brenden's Ask Me Anything

[brenden]

Here is the story:
But yeah, wise beyond his years etc etc.  Though the bloke's pretty ancient in years as it is.

That was a whirlwind of emotions. Initially I thought you had written that yourself but been cheeky with the quote code, and I thought, "wow, she's really nailed my voice!"

Then I felt shame. Then I laughed. Now I'm confused.

[heids]

That was a whirlwind of emotions. Initially I thought you had written that yourself but been cheeky with the quote code, and I thought, "wow, she's really nailed my voice!"

Then I felt shame. Then I laughed. Now I'm confused.

Success!

I know much of what your 18-year-old self wrote.

I should try that sometimes though, and see how well I can nail your voice

[K888]

That was potentially the best introductory post I've ever read.

[Joseph41]

That was potentially the best introductory post I've ever read.

Oh, K888, you're much too kind.

[K888]

Might as well get the ball rolling with some of my questions

1. How are the Brooks going?
2. Do I give really good shoe recommendations, or do I give really good shoe recommendations?
3. What sort of general shenanigans get someone kicked out of their 3/4 Psych class in year 11?
4. What was your reasoning behind majoring in Philosophy?
5. If you had your time again, would you change your uni experience?

Thanks so much, Brenden

[katie,rinos]

Hey Brenden,
What is your advice for submitting UAC preferences?  I’m thinking about doing history/music teaching at uni, do you have any suggestions on what courses would be good? Why did you drop education-what was the worst part of the course?
What’s the best way for someone who doesn’t like English to study and improve for it? Also, what are your tips for motivation and to stop procrastination?
How did you start working at ATAR Notes?
What’s your best piece of advice for someone leaving school this year?
Thanks heaps!! Realised I’ve asked a lot of questions but any answers would be amazingly helpful!

[Natasha.97]

Hi Brenden,
•   How do you keep motivated on a day-to-day basis?
•   How do you prepare for exams and de-stress when you see a question that you have no idea how to answer?
•   Would you rather fight ten duck-sized horses, or one horse-sized duck? [It's always entertaining to see the different responses and reasons that people come up with this one ]

Thanks for doing this AMA! 

[hansolo9]

Hi brenden

-Do you memorise essays for English?
-How do you bullshit an essay when you forget things in the exam?
-Have you made up quotes before?

[lm21074]

Hi brenden,
I don't know about throwing these questions at you, but here I am doing just that! I don't mean to sound like a question-throwing journalist!
How are you? How did you find your passions? How do you study for exams?

Thank you! 
Have a good day!

[strawberries]

Hi brenden,

- how did you achieve almost perfect marks in uni?
what were your studying tips/tricks?
- what else did you study in your degree? (like subject areas) anything else you really liked?

thank you

[Joseph41]

Keep those questions comin'!

[Pumpion]

How do you deal with a teacher who you admire as a person, but you don't like their teaching style? My English teacher is a great person, but she doesn't really "teach" us, she gives us worksheets to fill and then expects us to be able to write essays without explaining what we need to put in.

[Calebark]

>Is your dog a good boy?
>What is your favourite joke?
>Given your indecisiveness with what degree to take in uni, how do you feel about what you graduated with?

[Ashjames]

Okay I've got a question [actually questions]

1. I can't seem to improve my expression in English, whenever I analyze language for example, I always end up saying 'this positions the reader to' or it makes the reader feel'- how do I improve this?

2. Rankings suck, but I was just wondering, lets say hypothetically, I get higher then rank 1, and he gets really low- wouldn't it be unfair if he got my awesome grades for his SAC marks and I got his crappy ones??? And then I don't get it, how gets the higher mark??

3. Thanks for taking the time out to address the many concerns of year 12 students!!! 

[rocksonchan]

What is your favourite meme?