Year 11 harder than year 12?

[gfb]

Who made up that gobbledygook?

[Mao]

Who made up that gobbledygook?

that "gobbledygook" sounds terribly familiar....

EDIT: i now remember, the ancestor race of chicken invented by coblin in an evolution debate about chicken/egg.... gobbledygook LOL

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No. It isn't. Year 11 doesn't count, it doesn't matter as much - you just need to keep up. It helps if you can learn by osmosis (dcc taught me this phrase today

Huh, what's learning by osmosis?

[Collin Li]

Osmosis is defined as: a subtle or gradual absorption

To learn by osmosis is to learn like that. It means that you don't really need to do a whole lot of repetition and studying to learn your material.

[dcc]

Ahmad reckoned that it had something to do with liquid going through membranes.

[beezy4eva]

Ahmad reckoned that it had something to do with liquid going through membranes.

yeh in biology osmosis is the transfer of water through semipermeable membranes

[dcc]

yes... that.

[SilverBullet]

It depends on the person. Year eleven was probably somewhat hard for me but I had a few personal issues at the start of the year which put a lot of extra stress on me. I worked my ass off in year 11 to block out these problems and found that I was putting everything into school. By the time Year 12 came around and the other problems weren't as big I realised that VCE wasn't the be all, end all. At the start of Year 12, I needed 96 to get into the course I wanted to do. I could have achieved it but I decided I didn't want to do what I did in Year 11 to get it. I'm not naturally a genius and I would have had to sacrifice so much to get that score and I wasn't prepared to do it. I changed my mind completely on what I wanted to do and only needed 76 to get into the relevant course. I was so much more relaxed in Year 12 than I was in Year 11 because the pressure was off. I still studied and did more work than the average student but I didn't sacrifice my job or my weekends.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, Year 11 and Year 12 can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. You are obviously somewhat committed to achieving a good score because you're on a VCE forum in the middle of January. You put the work in and you'll get good results. Yes, there are more subjects in Year 11 than Year 12, but the Unit 1 & 2 results don't matter. It will significantly assist you to understand what's going on, and if you put effort in Year 11, you won't notice the extra workload in Year 12 but in reality you just need to pass.

The only way I think people struggle in Year 11 is if you had a 'fuck school' approach in Year 10 and then in Year 11 decided it was time to care about it. Those are the people who struggle in Year 11 because they have never opened a text book outside of school walls before!

I've rambled a lot here! Sorry!

My advice is to find a balance between school, work and your social life. Make sure you don't lose your friends within school and those who aren't because you need people around you when things don't go right. No point getting 99.95 if you have no friends to celebrate it with!

Good luck

[iamdan08]

It depends on the person. Year eleven was probably somewhat hard for me but I had a few personal issues at the start of the year which put a lot of extra stress on me. I worked my ass off in year 11 to block out these problems and found that I was putting everything into school. By the time Year 12 came around and the other problems weren't as big I realised that VCE wasn't the be all, end all. At the start of Year 12, I needed 96 to get into the course I wanted to do. I could have achieved it but I decided I didn't want to do what I did in Year 11 to get it. I'm not naturally a genius and I would have had to sacrifice so much to get that score and I wasn't prepared to do it. I changed my mind completely on what I wanted to do and only needed 76 to get into the relevant course. I was so much more relaxed in Year 12 than I was in Year 11 because the pressure was off. I still studied and did more work than the average student but I didn't sacrifice my job or my weekends.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, Year 11 and Year 12 can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. You are obviously somewhat committed to achieving a good score because you're on a VCE forum in the middle of January. You put the work in and you'll get good results. Yes, there are more subjects in Year 11 than Year 12, but the Unit 1 & 2 results don't matter. It will significantly assist you to understand what's going on, and if you put effort in Year 11, you won't notice the extra workload in Year 12 but in reality you just need to pass.

The only way I think people struggle in Year 11 is if you had a 'fuck school' approach in Year 10 and then in Year 11 decided it was time to care about it. Those are the people who struggle in Year 11 because they have never opened a text book outside of school walls before!

I've rambled a lot here! Sorry!

My advice is to find a balance between school, work and your social life. Make sure you don't lose your friends within school and those who aren't because you need people around you when things don't go right. No point getting 99.95 if you have no friends to celebrate it with!

Good luck

Well said!!!

[midas_touch]

simple explanation of 'learning by osmosis':

Putting a book next to your head, and hoping that all the information in the book transfers itself into your brain. Excellent in theory, but is wishful thinking .

[Eriny]

simple explanation of 'learning by osmosis':

Putting a book next to your head, and hoping that all the information in the book transfers itself into your brain. Excellent in theory, but is wishful thinking .

I used to always have this thing where I'd put my notes under my pillow the day before a test or exam. I usually got good results, but that may be because I actually studied. More research needs to be done in this area

[Collin Li]

simple explanation of 'learning by osmosis':

Putting a book next to your head, and hoping that all the information in the book transfers itself into your brain. Excellent in theory, but is wishful thinking .

Not really. Learning by osmosis is just having the natural ability to absorb information presented to you without much effort. I have heard that George W. Bush has such an ability (i.e.: doesn't read newspapers or literature, but when talking with policy advisers, he grasps the concept quickly) although it must have kicked in after his general education.

[droodles]

what if i tried taping the methods 3+4 to my head? Would that work? Would I get 50?

[Eriny]

It's worth a shot.

[Collin Li]

what if i tried taping the methods 3+4 to my head? Would that work? Would I get 50?

You might get bashed.