *shite* load more freedom and learing more advanced and interesting stuff
But really i'm sure this time next year, i'll be in gloamglozer's postion and just wishing i was back in year 12.
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Loved it. Seriously my life situation is much better than it was a year ago, and there's so much room for improvement that it's not even funny.
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yes there are harder things in life, but they aren't like this, this long, mentally draining 'school'. they are different.
lol the monkey on your back from school is nothing compared to having king kong on your shoulders from a real long term mental problem. With school theres also a defined start and finish. With other things theres no guarantee... I guess for people like me ive been exposed to this pressure 24/7 for a number of years. This last year and a bit ive gotten so much healthier the 12hours a day stressing about school its like a 100% decrease in stress for me this year. :)
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Year 12 has been, ironically, one of my least academically focused years thus far at school. I've felt that I've spent more time in co-curricular activities than studying - indeed, it's only recently that I've really started feeling the pressure. Can't tell how I feel overall - it's been an enjoyable experience, but also a highly stressful one. Maybe ask me next year. :p
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Year 12 has been, ironically, one of my least academically focused years thus far at school. I've felt that I've spent more time in co-curricular activities than studying - indeed, it's only recently that I've really started feeling the pressure. Can't tell how I feel overall - it's been an enjoyable experience, but also a highly stressful one. Maybe ask me next year. :p
Yeah same. Like for Unit 3 i felt i didn't put in as much effort as i could have.
Hm i guess only time will tell how we feel about year 12 compared to uni..
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Year 12 has been, ironically, one of my least academically focused years thus far at school. I've felt that I've spent more time in co-curricular activities than studying
same. im the performing arts captain. i spent most of semester one trying to revive the department and get the student body to realise how much performing arts effects their lives everyday (hello ipods, tv and film?), and get them behind us.
i failed. ahah. but i had a lot of fun anyway (:
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It's been *ok* i guess but some of my friends arent as cool as they always were and have been pretty lame assholes lately. Same old crazy teachers and homework and im hardly doing anything outside of school (no one wants to...) so its been a pretty crappy year
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It's been *ok* i guess but some of my friends arent as cool as they always were and have been pretty lame assholes lately. Same old crazy teachers and homework and im hardly doing anything outside of school (no one wants to...) so its been a pretty crappy year
have most definitely observed that in many people..... vce has changed some ppl....they're so competitive now and like.... only solely driven to get a high enter and they become as you say "lame assholes" it really shits me, and they expect to mooch off you and for you to help them and they never return the favour
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It's been *ok* i guess but some of my friends arent as cool as they always were and have been pretty lame assholes lately. Same old crazy teachers and homework and im hardly doing anything outside of school (no one wants to...) so its been a pretty crappy year
have most definitely observed that in many people..... vce has changed some ppl....they're so competitive now and like.... only solely driven to get a high enter and they become as you say "lame assholes" it really shits me, and they expect to mooch off you and for you to help them and they never return the favour
In times of conflict, people's true character are revealed..
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It's been *ok* i guess but some of my friends arent as cool as they always were and have been pretty lame assholes lately. Same old crazy teachers and homework and im hardly doing anything outside of school (no one wants to...) so its been a pretty crappy year
have most definitely observed that in many people..... vce has changed some ppl....they're so competitive now and like.... only solely driven to get a high enter and they become as you say "lame assholes" it really shits me, and they expect to mooch off you and for you to help them and they never return the favour
In times of conflict, people's true character are revealed..
Is that a prompt for encountering conflict? I swear it should be.
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HEY, the reson i'm on vn is is to GET AWAY from doing eng........
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haha yeah it is, that was my topic in one of my schools sacs.
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haha yeah it is, that was my topic in one of my schools sacs.
Hahaha. I can spot a context prompt from a mile away.