Year 12 Class of 2013 Discussion Thread

[Jeggz]

I had my trial GAT today. lol

Does anyone else do these?

You have trials for GAT? Woah, we certainly do not do those! 

[s.ay]

Haha yep, right there with you. We even have an external assessor :/

[Stick]

You have trials for GAT? Woah, we certainly do not do those! 

I actually thought that my school was one of the only schools that did this. However, one of the English teachers at my school (who is a VCAA assessor) said it's very common and that she is currently marking trial GAT essays for two other schools at the moment. :S

I'm not sure if it's worth it, to be honest. I guess it's good to expose yourself to the format of the test before sitting it, but that should probably be the responsibility of the student, rather than the school forcing everyone to do it. Although, if they didn't do this at my school (aka apathy central), the SAC marks would essentially get moderated down to incredibly low levels.

[Mr Keshy]

I had my trial GAT today. lol

Does anyone else do these?

Our school doesn't do practice GAT's, but they do hold practice exams and SAC's on the same week. And people begin to stress heaps about it.

(I've got a GAT information session tomorrow period 4 lol)

[Stick]

Yeah, I have mock Unit 3 exams for Biology and Chemistry.

[brenden]

GAT information session = free period for study.

[Mr Keshy]

Yeah, I have mock Unit 3 exams for Biology and Chemistry.

Some teachers have decided to use practice mid year exams as SAC's instead. Is anyone else's school doing that? I'm 50/50 on it. I do seem to feel that it'd be beneficial to us if we could try applying what we've learnt thus far in an exam environment though..

[Mr Keshy]

GAT information session = free period for study.

That was my free period to go home early 

[brenden]

Some teachers have decided to use practice mid year exams as SAC's instead. Is anyone else's school doing that? I'm 50/50 on it. I do seem to feel that it'd be beneficial to us if we could try applying what we've learnt thus far in an exam environment though..

Yeah my school is doing that for all subjects in which a mid-year was held last year.

That was is my free period to go home early 

[geemajic]

That was my free period to go home early 

At my school, year 12s have friday first lesson off and they're using that...
Some people just want to watch the world burn.

[vashappenin]

Some teachers have decided to use practice mid year exams as SAC's instead. Is anyone else's school doing that? I'm 50/50 on it. I do seem to feel that it'd be beneficial to us if we could try applying what we've learnt thus far in an exam environment though..

Yeah this is how it is for all my subjects! :/
I'm also 50/50... I mean, it's stupid that they count, but then beneficial in that it makes us actually revise unit 3 content properly so we don't perform badly

[Jeggz]

Yeah this is how it is for all my subjects! :/
I'm also 50/50... I mean, it's stupid that they count, but then beneficial in that it makes us actually revise unit 3 content properly so we don't perform badly

What do you guys mean by 50/50 haha?

[Checkmate]

Some teachers have decided to use practice mid year exams as SAC's instead. Is anyone else's school doing that? I'm 50/50 on it. I do seem to feel that it'd be beneficial to us if we could try applying what we've learnt thus far in an exam environment though..

My physics teacher uses modified VCAA exams which is a pain cause I'm trying to save them and he's pulling the curve balls straight off the papers.

What do you guys mean by 50/50 haha?

haha it means I'm half for and half against something.

[Mr Keshy]

What do you guys mean by 50/50 haha?

Ahhhhh, classic Jeggz

Most people in my school are actually for it, but that's because they want the SAC to only contain questions for that area of study. But personally, I don't want a 70 minute SAC, dragged on for 1 and a half hours or something!

[lala1911]

The examination timetable has been released.