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The HSC Marathon: Stride by Stride
kauac:
Hi...
I'm back again! First week of school done and dusted... I totally forgot that it was my last first day of school on Monday oops :'( ... This year is going to be full of 'lasts', so I have to make sure to remember them when they come haha. ;D As for the holidays, I am actually pretty satisfied with my relax + study balance. I felt like I had a pretty chill time, and I even managed to complete my list of holiday homework (some of it self-appointed), which was good! A quick recap of my subjects this week:
English: Got my creative writing assessment back! Pleasantly surprised with my results, but there is definitely heaps of room for improvement - might post in the marking section when I have tweaked it some more (and I have the guts to see what you guys think of it ;D). Also learnt some helpful tips in attacking past paper questions...
Maths: Things have been pretty sweet, just cruising through the chapter without any major issues... I have actually been really enjoying doing my maths homework haha. (Must be the satisfaction of getting tricky question right!)
Biology: Pretty intense, but we are getting through the content pretty quickly. On a side note, fiddling with my sister's camera has actually helped me in learning how the different types of microscopes work! Active procrastination at its finest. ;)
Food Tech: We learnt about microbial food spoilage...It's actually pretty interesting and goes hand-in-hand with our bio unit at the moment. Also spent 3 hrs whipping gelato custard over a stove for a gelato fundraiser this week! Fun! I think I earned a PhD in using a whisk!
I've actually been feeling strangely energised to do school work lately (hehe, we'll see how long that stays for!). I'll milk it while it lasts... ;D
kauac:
Hi... ;)
I haven't really written for a while because honestly not a lot has been happening lately (school-wise).
I am feeling a bit more confident with AOS for English. Especially short answers, as they were my biggest downfall last year in English. I am actually really enjoying editing my creative, it's just really time consuming.... And the essay, well, it's an essay. They tend to be fairlyyyy straight forward for me (most of the time). The annoying thing about English seems to be, there's always more you can work on, editing your writing, doing past papers, memorising quotes etc. As a perfectionist, it can be pretty hard to know when enough's enough, especially since I don't want to neglect my other subjects...But then I remind myself, two of my subjects are still prelim, Maths is going ok, and English will be the only subject guaranteed to go on my ATAR... So my concentration on English is somewhat justified...
Have a maths test on Tuesday...Not too worried about it because it only has a 10% weighting, but it is a bit of a milestone, because its my first HSC assessment for the subject (My maths teacher doesn't believe in doing a 4th term assessment, because apparently everyone never does well in it ;D). Anyways, I'll see how I feel about it after it's done.
It always seems like I have 20 periods of bio (actually have 10 a week), even though I'm really enjoying the subject... Perhaps because a lot of the content we are doing now I already covered last year in my biochemistry option for chem... Food Tech has been pretty interesting... I've decided that my only reason to drop it will be if I can't handle the workload of an extra subject, so I'll see how things go...
Ooh, and I had a 'last' photo day last week. Spoiler It was really funny because I didn't know we had a year 12 muck up photo until we got to school. So, because there are only two of us in year 12 (yep, mind-blowing!), we went into the principal's office and did a reverse role photo. Our teachers and principal pretended to be scared students, and we pretended to be the teachers and sat behind the desk and 'yelled' at them.
Hopefully the photo will turn out well! I am really trying hard to balance my stress, and not get overwhelmed, and so far it's been working out pretty well... (I think early morning runs have been a saviour :D). I hope that when I look back over these journals, I will able to see that I have been able to reduce my natural stress-head tendency...
kauac:
Hi...
Last few weeks have been pretty hectic...
I cooked a lemon meringue pie for my Food Tech prac assessment yesterday! It didn't actually look too bad, especially since my practice one at home was a flop!
Also pretty surprised to get MotM!
My maths test went alright, and I am content with my mark... It was just one of those tests that threw you off a bit, no matter how little or how much you studied... Anyways, have been focusing more on English lately (I mean, when have I ever not put more a lot more time into English than necessary? ;D), and hoping to be able to have my polished creative done soon. I have actually been enjoying English a lot, lately. :)
The eternal struggle is trying to work out whether I like maths or english more (and which one I am better at)... Whenever I have a bad day in maths, it switches to English... Then switches back to Maths when English is just too confusing and overwhelming. This should be my goal for the rest of this year - work out which one I enjoy/ am better at. But knowing me, I will probably pick after doing each of their HSC exams, and then the results will be opposite to what I was expecting ;D.
kauac:
Hi...
A bit of a short one for today...
This term has gone pretty well so far, but I feel like its a bit of a 'calm before the storm' moments... ;D I just have a few more assessments to complete and a 4 exam coming up in week 10 and 11. I'm really hoping I will be able to smash them, because I have been/will continue to prepare for them vigorously - well, for Maths and English, at least.
Does anyone else have an 11 week term (because it seems really long, as Easter is in the middle of the term)?
In other news, I made it to 100 posts! I was going to post here for my 100th, but then forgot and accidentally made another post. :'( Oh well! ;D
On a side note,
Spoiler I wonder if there is a way to change the name of this thread? When I orgiinally named it, I was trying to think of something cool and witty,
but ended up settling on what I have now, because I couldn't think of anything else.... It low-key looks like it's supposed to be in the university journey journal board ;D.
A few weeks done, closer to the HSC, closer to finishing. Mixed feelings, for now! ;D
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: kauac on March 14, 2018, 06:07:06 pm ---In other news, I made it to 100 posts! I was going to post here for my 100th, but then forgot and accidentally made another post. :'( Oh well! ;D
--- End quote ---
Congrats on 100 posts!! Definitely en route to win one of our end of year awards, you are such an awesome member of the community ;D
I can change the name of your thread, if you like? :)
Best of luck for exams!!
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