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Bee(a) buzzing through the hsc
beatroot:
october 13, 2017
I can't believed that I did paper one and paper two under timed conditions today. How did I survive writing for two hours straight? I had to stop at times to massage my hand. I did the questions from the 2017 Independent Trial papers and they were HARD.
Not gonna lie but I've gotten a bit slow at writing since trials which is a worry. I didn't even get to writing my conclusions for the unseen texts mini essay, mod B and C. I'm still dependent on my notes. I feel that I'm more prepared for paper two than paper one. Can't believe that the HSC is on Monday ahhhhh!!
Tomorrow I will answer the new AN Paper One practice paper ;) Gotta practice section 1 especially. I completely bs'd section 1 of Paper one in the trials and managed to get a decent score (even though I studied for it once). Though I know I can't risk not practicing my weakest section.
Was supposed to do more maths but my friends came to my house today for dinner ;D .
beatroot:
october 15, 2017
did three sets of unseen texts questions since yesterday. wrote out my creative four to five times in the past 48 hours. just a lil bit worried that i'll forget some parts in the actual exam.
just gotta remember
- anger
- river
- price
each word represents what each paragraph is mostly about...
as for my essay, i'm just hoping that my quotes suit the question.
i will memorise more quotes before i go to sleep.
good luck to everyone tomorrow ;D
beatroot:
october 19, 2017
paper one:
- didn't understand any of the unseen texts at all. was literally praying for a visual text but jinxed myself. glad that they only provided three texts though as this gave me enough time to answer the mini essay.
- the third quote for the creative section was perfect my story.
- just a bit worried that my structure was a bit meh. like i had two integrated paragraphs and kind of ignored one part of the questions oops.
paper two:
- mod a [distinctively visual - douglas stewart]: not a bad question. super glad they didn't ask for a specific poem.
- mod b [close study - harry lavender]: seriously the worst question i've encountered for this module so far. i was procrastinating during the exam because i didn't know what to do. the question was 'how does the narrative point of view make day's novel unsettling'. talked about the dual narrative and harry lavender (the antagonist). my tutor mentioned that i could've mentioned claudia valentine as a narrator because she's a female detective, challenging the conventions of a hard boiled genre book, therefore making day's book unsettling. super mad i didn't mention claudia AT ALL. i was so used to seeing female detectives in crime shows that i didn't think claudia as a narrator was unsettling. but that's all in the past i guess...
- mod c [exploring transitions - billy elliot]: since i procrastinated during mod b, this ate time into my mod c essay and didn't mention as many key ideas as i should've. question was fairly easy and similar to discovery. i was really distracted during mod c because they turned off the air conditioner and a girl decided to move seats and at least two supervisors had to accompany her ... i'm so bad at concentrating ahh
what now?
- revising for maths by doing past papers. i'm currently ignoring the finance questions because i suck at them. but i know i have to do them eventually in the future. also have time myself under timed conditions.
- doing past papers for ancient history. my notes are so synthesised that there's barely any detail, so i have to go back to the textbook and do an open book test instead.
- society & culture is in two weeks and we still haven't finished our notes and the course! i'm so worried.
- like i previously mentioned, i will study for visual arts 3-4 days before the exam. why? the less i study, the more bs comes out in my exam. and for some reason, bs in art is encouraged.
hope everyone is going well with their hsc exams ;D
beatroot:
november 1, 2017
Just realised I haven't made an entry in so long oops... ANYWAYS
mathematics:
went better than expected .... I'm really surprised. except question 16 (screw you john and your bike)
ancient history:
pompeii and herculaneum: not bad besides the extended response AHHH
spartan society: best section out of the four!! predicted the extended response question so i was super happy!
xerxes: really didn't like any of the questions ...
greek world: 500BC-440BC: did this section last and at this point i kind of gave up. the dot point i studied for wasn't even included :'(
what now?
- revising for society & culture is KILLING ME. i had exactly eight days to revise and guess who left it at the last minute? i don't mind the core topic but the electives are so meh. the focus study for social conformity and non-conformity is christiania and i really don't like it. i guess i have to talk about nazis and neo-nazis tomorrow because they're so much easier to write about than christiania. also, despite not finishing the course at all for belief system and ideologies at school, i taught myself the entire topic. not bad as i expected but it's really bland. it just feels like i did SOR 2 :/
everytime i try to write an essay for SAC, it takes me about 3 hours because i get so bored easily. i'm so scared for the exam tomorrow.
- as for visual arts, i'm just memorising the same essay that i wrote for trials. i also plan on NOT studying for section 1 :)
exactly on november 3 (this friday!) at 3:30pm, i will be officially done with the hsc!!!!
i wonder how everyone is going with their hsc exams ...
beatroot:
*dobby voice* bea has no hsc ... bea is a FREE ELF!!!!
finished my last hsc exam yesterday afternoon woooo!!!! ;D ;D
my thoughts for my last two exams:
society & culture:
I can already tell that this was my worst exam. Not enough concepts, examples and all my essays was just me ranting half the time oops. Hoping my answers for the core topic will pull my mark up.
visual arts:
strangely harder than trials? out of the six essay questions, i was passionate for NONE OF THEM. it's so hard writing an art essay if you're not passionate about the essay question :( . everyone in my class did question 7 and i was the only one who did question 8 ahahaha. it was a frames question which i usually never do because apparently they give lower marks for it... hoping my analysis was alright. my answers for section 1 were a bit of a stretch. super annoyed that half the plates in section 1 were classical/traditional artworks. nothing wrong with them besides the fact you can only give a literal interpretation. gimme some abstract, contemporary works please. but besides from that, this was my strongest exam... hoping for a 94%+
if i had to rank my strongest exam to my weakest, it has to be...
1. visual arts without a doubt. i trust both my (hsc markers) art teachers. im hoping a guaranteed band six for this subject. wish i could get a state rank but my second assessment task ruined my internal mark average ahhh. would love to get nominated for art express (a couple of girls from my school get nominated. one girl last year got accepted!).
2. paper one strange enough ... i liked the unseen texts (besides the notorious mango poem even though i used it for the mini essay because the third unseen text was bad)
3. ancient history: worked my butt off for this subject. despite my hatred for ancient at the start of the year, i've grown to love it in the end.
4.mathematics: just a bit paranoid i made a lot of silly mistakes because i rushed in the exam (got through q1-q15 in the first two hours. even had time to go to the bathroom which made the other girls in the exam a bit anxious)
5. paper two... module b essay was so bad mmhh. mod a was alright and didn't put enough ideas as i would have wanted in my mod c.
6. society & culture (reasons being it my weakest exam mentioned above)
what now?
- just waiting if i got accepted into aftrs or not. offers come out third/last week this month. if i don't get in, i will go to aftt or to uts.
- of course my dearest atar... at this rate, i really don't mind getting 87+ instead of 90+. i know scaling and your school's rank doesn't matter but i just don't trust some of the people from my school.
- the post-hsc meetup is this wednesday which is super exciting!
- trying to find a new job seeing that my boss removed me off the roster and i think she doesn't like me...
- might help some people from my school with their PIPs and BOWs.
might do one or two more posts in this board about my review of my hsc year and some advice for the new year 12s...
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