The VCE journey of a hums student

[hums_student]

On articles, the only reason they wouldn't be published at the moment is because I don't want to push out too many at once haha.

In saying that, this article here looks pretty tops.

Looks amazing! Thanks Nick, you're a legend.

[Joseph41]

Looks amazing! Thanks Nick, you're a legend.

[hums_student]

[hums_student]

Update #9: 23/07/2018

Countdown till November: 101 days.

Apologies in advance, this one is kinda long, so I've littered it with spoiler thingys (what do you call them??) to make it look more readable.
My final term of high school has officially begun, and it was one hell of a rollercoaster. First, the school most inconveniently had no power for the first 2 days back (foreshadowing the dark times ahead no doubt). Next, we had our second methods SAC on Friday, along with year 12 formal that same evening. But the most important news is that we got a new teacher for global politics.
News No. 1
No kidding, on Thursday afternoon our global class was greeted by our vice principal who told us that ‘Unfortunately, Mr ____ will no longer be returning as a teacher for the rest of the year due to personal reasons.’ Of course, all of us already knew since the first day back (news travel fast in a small cohort). I’m not exactly sure of exactly why yet, but according to rumours he was fired.

background of what happened last term

I know I’ve complained about my global teacher on here before, and no joke I’ve also complained to the school about it. Around mid-last term the year 12 sector of our global class collectively wrote an email to the principal about his inability to keep his political bias to himself and his habit of telling students to shut up, or sometimes straight up insulting / humiliating students when presented with opposing views (just the tip of the iceberg of all the grievances our class has against him). But our goal was merely for the teacher to be warned of his behaviour and to restrain from being too unprofessional during class. If he really did get fired, then our plan worked TOO well.

As much as I dislike this teacher I really don’t think kicking him out and finding a replacement this late into the year would help any of us get better results.

With that said though, my more optimistic side is kind of looking forward to classes with a new teacher. Nothing has been finalised (at least that I know of) as the rest of our global classes last week were cancelled, and so has our classes for this week. Most of us speculate though that our new teacher will probably either be our 1/2 global teacher or the legal studies teacher, since they’re most likely the only ones qualified anyway.

just me rambling

I’m really hoping that it works out, because from my point of view the school made a seriously risky move by making changes less than 4 months away from our exam. Also I don’t know too much about hiring/firing processes work, but I’m pretty sure 2 weeks was WAY too short of a notice to fire somebody (unless my teacher already knew beforehand??? If that’s the case he seriously played us cos none of us had any idea that he was leaving), and shouldn’t they have made sure to find a replacement before actually firing the person??? I know my school isn’t exactly a *top(or even above average)-tier* school but shouldn’t this be BASIC COMMON SENSE?!?!?

Also, our global class was already two weeks behind our original schedule before he even left, and now we could be more than 4 weeks behind. Our first SAC for unit 4 was originally scheduled for LAST WEEK, which was then postponed to this week. With the sudden change of staff our SAC has been put on hold and we were told it would most likely happen around week 4. I wonder if there is still a chance for me to get 25+ in this subject.

Anyway moving on…

News No. 2
Subject updates:

Lit: Bob Browning and his dramatic monologues are eating what’s left of my brain cells one by one. Though to be fair, I love the poems where he *indicts* the crap out of the church.(Sincerely hoping that my parents do not read this)
We also got our AOS 3 results back… I messed up.

me rambling about the SAC

Not really surprised. I’m crap at time management and on the day of the SAC, I was so hell bent on making sure my body paragraphs were perfect I completely ran out of time for a conclusion. I was one mark off A+, which isn’t bad but to me that matters a lot since I was only one mark off full marks in the last SAC. This also means that I’m no longer rank one for lit.

My more optimistic side is trying to make myself just forget about this SAC and work extra hard on the next one, and on Sunday I skipped church and spent nearly 9 and a half hours listening to a bunch of podcasts on Robert Browning’s poetry. I’ve never been so productive and hardworking in my life.

Methods: We’re now onto everyone’s least favourite topic – Probability. I’ve already forgotten what the hell standard deviation was, so has half the class, but that’s not stopping my teacher from racing through the textbook at full speed.
The integration SAC was pretty decent IMO, not overly difficult and I even managed to finish with 10 minutes to spare, unfortunately there was a 4 mark question that I had no idea how to even approach. I’m sincerely praying for an A (not sure if God’s on my side since I skipped church on Sunday to study lol…)
To think that way back in my first post I was so confident about this subject… It’s now my worst.

