Need help with Hamlet or Mrs Dalloway!

[KingofDerp]

hi im currently looking for a "tutor" to help me like once a week or something with eiether of these texts. I really want to get a 40 (including scale) but ive been getting B+ and A for the first units in year 12 and its disheartening >.< if someone could help that would be great

[charmanderp]

With Mrs Dalloway you might struggle to find a student tutor, as no former VCE Literature students will have studied it themselves, this being its first year on the text list. I'd say your best move is to contact a Literature teacher at a school which is studying the text and ask them if they can tutor you. If you want any help, feel free to message me (:

[Lolly]

Brittany, perhaps you could get extra sessions with Burke or Sherwin?

[EvangelionZeta]

I may very well end up reading Mrs. Dalloway some time soon...

[Lolly]

I may very well end up reading Mrs. Dalloway some time soon...

Bwahaha.

It's truly better than you think. I promise.

[KristyDanielle]

I'm sorry to sound so blunt, but how is receiving a B+ or an A mark disheartening? They are fantastic marks and you should be proud! If you've received these marks consistently this year then you should have no problem scoring a 40. Some of us only recieve B's, you know...

[Lolly]

I'm sorry to sound so blunt, but how is receiving a B+ or an A mark disheartening? They are fantastic marks and you should be proud! If you've received these marks consistently this year then you should have no problem scoring a 40. Some of us only recieve B's, you know...

See, Brittany,  this is what I've been telling you all year. The fact that you're doing reasonably well in a class of year 12s shows something of your ability.

[charmanderp]

I'm sorry to sound so blunt, but how is receiving a B+ or an A mark disheartening? They are fantastic marks and you should be proud! If you've received these marks consistently this year then you should have no problem scoring a 40. Some of us only recieve B's, you know...

Different people have different expectations. Some of us are only good at a few things academically and it's disappointing if we don't excel in that field. Personally I'd look at an A or B+ (or even a B) in Methods as being absolutely amazing, but wouldn't stand for anything less than near full marks in Lit, English or Chem, where I know that's what I should be getting. It's all about relativity, and it's not fair to tell people that they should be satisfied or not displeased with their mark just because they did better than the median.

[Lolly]

Different people have different expectations. Some of us are only good at a few things academically and it's disappointing if we don't excel in that field. Personally I'd look at an A or B+ (or even a B) in Methods as being absolutely amazing, but wouldn't stand for anything less than near full marks in Lit, English or Chem, where I know that's what I should be getting. It's all about relativity, and it's not fair to tell people that they should be satisfied or not displeased with their mark just because they did better than the median.

This is true: satisfaction is relative. Of course it's gut wrenching when you don't perform as well as you want to. I know what that's like: last year in 1/2 lit was majorly frustrating for me, yet I learned so much more from failure than success. In the scheme of things you're better off counting your blessings, staying positive and trying your very best in spite of disappointment. That's the only way of getting past it.

[charmanderp]

Different people have different expectations. Some of us are only good at a few things academically and it's disappointing if we don't excel in that field. Personally I'd look at an A or B+ (or even a B) in Methods as being absolutely amazing, but wouldn't stand for anything less than near full marks in Lit, English or Chem, where I know that's what I should be getting. It's all about relativity, and it's not fair to tell people that they should be satisfied or not displeased with their mark just because they did better than the median.

This is true: satisfaction is relative. Of course it's gut wrenching when you don't perform as well as you want to. I know what that's like: last year in 1/2 lit was majorly frustrating for me, yet I learned so much more from failure than success. In the scheme of things you're better off counting your blessings, staying positive and trying your very best in spite of disappointment. That's the only way of getting past it.

Indeed. After all, your satisfaction should be a personal thing, independent of what others think.

[bluehorizon]

I find that it's fine to have high goals, but not high expectations. There's a key difference: expectations are directly related to your satisfaction or happiness, whilst goals are only related to success.
If you expect a study score of 10 - an apparently easy stretch - you will more easily be satisfied at your result. If you expect to get a 50, though, which is much more difficult, then you are setting yourself for disappointment. Plus, if you set a study score of 10, there's a high chance you can exceed this, whilst you can't exceed 50. So what is wanted are low expectations.
On the other hand, if you aim for 50, you develop optimism which is both important to health and conducive to success, but if you only aim for 10 then you limit yourself with pessimism. What is wanted here, then, are high goals.
Obviously, however, there's a close relationship between these two, and to actually set a goal of 50 but harbour an expectation of 10 is quite difficult. So being reasonable is crucial. If, however, you are able to aim for 50 and expect to get 10, then well done and tell me about it

[charmanderp]

It's a matter of semantics, really. If you expect yourself to do well in an exam because you've put in the effort and you're good at the subject and then you're disappointed afterwards, that's essentially the same as having the goal of doing well in an exam and then working towards it but still 'failing' to achieve what you set out to.

[bluehorizon]

but if you fail to achieve your goal, there's no disappointment. it's only the expectation that kills you
granted, goals and expectations are related, but not the same. and as for semantics, that's just cos i've named these two concepts thus. you can name them something different but the theory would be the same

[Lolly]

Aim for the best, expect the worst.
Don't get me wrong, I want to do well in this exam more than anything I've ever done. However I've enjoyed lit so much that my score is almost irrelevant. I've gained knowledge that no one can take away from me, and most of this is immeasurable. . I know you were disappointed with your SS, charmanderp, ( and I'm entirely aware that this could happen to anyone, including myself) but ultimately your score doesn't undermine how adept you are at Literature or English.      

[charmanderp]

Haha don't worry, that's exactly how I felt. Towards the end of the year I just ended up studying my Lit texts for fun, which is probably why I didn't take the subject very seriously for most of the year.

I don't subscribe to the 'expect the worst' theory though. I've always felt that I do best when I have full confidence in my abilities to get me what I want, which comes through expecting that I will.