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So this is gonna be interesting...
BrittyG:
Hello, it's me again,
First off, apologies are in order as I have not updated for last week, I have been super busy with assignments and my sports outside of school leading to my big competition. I am still uber stressed out and you betcha I have had some massive breakdowns in the last fortnight, there is a lot to catch up on, I left off on my incomplete PDHPE assignment and my English exam, so let's pick up from there. My PDHPE assignment was due on Friday 24th November after the whole class got an extension and I had been working on the task for the last week or so and had completed all of the components bar one which little did I know was the most time consuming involving a rehabilitation plan of a sport specific common injury and an evaluation of said rehab plan. I have officially pulled my first all-nighter of year 12. I stayed up until 5.30am doing this one section of the assignment so I could hand it in on time. My brother (Who has just completed his HSC a month ago) was flying out to Japan for his post HSC trip woke up at 4.30am to go to the airport and thought I had woken up to see him off, poor kid, I don't love you that much.
After completing my PDHPE task and handing it in I was mostly happy with what I had produced. I spent the weekend 1. procrastinating on studying for my English exam and 2. actually studying for my English exam. I had to prepare for an unseen question on discovery referencing Michael Gow's Away and one other related text in which I chose The Fault in Our Stars by John Green but the movie so I could watch it quicker, I also work well with analysing film techniques so it made sense. In the exam, I almost completed this task writing an introduction, Paragraph 1-3, 3 lines of Paragraph 4 and my conclusion, which I am happy with.
Following English came Biology which GOOD NEWS!! got extended until Friday!! BAD NEWS, I was away at my big competition on Thursday-Sunday. I had previously organised with my teacher to have the assignment emailed to her on the Friday night before 11:59:59pm but when it came to Wednesday afternoon (the day before I had left) and I still hadn't completed any part of the assignment due to training for my competition and other assignments, the Science coordinator yelled at me for not asking for an extension? I know right she actually wanted to give me an extension on top of the extension... Crazy. So I devised a plan of attack with my newly acquired extension (Until Wednesday 6th. I would forget about Biology Thursday-Sunday and focus on my Business Studies assignment due on Monday. Over the weekend, I was playing in a team of adults and was made fun of for doing my work and rightly so, who does any type of study at a competition. The answer is me, I studied the whole time at nationals why does this make a difference lol. I ended up finishing my Business Studies assignment on Saturday morning and working on some algebra equations for my general math exam on Tuesday (today).
So you know how I said I completed my Business assignment on Saturday well on Sunday morning I woke up to an email informing me that my business assignment has been moved to Wednesday 6th (same as bio) due to the industrial action strike on Monday. This whole time, I could have completed my biology assignment but wasted it on business. Monday I saw myself skipping school because of the industrial action and due to intense stomach pains, in this time I planned to get 2 parts of my biology assignment completed but failed miserably and only completed 1. I didn't bother studying anymore for math and will probably do a few questions and work on my biology assignment in my double business period as I've already completed my assignment.
In all of this, I have broken down 4 times and have eaten twice my body weight in fats and carbs but you know what? I don't care anymore lol
Breakdown count: 12
HSCya later,
Britt 8)
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: BrittyG on December 05, 2017, 12:32:56 am ---Hello, it's me again,
In all of this, I have broken down 4 times and have eaten twice my body weight in fats and carbs but you know what? I don't care anymore lol
Breakdown count: 12
HSCya later,
Britt 8)
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Pasta <3
It sounds like you're happy to laugh about it all, the ups and downs. Or at least, I hope you can! Keep up the great work, I enjoy reading your journal :)
BrittyG:
It's been a while :o,
I left off with an incomplete biology assignment and a math exam to be sat that day. So let's start from there I'll be as quick as possible, my Exam was out of 20 marks and was a part 2 of the first task. I got into a simultaneous equation that had poor wording and stuffed myself up on it and figured out my mistake the second I stepped out of the exam room. I lost 3 marks immediately so I'm not pleased with that at all and don't want the task back whatsoever. I worked on my bio over the last couple of days of my last update and into the 6th and completed it at 4.50am yay. I printed both Biology and English before I went to school and when I handed in my Biology task at lunchtime I could not have been happier!! All of my task 1 assignments/exams had finally been completed!!!! Woohoo!!
The 7-9th of December saw me at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Olympic Park. This was a life-changing experience I learnt so many things and as a previous 'no religion' supporter ( SOR ;) ) I now see how so many people lead lives of faith and how that can be a driving force in their daily lives.
2 DAYS LEFT OF TERM 1 YEAR 12:
Wowza, although very stressful it went quick. In the last two days of school for 2018, I got smashed with Summer homework (especially Biology) and received marks back for my English13/15 (loss of marks for incompletion and worded expression) and PDHPE 22/25 (loss of marks for lack examples and detail in rehabilitation plan and explanations)
2018 saw my school losing a number of teachers that have been mentoring me through my schooling since Year 7, those I really wished to have had around for my whole HSC journey. Unfortunately, the cards don't play in my favour and 7 teachers have left the school mainly due to budget cuts. (Lots of tears were shed here, they do not count towards my breakdown count)
HOLIDAYS
At the completion of Term 1, the first day of holidays I organised a list of what I needed to complete during the holidays, this list is 1 and 3/4 A4 pages long including 'learn biology term 1 syllabus' and 'learn SOR I term 1 syllabus' Hopefully I get that done before I go back or I will be in a whole world of hurt for half yearlies, I need to find motivation so any tips from the AN crew in motivation and limiting procrastination would be very helpful.
I'm going to wrap up now I've kept you long emough,
I hope everyone reading this (Elyse ;)) had a great Christmas and enjoyed the little break with family and friends and I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year.
Breakdown count: Still 12
HSCya later,
Britt 8)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: BrittyG on December 28, 2017, 12:52:22 am ---HOLIDAYS
At the completion of Term 1, the first day of holidays I organised a list of what I needed to complete during the holidays, this list is 1 and 3/4 A4 pages long including 'learn biology term 1 syllabus' and 'learn SOR I term 1 syllabus' Hopefully I get that done before I go back or I will be in a whole world of hurt for half yearlies, I need to find motivation so any tips from the AN crew in motivation and limiting procrastination would be very helpful.
I'm going to wrap up now I've kept you long emough,
I hope everyone reading this (Elyse ;)) had a great Christmas and enjoyed the little break with family and friends and I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year.
Breakdown count: Still 12
HSCya later,
Britt 8)
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I'm reading too! And keen to keep reading updates in 2018 ;) if you want some help learning your stuff for SOR and Bio, remember to attend our free lectures in January! :)
BrittyG:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on December 28, 2017, 01:35:41 am ---I'm reading too! And keen to keep reading updates in 2018 ;) if you want some help learning your stuff for SOR and Bio, remember to attend our free lectures in January! :)
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Thanks for reading! :) As soon as you put the update on ATARNotes snap I was booking in for all my subjects straight away. Don't you worry, I'll be there! ;D ;D
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