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Title: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: burbs on July 08, 2011, 07:37:15 pm
Something like 4 months to go.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: luken93 on July 08, 2011, 07:44:15 pm
Pumping through subjects like a boss.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Romperait on July 08, 2011, 07:45:36 pm
Done nothing and it's likely to stay that way.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Thu Thu Train on July 08, 2011, 07:47:56 pm
Heres a link to a picture of what I've done over the holidays

http://i.imgur.com/X88Lc.png
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Readinya on July 08, 2011, 07:48:21 pm
I can proudly say that I have yet to open my bag to drag out three tons of work. Instead, I've been hibernating. It's dreadfully cold, y'know?
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: david10d on July 08, 2011, 07:48:50 pm
Going through The Office like hot knife thru buttah.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: MeLucky on July 08, 2011, 07:56:55 pm
Heres a link to a picture of what I've done over the holidays

http://i.imgur.com/X88Lc.png
LOL
I've unfortunately only done 2 chapters of accounting...and that's it so far :/
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: luken93 on July 08, 2011, 08:00:16 pm
Not gonna lie, I went to the motor show today.

It is a good source of motivation, I neeeeeed to have some of those cars in the near distant future!
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Water on July 08, 2011, 08:05:07 pm
Pumping through subjects like a boss.

Doing nothing like a boss.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: mtmiket on July 08, 2011, 08:06:33 pm
Absolutely nothing! I feel so bad.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Deadshot on July 08, 2011, 08:45:20 pm
English re read and summarized all texts.
Math competed all modules and core + summary book.
Business management completed 5 unit 4 aos1 sacs.
It apps exercises from text book.
Revolutions almost finished research project.

It has been a very productive week.

Very pleased and proud of myself. Lol

:)
  
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: pi on July 08, 2011, 08:46:54 pm
Pumping through subjects like a boss.

Doing nothing like a boss.

+1 Me too
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: tony3272 on July 08, 2011, 09:04:59 pm
I've done a bit of work and practiced some dancing.(see the pic)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TF6vu-y5H1k/TZ3F-XE297I/AAAAAAAAGgU/YSgMtYO-594/s1600/Beautiful+Dance+Moves.jpeg
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Andiio on July 08, 2011, 10:56:18 pm
Sleep. :]
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: tony3272 on July 08, 2011, 10:58:26 pm
Sleep. :]
Can't get any when you're so used to waking up at 5-6 every morning.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: jane1234 on July 09, 2011, 12:28:10 am
Slept, worked, watched daytime TV, saw friends, slept, watched more daytime TV, slept and... did one spesh question today! :D
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Camo on July 09, 2011, 12:34:49 am
Psych, nearly done.
English, session with Shinny, reading his notes on the train.
Methods, watching videos.
I.T, going over revision for exams.
Accounting, nothing, yet..
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Keo on July 09, 2011, 12:41:50 am
Nothing except some chem :(
shall start 12 hours a day from now on! looking at this thread to remind me of the fellow beastly VNers!
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: xtremeownage on July 09, 2011, 01:08:05 am
Kickback :)
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: chrisjb on July 09, 2011, 02:30:22 am
I've almost finished a very thick book about the history of modern China up until the end of the cold war.


It is relevant to none of my subjects.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Interficere on July 09, 2011, 02:38:02 am
Rereading Watchmen, avoiding calls from socialists; the usual. I finished all my Revs homework on Wednesday, which I'm quite happy about. I've also drank about 6L of iced tea.

I think the holidays have exacerbated my hyperthyroidism - can't sleep due to a resting heart rate of 100 bpm, and I'm eating all the time. :D I eventually collapse at around 4 AM, get up at 1 PM and then do no work...still have a load of learning activities to do for Psych, but I can't be bothered. Can't believe the first week's almost over - I feel as if I've done nothing at all.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Truck on July 09, 2011, 02:39:13 am
I think the holidays have exacerbated my hyperthyroidism - can't sleep due to a resting heart rate of 100 bpm, and I'm eating all the time. :D I eventually collapse at around 4 AM, get up at 1 PM and then do no work...still have a load of learning activities to do for Psych, but I can't be bothered. Can't believe the first week's almost over - I feel as if I've done nothing at all.