Chem: Our practical investigation posters have finally been moderated and I found out my results this morning…
I GOT AN A+!
I just made it, but honestly I’m just too in awe by the fact that I got above an A in chemistry, the only subject I’ve never had any confidence of doing well in. Even my teacher was astonished, in the comments section he wrote “I see you’re finally staying awake in class”. I also (somehow) outperformed my sister, which provided me with some thoroughgoing satisfaction and ego.

me rambling some more

Of course ultimately it’s my ranking that matters, and most people did pretty well for the poster (average was a low A). I guess the main reason why I’m so ecstatic is because I’ve kind of given up all hope of ever seeing a good score for chem. I’m also surprised by the fact that chem is now my third best subject, ahead of methods and global. I would’ve never believed anything like this could’ve happened this time last year. My chem teacher later told me that he expected me to do well for the poster, as unlike the other chem SACs, is completely writing based. Direct quote from him, “Many of the more humanities students did better in this outcome, as they’re more used to writing and research.”
Glad to know I’m still living up to my name.

We have another SAC coming up in week 3 on organic chemistry.

History: My upcoming history SAC is most annoyingly on the same day as chem. Even more annoying is the fact that I’m the only one who also does chem (3/4) in my history class, so no one else feels my pain.

Onto more serious and *academic* matters though, Rome is for lack of a better term, hella confusing. For Greece the content was taught chronologically. For Rome though, we’re simultaneously learning 2 different concepts with timelines that run parallel. It’s fun to read about, I have to admit, but the thought of being tested on it is daunting.

an update on my readings

I’ve finished 2 of the 4 Livy books: The Early History of Rome and Rome and Italy. I might read the other two if I have extra time, but as they aren’t relevant to the study design I might not bother with them for now. (Also because they’re ridiculously expensive to buy and I don’t like borrowing books from the library lol)

I did add two more books to my ancient history collection over the weekend: Dynasty by Tom Holland (not that Tom Holland) and The Death of Julius Caesar by Barry Strauss. Both of them are on content of the next outcome, but I thought there’s no harm getting some reading done early to avoid overwhelming myself when we start AOS 4.

Also, year 10 subject expo is coming up this Wednesday (UMAT day lol). School is technically cancelled for year 12s since about a third of the senior population all hope to either get into med or please their parents. I’ll be at school though, being the ancient history representative and answering any questions year 10 kids have on subject selection.

haven’t you done this already before???

Yes, I know I said that at the end of last term year 10s had a subject selection Q+A panel which I was a part of. The difference is that was more of a general ‘Q and A’ with the entire year 10 population while this time it’s more subject specific, and we talk to one class at a time. Also, while last time we talk about our experiences with VCE in general and other subject selection tips, this time we'll just be talking about one subject we were assigned to and convincing future students to pick it.

I wasn’t even supposed to be a part of it since I was already a part of the Q+A panel, but the original history rep chosen (our current rank 1) is doing the UMAT. I got the job instead, and I’m more than ready to brainwash some year 10s into doing history lol.

Global: See the first news.

News No. 3
Some non-VCE related stuff, because I don’t want it to seem as if my entire year 12 year is being consumed by studying and that I actually have a life.

me ranting about formal

FORMAL!!! Really shouldn’t talk too much about it since it’s not strictly academic related, but HELL YEAH IT WAS FUN. I know some people think formal is usually overhyped but after such a hectic week and such a traumatising methods SAC, it was a good ‘recovery time’ for both me and my sanity. The food was delicious, the venue looked like it was out of The Great Gatsby, and seeing everyone turn from our normally wild, coarse, ‘bogan’-ish selves to sophisticated and refined *ladies* and *gentlemen* with our shirts tucked in and ties done properly was hilarious.

