Building strong cohorts ... :s

[Fishyiscool]

My school is.. Pre average. No one has ever gotten 40 in methods at my school but I'm a little determined to change that :s
Am i right in thinking that if i do whatever i can to make our cohort as strong as possible, this could possibly have an awesome effect on our study scores? What i mean is, if we get everyone (or as many as possible) at our school in the subject really motivated and skilled, we will in general perform better on the exam therefore there is increased chance of getting 40 for all of us.
That's how my logic goes. Tbh, i would be thrilled to get 40 in methods but would be equally thrilled if someone else in our cohort did awesome. I dont like all this competition, everyones keeping to themselves at the moment and i have resources i am more than willing to share!
Its not all about the quality of the school surely. Kids at the pro schools seem to be bouncing off each other, and thats what i want to get going.
Sound good?

[saheh]

It would help the kids who are like, middle rankings. if you're rank 1/2 it wont really affect you but it'd be great for your whole class if you all did really well
good luck!

[nerfsdacier]

That sounds like a really good and positive way to look at it helping one another is so much more helpful, even to yourself, than everyone sticking to their own. Even if there are say 200 people in your methods cohort, there are thousands doing methods in the whole state, so moving together as a cohort would be much better than moving up in your own cohort... If that makes sense. Also, explaining things to one another helps consolidate ones own understanding.

[aes_999]

OP, i definitely support your idea. However, not everyone is your school is as motivated to work hard as you. So, my hypothesis, even if you try your hardest, there will be a few people who go 'yeah, ok, meh, i'll study when I can'. But do try out your idea first though, it might work very well.

[Fishyiscool]

That sounds like a really good and positive way to look at it helping one another is so much more helpful, even to yourself, than everyone sticking to their own. Even if there are say 200 people in your methods cohort, there are thousands doing methods in the whole state, so moving together as a cohort would be much better than moving up in your own cohort... If that makes sense. Also, explaining things to one another helps consolidate ones own understanding.

Exactly the way i see it! Also, if we all do pretty well on the exam, that will ultimately mean a better mark for the sac GAs, yeah? Coz of that whole ranking stuff.
Ive already spoken to my methods teacher about starting a thing at lunchtimes where we teach other + share resources lol im pretty excited about this xD

And i guess it could potentially change the ranking within our class (i might drop a few ranks maybe?) but still it would be good in my opinion, for everyone we will have to see how it goes.

OP, i definitely support your idea. However, not everyone is your school is as motivated to work hard as you. So, my hypothesis, even if you try your hardest, there will be a few people who go 'yeah, ok, meh, i'll study when I can'. But do try out your idea first though, it might work very well.

Definitely true, but i know in my class there are many who would like to be stronger in methods because they need really high atars, would the few who dont care actually drag everyone down? :/

[aes_999]

Well, this does sound like a good idea. I remember in MHS, we had something like this. A few people usually go to T4 (to those MHS people, you'd know what I'm talking about), in the morning or afternoon to study maths. Go for it, fishy, hope you get a real good Methods SS!

[MJRomeo81]

This strategy works because I implemented it last year in a few of my subjects. The logic was simple - the more we learn off each other, the better we do in the exam.

Remember VCAA are only interested in your sac rank, not sac score. And your SAC score is determined by how your cohort went in the exam. The better the cohort does as a whole, the higher SAC score you will receive.

[Stick]

My school is.. Pre average. No one has ever gotten 40 in methods at my school but I'm a little determined to change that :s
Am i right in thinking that if i do whatever i can to make our cohort as strong as possible, this could possibly have an awesome effect on our study scores? What i mean is, if we get everyone (or as many as possible) at our school in the subject really motivated and skilled, we will in general perform better on the exam therefore there is increased chance of getting 40 for all of us.
That's how my logic goes. Tbh, i would be thrilled to get 40 in methods but would be equally thrilled if someone else in our cohort did awesome. I dont like all this competition, everyones keeping to themselves at the moment and i have resources i am more than willing to share!
Its not all about the quality of the school surely. Kids at the pro schools seem to be bouncing off each other, and thats what i want to get going.
Sound good?

My school is very similar and I can tell you it's a great way of improving your own chances as well as the chances of others. For example, no one in our school has ever achieved higher than 34 in Specialist and I would love it if we could have one person exceed 40. The most important thing you can do is to make sure that everyone becomes motivated and understands the VCE system. There's a hell of a lot of bull that goes around the yard about VCE so make sure your cohort knows the procedures. It's also important to remind others that rank becomes much less relevant as the strength of the group increases.

[Fishyiscool]

Awww thank you aes_999
You guys are all assuring me that my plan is foolproof x) and its good to hear that im not mad and it has worked for you!

This strategy works because I implemented it last year in a few of my subjects. The logic was simple - the more we learn off each other, the better we do in the exam.

Remember VCAA are only interested in your sac rank, not sac score. And your SAC score is determined by how your cohort went in the exam. The better the cohort does as a whole, the higher SAC score you will receive.

Yayy!