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VCE Stuff => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English Studies => Topic started by: deleted on April 11, 2013, 08:26:16 pm
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Not actually 'forget' as we obviously have plenty of English classes throughout the week, but compared to my other subjects, I've done nowhere near as much work for English.
(If I were to compare the amount of work I've done for English this year compared to say, spesh maths, the ratio would be AT LEAST 1:10.)
If I'm doing work during spare periods at school, I almost never do English.
It's always one of my other 4 subjects.
Over these holidays, I was concentrating in both my maths and sciences, and I didn't touch my English books until earlier today.
English never seems like a priority for me, though I'll be interested in receiving my first SAC mark back when I return though.
And the weirdest thing is that I KNOW I have to do well on English, as it's the mark that has to be taken in as a whole.
(So even if I get say, 40,41,42,43 on my other subjects and 30 on English, that entire 30 will count while the 40 will count as 4.0 >_>)
Does this happen to anyone else?
EDIT: I was on 4chan before that's why I thought that Specialist guy was trolling (90% of the responses on that website are just basement dwellers' pathetic attempts to put you down over the internet lmao).
I apologize for thumbing down his comment though. o_o
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Not actually 'forget' as we obviously have plenty of English classes throughout the week, but compared to my other subjects, I've done nowhere near as much work for English.
(If I were to compare the amount of work I've done for English this year compared to say, spesh maths, the ratio would be AT LEAST 1:10.)
If I'm doing work during spare periods at school, I almost never do English.
It's always one of my other 4 subjects.
Over these holidays, I was concentrating in both my maths and sciences, and I didn't touch my English books until earlier today.
English never seems like a priority for me, though I'll be interested in receiving my first SAC mark back when I return though.
And the weirdest thing is that I KNOW I have to do well on English, as it's the mark that has to be taken in as a whole.
(So even if I get say, 40,41,42,43 on my other subjects and 30 on English, that entire 30 will count while the 40 will count as 4.0 >_>)
Does this happen to anyone else?
haha yeah, I did next to no work for english for most of the year, but during the last 1.5 months most of my focus was one english :)
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No. I NEVER forget about English.
Ever.
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My attention to English goes up and down in waves. At the moment, I'm on a high with my study. :P
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Yeah I know what u mean. Like I know I English is my most important subject but I'm giving the least attention but I'm still in yr11 hopefully by yr 12 my subject attention ratios will balance out.
I mean when try to write an essay i usually procrastinate or go YouTube instead of researching lol. And the essay gets done much less efficiently.
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Aw man, English,
I don't have anything against it as a subject, but I find it so much harder to study for than any of my other subjects. I've done a fair bit of work on it this holidays, but when I'm doing English I procrastinate so much more than usual D:
I don't forget about it, it's kind of the subject I'm most stressed about actually. I have to work REALLY HARD to get good marks, in comparison to having to work kinda-hard to get them in my other subjects.
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English is my priority this year.
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To be honest, when I was in year 12, English was the least of my priorities because I felt that it was easily the least interesting subject I was doing. I severely neglected it throughout the year.
Whatever you do, don't do that.
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No. I'm only doing 1 VCE subject and I know that this will directly affect the university I get into, so I never forget English.
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You did all right in English, alondouek :P
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To be honest, when I was in year 12, English was the least of my priorities because I felt that it was easily the least interesting subject I was doing. I severely neglected it throughout the year.
Whatever you do, don't do that.
sarcasm right?
Man guide to a 48 right there severely reject the subject then regret it afterwords.
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Actually got negvoted for not forgetting about English. LOL. *Seal claps 4 Kevza*
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Actually got negvoted for not forgetting about English. LOL. *Seal claps 4 Kevza*
Ohh you can actually see who votes lmao
And well I thought you were trolling
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Actually got negvoted for not forgetting about English. LOL. *Seal claps 4 Kevza*
He did it to Special at Specialist as well.
Ohh you can actually see who votes lmao
And well I thought you were trolling
Hmm... :/
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LOL. Nope. I like English.
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LOL. Nope. I like English.
No I meant, you were making seem as though you never forgot about English as in the language, not the subject, lmao.
Well sorry and anyway I don't see the big deal about the + and -... Unless that's how you get respect?
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No I meant, you were making seem as though you never forgot about English as in the language, not the subject, lmao.
Why would you think that? This whole thread is about VCE English, not English in general.
Well sorry and anyway I don't see the big deal about the + and -... Unless that's how you get respect?
Yes, it is. You're on -2 respect at the moment, and if you keep accusing everyone of trolling when they give you honest answers, then you can expect it to get a lot lower.
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Okkk people let's not make mountains out of molehills.
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Just thought I would add my opinion.
I enjoy English, I do methods, chemistry and physics. These three subjects at times I feel like it's 'here's a question' and 'here's the only right answer' sure there are different ways to get to it but in the end you get to the one solution. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy Chemistry and Methods. However, I feel free in English, I feel that immersing myself in the subject has allowed me to enjoy much more, you know there is never the one 'right' answer, there are just so many possibilities and I like that. I enjoy how the writing is three different sections, something different. I don't neglect English at all, I must say. I give my full attention but maybe that's because I enjoy it. :)
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Why would you think that? This whole thread is about VCE English, not English in general.