I don't know if it's hyperthyroidism, but I do the exact same thing LOL... probably because why sleep when there's so much fun shit you can be doing =P.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: tony3272 on July 09, 2011, 02:40:12 am
Iced tea makes the world go round.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Interficere on July 09, 2011, 02:53:32 am
I think the holidays have exacerbated my hyperthyroidism - can't sleep due to a resting heart rate of 100 bpm, and I'm eating all the time. :D I eventually collapse at around 4 AM, get up at 1 PM and then do no work...still have a load of learning activities to do for Psych, but I can't be bothered. Can't believe the first week's almost over - I feel as if I've done nothing at all.

I don't know if it's hyperthyroidism, but I do the exact same thing LOL... probably because why sleep when there's so much fun shit you can be doing =P.

I know! I always figure, well, during the term, I can't stay up past 1 AM or I'll be dead for the school day. But during the holidays, I don't have to wake up...at all. I could literally stay asleep until the next day, if I wanted. Unfortunately at night, when I'm staying up, I don't get anything productive done - I think I've reread through my entire comic book collection, but I've done no homework. And during the day, I'm asleep, so that's even less productive. D:
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: iamtom on July 09, 2011, 12:10:07 pm
Absolutely nothing.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: MJRomeo81 on July 09, 2011, 12:30:55 pm
3/4 of chapter 6 legal studies learning activities completed
2 chapters of context questions + a programming task for software
almost finished the financial maths module

Hopefully I can finish the maths course this week and start writing essays for english.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: emsatch on July 10, 2011, 12:33:17 am
Holidays quite honestly are the most depressing times of the year.
If you sleep and rest, then you feel guilty about not studying.
If you study, then you feel overwhelmed by the amount of content which needs to be covered within the next semester.
At least during the academic semesters, we are too preoccupied with homework and co-curricular activities that we have less time to contemplate such depressing thoughts.
Preparing for the UMAT has also been quite depressing. Personally, I am finding my section 1 and 2 scores progressing along quite nicely, but when it comes to section 3, I am still languishing at the bottom of an endless pit :(
Holidays. How depressing.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Water on July 10, 2011, 12:39:31 am
Now a poem :)




Holidays quite honestly are the most depressing times of the year.

If you sleep and rest, then you feel guilty about not studying.
If you study, then you feel overwhelmed by the amount of content which needs to be covered within the next semester.

At least during the academic semesters, we are too preoccupied with homework.
At least with co-curricular activities,we have less time to contemplate such depressing thoughts.

Preparing for the UMAT has also been quite depressing.
Personally, I am finding my section 1 and 2 scores progressing along quite nicely, but when it comes to section 3

. . . I am still languishing at the bottom of an endless pit

Sigh Holidays... How depressing.



Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: emsatch on July 10, 2011, 11:08:58 am
It's so comforting to know that if getting into Med doesn't work out, then I still have some sort of future in producing inspiring pieces of poetry.

Nice to meet you Water.
I like your sense of humour.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: MeLucky on July 10, 2011, 11:53:53 am
If you study, then you feel overwhelmed by the amount of content which needs to be covered within the next semester.
I definitely understand that statement :/
There's so much I feel that I have to get done these holidays but I won't be able to do as much as I'd like...
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: nacho on July 10, 2011, 04:19:36 pm
I've almost finished a very thick book about the history of modern China up until the end of the cold war.


It is relevant to none of my subjects.
lol i could picture myself doing this too
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: emsatch on July 10, 2011, 04:33:50 pm
Out of interest Nacho, why are you attending MacRob if you are a male? :P
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: nacho on July 10, 2011, 04:46:14 pm
Out of interest Nacho, why are you attending MacRob if you are a male? :P
sexist views and opinions have no place on vcenotes!
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Water on July 10, 2011, 04:53:08 pm
clocked up about 100 hours of dota in the past week =='

started biology and will aim to finish it by the end of the week

Not good enough Bazza! This week, 200 hours !
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: FatnessFirst on July 10, 2011, 11:22:53 pm
After reading this, I'm quite happy that I'm on the same boat as everyone else...Now back to Youtube.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: cranberry on July 11, 2011, 03:19:24 pm
After reading this, I'm quite happy that I'm on the same boat as everyone else...Now back to Youtube.