On a side note, I was beyond confident I would win the sash for either ‘best dressed’ or ‘most talented’ …………… and instead won ‘class clown’. Oh well, it’ll probably become the greatest accomplishment of my lifetime, so I’ll take it.

me ranting about our school musical

I know I’ve never talked about it before, but I’m part of our school musical (AVPM) which will hit the stage in mid-August. Rehearsals were pretty chill in the first two terms but now that the day is looming closer and closer the teachers are frantic in getting everything perfect, so our rehearsal times have nearly doubled in just the first week back. That’s bad news for me, and pretty much every other year 12 involved in the production (also it’s worth noting that year 12s have all the lead roles so there’s even more pressure on us). At the start of the year, I really thought balancing school and other activities wouldn’t be that difficult. At the same time though, the musical is the only reason why I haven’t completely lost my sanity yet and I’m really glad I’m a part of it.

News No. 4
I changed my profile pic… long story short, for as long as I can remember I’ve aspired to be a professional classical pianist, but with my music-less set of VCE subjects and my newfound love of history, I’ve decided to change it to something that more accurately reflects who I am now (“not that it makes a big difference, neither a pianist nor a historian can feed a family” – my dad).
If you were wondering, my history teacher made this meme and he puts it at the start of every single powerpoint he makes.
That’s it for this update, though I feel like I won’t be following my schedule these couple of weeks, I’ll hopefully update on how global turns out as soon as I find out who’s our new teacher, and maybe how year 10 subject expo goes as well.

Also - good luck to everyone doing the UMAT!

[Joseph41]

Really glad your formal was awesome! Congrats on your award haha. 👊

[hums_student]

Thanks Joseph Nick!

[Joseph41]

Thanks Joseph Nick!

Nice stepping around my username trap.

[hums_student]

Just a casual update: 26/07/2018

I’ve pretty much had no school this week, ironic because a lot has happened and hence, to avoid a ridiculously long update like last time, I’ve decided to doa quick update on stuff that has happened in the last couple of days (for a week with pretty much no classes, a hell of a lot has happened).

if anyone was wondering why I had pretty much no classes (probs no one but…)

All of my global classes were cancelled as expected, but lit was cancelled as well as my lit teacher suddenly had to go overseas (family emergency I presume, no actual idea why). They’re cancelled for, as far as I know, the entirety of next week as well, which is, not trying to be dramatic but, seriously catastrophic since our SAC is coming up. It’s even worse than missing a fortnight of classes for global. Because of all the cancelled classes, I didn’t have to go to school on Thursday, and only went for half a day on Monday and Tuesday.

Apart from that, school was also cancelled on Wednesday because of UMAT(I went to school anyway cos of year 10 subject expo) and will be cancelled tomorrow due to parent-teacher interviews. So basically this entire week I was at school for 7 hours.

You would think that not much can happen in 7 hours.

Global
We finally have a new teacher – our current legal studies teacher whom I had for economics 1/2 last year. So far, I’m feeling pretty optimistic. This teacher is professional, good at giving feedback and advice, and also knowledgeable (she teaches 4 subjects, 5 if you count global). Most importantly, she doesn’t tell you to shut up for having a different opinion.

why our last global teacher left

We weren’t officially told this by the school, but apparently during a 1/2 global class earlier last term the teacher made a really racist statement towards India while talking about women's rights. The two Indian students in the class, along with other students reported it to the principal, and he was fired.

It’s an understatement to say I’m looking forward to global classes now. Heck, I’m eager for some proper, civil political discussions (let’s be real – VCE Global Politics class isn’t just for taking notes from a powerpoint). We have our first global class with our new teacher next Monday, and I’m seriously excited. (Gradually seeing hope of a 25+ study score lol).

On a completely unrelated note, I recently found out that, to my surprise, the current rank 1 in global is a year 11, and not a year 12 like everyone thought. The news is a huge blow to all the year 12s’ egos, but I have to admit – the year 11s work way harder than us.

Year 10 Subject Expo
This was quite interesting, since only two years ago I was in the year 10s’ shoes, sitting down in the classroom while teachers and current VCE students came to talk about their subjects.

structure

How it worked was that multiple classrooms were set up for the year 10s to rotate through (15 minutes each). The teacher in charge gives a general run-down of the structure of content and assessments, then students talk about their feelings towards the subject and why they encourage future students to pick it.

Hums subjects were split into history, revs, and global/aus politics in one room, and (the more popular) legal studies and economics in the other. I was in the history/politics room, along with a 1/2 revs student. Because of recent *staff changes* there was no actual teacher allocated to our room, though the legal/eco teacher occasionally pops in every now and then, hence me and the other student just led the whole thing (loved having the authority haha).