Yes, it is. You're on -2 respect at the moment, and if you keep accusing everyone of trolling when they give you honest answers, then you can expect it to get a lot lower.
Well I was another forum before (4chan) and 90% of replies are just 'troll' replies lmao.
Anyway I'm sorry lol, I'll give you a thumbs up like on Facey!
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^ fair enough.
I can see where you're coming from; it's definitely not irrational to think that random, anonymous people online are 'trolling' (edit: particularly after exposure to that 4chan website :P ) you. However, I'm sure you've learnt by now, after viewing heaps of threads and starting threads of your own, that ATARnotes is an online community which sincerely does try to help people out.
Perhaps less cynicsm in the future...? :)
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yeah man i've done no work for english this whole holidays :(
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^ fair enough.
I can see where you're coming from; it's definitely not irrational to think that random, anonymous people online are 'trolling' (edit: particularly after exposure to that 4chan website :P ) you. However, I'm sure you've learnt by now, after viewing heaps of threads and starting threads of your own, that ATARnotes is an online community which sincerely does try to help people out.
Perhaps less cynicsm in the future...? :)
Yeah ahaha. Fuck I look like a dickhead right now
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sarcasm right?
Man guide to a 48 right there severely reject the subject then regret it afterwords.
haha! The point I'm trying to make is that it's obviously far better to prepare for English throughout the year than to wing it on the day of the exam.
It might sound a bit dickish, but I think in hindsight that it's possible that I could have gotten a 50 if I'd actually knuckled down and done some work.
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Yeah ahaha. Fuck I look like a dickhead right now
S'all good man :). /b/ does... Things.
(This really did blow up) - I just wanted to say that I was just taking the piss (re: seal claps comment) and didn't mean to be too caustic.
Alon; ofc you could have :p. I look at my exam score sometimes and wish I ranked higher and isn't screw the exam - my school would've had two!
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No.
When I wake up, go to school, do homework, go to sleep + all other "Activities" ::) I always think about English
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S'all good man :). /b/ does... Things.
(This really did blow up) - I just wanted to say that I was just taking the piss (re: seal claps comment) and didn't mean to be too caustic.
Alon; ofc you could have :p. I look at my exam score sometimes and wish I ranked higher and isn't screw the exam - my school would've had two!
If I was in your position I would care f***all about the English study score. I guess its the fact knowing you scored a 56/60 on the exam.. amongst the highest of scores consolidates the fact that you're good at English and have the knowledge required to be able to be an English teacher.
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haha! The point I'm trying to make is that it's obviously far better to prepare for English throughout the year than to wing it on the day of the exam.
It might sound a bit dickish, but I think in hindsight that it's possible that I could have gotten a 50 if I'd actually knuckled down and done some work.
If I somehow scored a 48 in English (glitch of course) I would book the next trip to New Zealand and parachute off a mountain just to release all my happiness.
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I like the idea side of English but vce english sucks. Over 100 essays written and 12 trial exams and its one of my lowest scores... I don't get what they want. But then again the openness of the subject is what makes it enjoyable. I would prefer a more LSAT style english exam instead :).
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Oh don't get me wrong guys, I wouldn't do anything differently. I'm still marvelling over my score. I was expecting 37-39
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Oh don't get me wrong guys, I wouldn't do anything differently. I'm still marvelling over my score. I was expecting 37-39
I know that feel bro. I was expecting less than 20 for Methods, so I lost it when I got that 31 ;D
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Alon; ofc you could have :p. I look at my exam score sometimes and wish I ranked higher and isn't screw the exam - my school would've had two!
omg, same. If I actually would've started doing something for english before we got our last SAC back I would've easily be rank 1 and hence get somewhere around 45+. But well it is actually kinda good. My mate who was ranked 1st got my exam mark as his SAC marks and hence got a nice study score without which he wouldn't have gotten into UoM Commerce. So yeah kinda good that I started later I guess :p
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Being someone who is good with words, I've always put a lot of work into English, whether it be now in year 11 or in junior English. But doing literature as well makes me a little calmer because I know I have a backup English subject if I should stuff one up.
Oh and literature is the best anyway!
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Oh and literature is the best anyway!
:)
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Just to add something additional....
Is it common for a school to make all students do core English? Because that's what my school does, so if we want to take literature (or language next year because we are offering it) we have to take it in addition to core English. Is this unfair or a good idea to make us take core?
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My school does that in Year 11, but in Year 12 you can just study Literature if you want. :)
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Just to add something additional....
Is it common for a school to make all students do core English? Because that's what my school does, so if we want to take literature (or language next year because we are offering it) we have to take it in addition to core English. Is this unfair or a good idea to make us take core?
That's not the case at my school, but I still think it's a good idea. All of my friends who did Lit last year are also doing English. ;D
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My school only offers English. LOL. I think it's a great idea. If I were running a school's VCE and they offered Lit, I would enforce that rule.
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I didn't put as much effort into English as my other subjects but it was something i was pretty confident in. The only things i did was write a lot of essays because i normally finished other work for English in class. I would spend a whole night on writing essay before a SAC came up. I did not neglect it and I'm happy with the effort i put in.
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My attention to English goes up and down in waves. At the moment, I'm on a high with my study. :P
Now I'm on a down with my English. :P
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Now I'm on a down with my English. :P
You just came out of a SAC :p