+1
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: HERculina on July 11, 2011, 04:11:02 pm
watching harry potter on sunday! WHO ELSE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT!? :D:D:D
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Russ on July 11, 2011, 04:13:34 pm
Why aren't you going to the midnight premiere?
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: HERculina on July 11, 2011, 04:22:37 pm
LOL im not that much of a big fan and itd be too crowded :/
but since its the last harry potter film and is actually in 3D going to go to imax to see it :D
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: tony3272 on July 11, 2011, 05:43:34 pm
watching harry potter on sunday! WHO ELSE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT!? :D:D:D
when does it come out? I guess i may go see it...
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Mr. Study on July 11, 2011, 05:50:28 pm
On Chapter 24 of Chemistry and completed all chapter questions.
On Chapter 14 of Biology and completed all chapter questions.

...

Nothing else..
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: b^3 on July 11, 2011, 05:54:09 pm
Just don't burn yourself out Mr. Study, have at least on full day off, where you make your mind think school doesn't exsits. Then back to full out work.
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Mr. Study on July 11, 2011, 05:56:41 pm
Just don't burn yourself out Mr. Study, have at least on full day off, where you make your mind think school doesn't exsits. Then back to full out work.

I would but I am too scared to do it. :(
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Greatness on July 11, 2011, 06:01:47 pm
Just don't burn yourself out Mr. Study, have at least on full day off, where you make your mind think school doesn't exsits. Then back to full out work.

I would but I am too scared to do it. :(
Do it. This is the last break before exams so rest up!
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: b^3 on July 11, 2011, 07:39:59 pm
Think of it this way, it's better to have missed a little bit of study and rest, than going into the exams having overstudied and an emotional wreck. Life needs to be balanced, but for the next 12 weeks or so, it is going to pulled to one side more than the other, untill we finish exams and try to work out what to do with ourselves as we wait for our scores to come out. :)
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: LikeABoss on July 11, 2011, 07:46:42 pm
I didn't think this warrants a new thread + would sort of tie into the holidays thing
I'm in year 11 - should I buy all the text books for next year and give them a rough run through, through the holidays?
If so is the syllabus and textbook for any of my subjects likely to change by next year?
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Russ on July 11, 2011, 08:02:32 pm
No. I went away in the holidays before year 12 and didn't do much prep. Working consistently and properly throughout the year is enough.

Do whatever holiday work you get, but you don't need to have finished the course before you start term1
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: LikeABoss on July 11, 2011, 08:05:11 pm
No. I went away in the holidays before year 12 and didn't do much prep. Working consistently and properly throughout the year is enough.

Do whatever holiday work you get, but you don't need to have finished the course before you start term1
swag

_______
will the syllabus change for next year?
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: MJRomeo81 on July 11, 2011, 08:44:47 pm
Damn week one of holidays I was on a roll and today I'm already burnt-out. It doesn't help when Bypass is so bloody boring to read for a second time!
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: tony3272 on July 11, 2011, 09:16:01 pm
Damn week one of holidays I was on a roll and today I'm already burnt-out. It doesn't help when Bypass is so bloody boring to read for a second time!
Lol the same thing happened to me today. So i was recovering with just minor revision and youtubing :)
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: jane1234 on July 11, 2011, 09:40:11 pm
Damn week one of holidays I was on a roll and today I'm already burnt-out. It doesn't help when Bypass is so bloody boring to read for a second time!
My thoughts exactly. You couldn't pay me write on it for the exam...
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Readinya on July 11, 2011, 10:39:56 pm
 What's this holiday homework people are fussing about? I do it all the first week back at school.

 :D
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: FatnessFirst on July 11, 2011, 11:30:20 pm
Speaking of exams, anyone planning on going to the K-pop concert in Sydney? It's just before the physics and BM exams...FML
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: gs on July 14, 2011, 07:42:25 pm
Worked at English and Further. Have Legal and Eco to do, with Legal a priority being a SAC on Wed. I'll finish my legal revision tonight (already done a bit), as well as getting some way into the Eco hw. Long night ahead maybe..
Title: Re: Halfway through the holidays, what have you done?
Post by: Zafaraaaa on July 14, 2011, 08:36:40 pm
Quote
will the syllabus change for next year?

Depends on the subject I guess. Check out the 'Accreditation periods' for the subjects you're planning to do :) www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/index.html