Unit 2 Exam Revision

[paulsterio]

As my maths teacher says "make the main thing the main thing". Your year 12 subjects are obviously a lot more important than your year 11 subjects, so spend the majority of the time preparing for further maths.
I like the idea of doing other subjects at school and only doing further maths as homework.

1) Why are your 3/4 subjects more important than your 1/2 subjects?

2) Yeah, sure, good idea, you'll score 50 in Further Maths and struggle through all your subjects next year, what a great plan for VCE.

3) Seriously, think about the implications of what you're suggesting ("I like the idea of doing other subjects at school and only doing further maths as homework.")

[pi]

Well, I'd dedicate a bit more time to my 3/4 seeing as though it actually matters more for 2011. Anyway, Stick's the sort of person who can "catch-up" on material in the summer break if he doesn't too too well on his 1/2 exams (loljks he'll get 95%+ anyway).

[paulsterio]

Well, I'd dedicate a bit more time to my 3/4 seeing as though it actually matters more for 2011.

This is exactly what I would advise too, spend a bit more time on your 3/4 but don't neglect your 1/2s

[Special At Specialist]

As my maths teacher says "make the main thing the main thing". Your year 12 subjects are obviously a lot more important than your year 11 subjects, so spend the majority of the time preparing for further maths.
I like the idea of doing other subjects at school and only doing further maths as homework.

1) Why are your 3/4 subjects more important than your 1/2 subjects?

2) Yeah, sure, good idea, you'll score 50 in Further Maths and struggle through all your subjects next year, what a great plan for VCE.

3) Seriously, think about the implications of what you're suggesting ("I like the idea of doing other subjects at school and only doing further maths as homework.")

Because of this:

Well, I'd dedicate a bit more time to my 3/4 seeing as though it actually matters more for 2011. Anyway, Stick's the sort of person who can "catch-up" on material in the summer break if he doesn't too too well on his 1/2 exams (loljks he'll get 95%+ anyway).

Besides, it's not like taking 4 weeks off his year 11 subjects over 12 months away from the exams is going to make the difference between a pass and a fail. If he was working consistently throughout the year, then he should manage to do well just from his prior knowledge and from the break between year 12 and year 11 exams. If not, then he has all summer holidays to catch up.

[FlorianK]

Your Yr11 exams do not count.
Your Further Exam does count.
Hence don't study for your Yr11 subject prior to the further exam.

This is not the sort of attitude I have about going to school. You're there to learn and try your best, and I would never completely abandon a subject or stop trying simply because it doesn't count. That is not the attitude I want to take on in life and I really despise others who do. I definitely prioritise my studies so that the more important tasks are always completed first (this is usually Further) but I always make an effort to get everything done.

Well, than concentrate on Further and when you are sick of studying further study for your 1/2 exams when you find motivation for further go back to further.

[paulsterio]

[Genericname2365]

Well, I'd dedicate a bit more time to my 3/4 seeing as though it actually matters more for 2011.

This is exactly what I would advise too, spend a bit more time on your 3/4 but don't neglect your 1/2s

This. I neglected some of my 1/2s last year (Physics and Methods), and not only did I not even finish my 3/4 exam anyway, but it made it quite difficult this year. Methods I ended up quitting because there was so much I hadn't caught up on (yes I could have used the summer holidays better but all the same), and it made the concepts in Physics a lot harder than they should have been.

[thushan]

Guys, please calm down.

However - I think you should put at least some focus on your 1/2's. Put more focus on Further than you would each of your year 11 subjects, but don't put so much focus on further as to neglect your 1/2 subjects. Your 1/2 subjects are very important in establishing a foundation for Year 12, particularly for subjects like English, Physics (where Unit 2 physics IS Unit 3 physics), Chemistry (where without a Year 11 background its VERY difficult to do the subject), Methods, Spesh (yes, spesh, because for instance you develop the idea that coordinates are vectors are complex numbers, just in different languages), and there is assumed knowledge from year 11.

I highly recommend you also take some focus in your Year 11 subjects - trust me. When I was in Year 11, i put some heavy work into English Language for instance, and that foundation and the thinking skills I developed from there REALLY helped me in Year 12.

Oh and Paul, try drop the aggression a bit.

[Russ]

Hahah it comes down to this, you can either listen to me and Rohit, both of whom have completed VCE and done well - and make sure you balance your time well, spend a bit of extra time on Further of course, but not neglect your 1/2 subjects or you can listen to the others, none of whom have completed VCE and gone to university yet, none of whom would have that good perspective on VCE that Rohit and I now have and study Further only (well 90% of your time on Further by their advice) and then realise next year that you'll struggle because you didn't put in that extra work this year or that you can't have a good holiday because you need to catch up.

Your choice.

I agree that spending the majority of his time on further, all things being equal is the right choice. A few weeks of reduced focus on his year 11 subjects isn't the end of the world.

Incidentally, I've got my VCE and a university degree, so ah, your choice on what to believe.

[ninwa]

Sup. Also did well on my VCE. Completely ignored my year 11 subjects in the month before my 3/4s and the world didn't explode!!!

[brenden]

It's certainly worth investing time into your Year 11 subjects - my biggest regret is not trying in Year 11 and - but Further should be a much larger priority IMO. The time you study for Further, you can never make up afterwards. The exam is done, marked, and your score calculated. But the time you DON'T study for Unit 2 can easily be made up later in a time where you wouldn't have otherwise been studying.

[rebeccab26]

I accept your explanation that it was unintentional, but there have been quite a few other times when you've really offended other people, so I don't really think this was a one-off. Maybe just be cautious of what you're writing before you post it, so there's no need to have arguments and offend people if you legitimately have good intentions. And let others give their opinions. That's all.

This. And to quote paul stereo: "If anybody is hurt by my comments then I apologise, do understand I never meant to hurt you, but at the same time, do understand that I didn't mean what I said in the way that it was portrayed. "

This unfortunately has happened quite a few times on Atarnotes.

don't stress guys
he evidently didn't mean it
everyone is to blame, not just him.
he has good intentions and is trying to help other people.

[Stick]

I sorta already knew I needed a balance between all my subjects and I think I made that fairly clear in my opening post. I just need advice about when to start revising for the Year 11 subjects - I'm telling you know that the week after the Further exams won't be enough.

[sin0001]

Because im doin chem. and methods this year, i'm inclined to do a lot of exam revision so i have kinda ignored yr. 11 subjects to the point that i've neglected some. Any advice on how i can study for my unit 2 exams, which are inconveniently in the first week of November (ending few days before methods exam)