The first rotation was actual hell since neither me nor the revs kid knew how to run it according to schedule. I talked about history first, then he talked about revs, and just as I was about to start global the bell rang signifying the next round of students to come in. Another problem was that we had to talk about the structure of the course and I’ve completely forgotten how 1/2 history worked, so I mainly focused on 3/4 instead. Then there was also the issue with Australian Politics, which I’m pretty sure our school doesn’t even run, but I had to talk about it anyway.

The rotations afterwards worked out a lot better. I talked about global and auspol first to avoid running out of time at the end, and also made a point of reminding all the students that global and Australian politics scale up higher than bio, although once the teacher walked in just as I was saying that and I don’t think she exactly approved of it.

I’m not exactly sure how successful I was in persuading the kids to do history though. At the end of each session (except the first lmao) we’d ask if anyone had any questions, and we were constantly met with blank stares. I did get 3 questions in the end – one was on global, and two asked about goddamn legal studies.

At least five students also asked me about bloody specialist maths, no doubt kids who just assume I’m the same person as my sister  Speaking of maths/science, the bio rep later told me that she was overwhelmed with questions at the end of each session... smh

History
Nothing happened unless you count subject expo, I just wanted to talk about it cos an update just doesn’t feel the same without me talking about history.
Actually, I take that back. Something did happen – I realised that I actually suck at reading study designs properly.

So about two weeks ago I said that:

I'm pretty sure only [Livy’s] first book is relevant to the VCAA study design.

Fast forward to my last update:

I’ve finished 2 of the 4 Livy books. I might read the other two if I have extra time, but as they aren’t relevant to the study design I might not bother with them for now.

It was only after I bought two other books to read for the next outcome that I realised – hold up… ALL FOUR of Livy’s books are actually relevant.

So I’ll have to put my new books on hold while I finish off Livy’s last two books. It doesn’t help that the dude's more of a story-teller than a historian either, his books are so interesting to read I’ve completely put off all chem revision till a later unspecified date, even though the chem SAC is less than five days away. (You know there’s a problem when a historian from 2000 years ago is much easier to read than a modern historian)

I’m not looking forward to parent-teacher interviews tomorrow…

[hums_student]

Update #10: 06/08/2018

Countdown till November: 87 days. yikes

This morning I was talking to a kid at school not knowing he was a year 10. He asked about history, and I answered, truthfully, that it’s a lot of work. He immediately said, “Then why didn’t you tell us THAT during subject expo?”
Subject Updates

Lit: teacher came back early, thank god. I’m now putting all efforts into the SAC this Wednesday as I’m still sour about my ranking.

exam preparations

I’m set on doing COAHTR for part A, though I’m still unsure about B. Not gonna lie, I actually love Browning, however it was the most popular poetry text in 2017 and probably will be for 2018. My other two options are Foreign Soil, the short stories collection we did this year, and Diary of a Madman, my favourite short stories collection ever. The only problem with the latter is that we didn’t do it for school, and my teacher has never read it in his life.

I know I shouldn’t choose a text just for the plot or for being unique, but I despised Foreign Soil and would be more than happy to never lay my eyes on that book ever again. Sadly, liking a text is one thing, being able to dissect it is another. I’m not sure how ‘deep’ I can analyse with Gogol, especially if my teacher doesn’t know the text. Maybe it’s time for me to get a tutor lol…

Methods: I attempted to do a full exam under timed conditions on the weekend. Paper 1 wasn’t bad, after months of doing applications problems, the straightforward VCAA questions felt almost easy (not a word I usually associate with maths). The same can’t be said about paper 2.

Chem: We’ve done our 3rd SAC, and I stuffed up big time – I didn’t realise that there was a BACK PAGE on the booklet, and handed in my SAC with a 5 mark question completely blank.
WHY DO I ALWAYS MAKE STUPID MISTAKES AARRGGGHHHHH
Apparently an average of 75% is needed for a 35+ SS. So far, I average at just below 80%, hopefully losing 5 marks due to sheer stupidity did not sabotage my chances.

