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faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: 13cheungjn1 on August 27, 2017, 09:16:26 pm ---UGH I feel you! If I have x y and z to do and one of them is English, it's pretty much guaranteed to be the last and longest thing that has to be done ._.
WOOT go whiteboard markers! they're the reason I can memorise formulas
you know it is I've got my dress and shoes so far, but haven't booked appointments either
THREE WEEKS?!
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saaaame. english is the most tedious thing ever, it's so boring and such a pain. can't wait to get it over with after october 17, aka paper 2.
whiteboard markers are the reason i'm going to wake up and read about germany 😂 they're awesome though, so much easier to learn while writing using whiteboard markers? unsure why it's so effective
one step ahead!! what do your dress and shoes look like? you excited for formal, or not really? appointments are usually the first thing people do for formal because slots fill up fast but i can't bring myself to do it, it's so weird.
three weeks!!!!!! i finish on friday week 9 :-) when do you finish?
Natasha.97:
Can definitely agree with you on that one :')
Definitely agree :P there's just something about using a larger marker that makes it stick into your head :P
Kinda :) It's a valedictorian dinner for us, and we're not allowed to bring dates... just gonna be students, parents, and teachers :3 I got a mostly white dress (a bit of black on the shoulders), and silver heels :D it's the same for my classmates; most have appointments already :)
OHH 3 weeks of school :'D I interpreted that as 3 weeks until exams :P we finish on Sept 21st (right after cal) :)
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: 13cheungjn1 on August 27, 2017, 10:49:09 pm ---Can definitely agree with you on that one :')
Definitely agree :P there's just something about using a larger marker that makes it stick into your head :P
Kinda :) It's a valedictorian dinner for us, and we're not allowed to bring dates... just gonna be students, parents, and teachers :3 I got a mostly white dress (a bit of black on the shoulders), and silver heels :D it's the same for my classmates; most have appointments already :)
OHH 3 weeks of school :'D I interpreted that as 3 weeks until exams :P we finish on Sept 21st (right after cal) :)
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really? that's kinda odd. we have a graduation 'day' of sorts, where there's a whole school assembly, then we have mass in the evening (catholic school life), followed by a dinner. our formal is after the hsc. your outfit sounds great! hope you have a great time :-)
hahahah sorry, should've made myself clearer. you've got just under a month to go, how exciting! crazy how this year has flown by
fantasticbeasts3:
28/8
exactly 3 weeks until graduation today!!! and i've got a 4 day week this week so all is good
today was a weirdly productive, but unproductive day. i spent a lot more time talking to friends about end of year gifts for teachers than doing work, because technically my last day is thursday week 9 and everything needs to be done by then. subject run through for today:
period 1 - maths // had this seminar thing about keeping focused in the lead-up to the hsc, was quite informative and boring. i didn't have enough sleep last night (anything less than 8 hours is terrible for me) so i kept tuning out every now and then, and couldn't maintain focus on anything. that goes for the whole day today.
period 2 - business // since finishing the course last week, we're just having study periods, working on past papers. my worst section in the business paper is the short answers, so i've been working on those.
period 3 - modern // modern is my happy subject, so i'm always looking forward to going there. we finished the course today, so now it's just a whole bunch of study periods until the end of term. i handed up an essay i was far from proud of, but unfortunately, my teacher remembered me saying that i'd already done it, so was forced to hand it up, because i really wanted to rewrite it. turns out i don't have to, because apparently it was a 'great essay' so that was pretty satisfying, because i thought i did terrible in it. huuuuuuuuuuge rant for modern coming up, will be in a spoiler:
Spoilerpeople really annoy me in modern. they don't put effort into studying, listening in class, handing up stuff, etc. our range for every subject is bloody HUGE. like, 25-83. that's almost 60 marks. no matter what i do, asking people if they need help understanding stuff, they just don't give a shit which is so irritating because they don't care if the rest of the class gets dragged down with them. i don't want to tell people they should study, because that's their responsibility, but they just don't do anything. i asked someone today to pleaseeeee try and write an essay. or even a plan. she didn't even look me in the eye and say she would. half my modern class doesn't care that the whole class will drag down the rest. i don't know about scaling,
but if half the class does shit will that scale the top people down? also, it's not just the students, this reflects badly on the teacher, because they're going to look incompetent. it makes me so mad because this teacher is so amazing, puts 110% into teaching and caring about students, only for people to throw it away. he's never gotten mad until he yelled at this girl the other day, and she didn't even care? end rant.
period 4 - legal // we weren't assigned hand ins today, so i'll probably take the initiative and do one by thursday, because although legal is my best subject, it feels good when you're actually doing something for a subject.
period 5 - early leave // went home, and did nothing for the hour.
history geek me loves historical dramas. i get annoyed at historical inaccuracies, but i'm also a sucker for romance (historical dramas, particularly about monarchies tends to up the romance heaps), and today one of my favourite shows (obviously a historical drama) started its new season today. streaming has been really slow lately, which usually happens at the end of each month, so i'll probably take a break from shows until the beginning of next month. that'll reduce one distraction.
english update: draft is projected to finish today, will hand in a more refined version into the writing box (this is for all hand ins for english) on thursday, so i should get it back by monday of the next week. doing a reading task tomorrow, because i need to keep practicing those as i struggle to understand texts and more reading tasks should get me into the hang of things. essays for modules and discovery will be staggered across this week.
hope you all had a great day.
love,
fantasticbeasts x
edit: changed my forum photo because i freaked out when i saw a person from my school on the forums. i know it's inevitable that people from your school are going to turn up on AN, but this is like my secret life hahahahahhah
beatroot:
--- Quote from: fantasticbeasts3 on August 28, 2017, 08:36:14 pm ---
Spoilerpeople really annoy me in modern. they don't put effort into studying, listening in class, handing up stuff, etc. our range for every subject is bloody HUGE. like, 25-83. that's almost 60 marks. no matter what i do, asking people if they need help understanding stuff, they just don't give a shit which is so irritating because they don't care if the rest of the class gets dragged down with them. i don't want to tell people they should study, because that's their responsibility, but they just don't do anything. i asked someone today to pleaseeeee try and write an essay. or even a plan. she didn't even look me in the eye and say she would. half my modern class doesn't care that the whole class will drag down the rest. i don't know about scaling,
but if half the class does shit will that scale the top people down? also, it's not just the students, this reflects badly on the teacher, because they're going to look incompetent. it makes me so mad because this teacher is so amazing, puts 110% into teaching and caring about students, only for people to throw it away. he's never gotten mad until he yelled at this girl the other day, and she didn't even care? end rant.
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I know how you feel! Wanted to let things off my chest in my rant below.
Spoiler I've got some people in some of my classes (english particularly) who put in zero effort into their studies. They just go on youtube or tumblr during class, or just talk over the teacher. Then when they get a low mark for their exams, they get mad at the teacher and refuse to go over the feedback. It doesn't make any sense. I really want them to realise that there is a possibility that their poor performance will drag the class down. Don't get me wrong, people who put in the effort but are still struggling with the subject are fine because I see the effort and time they put into the subject. It's just the ones that never do any work, annoy me so much!
Just don't worry about the other people in your modern history class. YOU focus on YOUR performance in modern history. Your performance in the HSC should be your priority. Your hsc exam determines your raw mark for modern history. I know it's hard to not worry about the other people in your class, but you need to work with the top people to maximise your marks as much as possible. Hopefully, you and your other fellow top classmates can drag the class up!
Good luck x
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