History: SAC 3 is done, and boy am I glad. I didn’t like this AOS as much, mainly since we covered 607 years of Roman history in 5 weeks. That includes the Regal Period, the birth of the Republic, its conquest of Italy, and SIX long wars, IN 5 WEEKS! Nothing was in depth and it felt more like getting facts and dates dumped on us. I prefer the last AOS, where we covered 57 years of Greek history in 7 weeks, and we actually got to learn about Periclean Athens and the Peloponnesian War.
With that said though, we’re starting the new AOS next week, and I can’t wait to learn more about my boi JULIUS CAESAR (heck yeah!)

an update on reading progress

I didn’t have time to finish Livy’s last book before the SAC, though thank goodness it didn’t come up lol.
I’m currently *slowly* working my way through Dynasty by Tom Holland. Also bought another Tom Holland book, Rubicon at the suggestion of my teacher. Holland’s books are just so goddamn long, it’ll probably take me the entire term to read these two.
On another note, I’m now officially broke due to the number of books I’m buying. Tom better not let me (and my wallet) down.

Global: Love the new global teacher. She doesn’t know the SD very well, but the class atmosphere feels a lot more refreshing. We’re currently about 4 weeks behind schedule though, our SAC is set for next week.

News No. 1
VTAC opens today! Haven’t submitted them yet, but my preferences are, in order:
1. Melbourne – Bachelor of Arts
2. Melbourne – Bachelor of Music
3. Monash – Bachelor of Arts + Music
4. Monash – Bachelor of Arts + Fine Art (Musical Theatre)
5. Monash – Bachelor of Arts + Education
6. ACU – Bachelor of Arts + Education
7. Monash – Bachelor of Arts
8. Monash – Bachelor of Arts + Science

Apart from VTAC, I’m also applying for UAC. My course preferences are:
1. ANU – Bachelor of Arts + Classical Studies
2. ANU – Bachelor of Arts + European Studies
3. ANU – Bachelor of Arts + Music
4. UNSW – Bachelor of Arts + Music
5. UNSW – Bachelor of Arts + Education

Tbh, I’ve never even considered going interstate until literally *last week* when I took a look at the ANU website for the lols. They offer some really interesting degrees, eg. European Studies is only offered at UoM as a minor.

Other News

musical

2 weeks to go before we hit the stage! I’m trying to savour rehearsals as much as I can, since this is the last school musical I’ll ever be a part of. We have rehearsals every day after school, and I’ve nearly lost my voice.

I sure hope that unis also have musical productions, cos that and cross country are the only activities I actively participate in at school lmao

parent teacher interviews

I had my last ever parent-teacher interviews last week, and the thought of never going through them ever again is liberating to put it mildly. Most comments were positive, some (mainly methods) weren’t. Nevertheless, I’m glad it’s done.

Have a good week everyone!

EDIT - Typo

[Joseph41]

Cool preferences! What an exciting time.

[PhoenixxFire]

Tbh, I’ve never even considered going interstate until literally *last week* when I took a look at the ANU website for the lols. They offer some really interesting degrees, eg. European Studies is only offered at UoM as a minor.

We might end up at the same uni next year haha. ANU is my one and only preference (although I’m going to add some others just in case)

[hums_student]

We might end up at the same uni next year haha. ANU is my one and only preference (although I’m going to add some others just in case)

That'd actually be so awesome! What are your preferences for ANU?

Cool preferences! What an exciting time.

Thank you

[PhoenixxFire]

That'd actually be so awesome! What are your preferences for ANU?

I want to do a double degree in Environmental science/science. Anything else I put down will just be for the sake of having other preferences/in case I change my mind

[hums_student]

Update #11: 20/08/2018

Countdown till November: 73 days.

This week has been particularly eventful…News No. 1 – MUSICAL!!!
My last ever school musical was a complete success! Yes, I will talk about it before any VCE related news, and I will definitely dedicate an unnecessary amount of paragraphs to this because it just ended yesterday and I’m still on a post-performance high.

Our production was (a clean version of) A Very Potter Musical. We performed for 3 nights from Friday to Sunday, and I played the best role of Lord Voldemort. I wasn’t allowed to be shirtless though, like they did in the original.

more details

Apart from some last minute changes to backstage, the performance went smoothly. Sunday was the most memorable, especially for the year 12s (most of us who have been participating in productions since our first year) as it was our last performance. The younger year levels played a video they made which compiled all of our previous productions from year 7. It has always been a tradition at our school and I’ve helped put together videos before, but it’s a different experience when the video is actually about us.

Honestly, I’m a little sad that it’s over. The entire process was a fantastic experience, from our first day of rehearsals back in March when none of us had no idea how it would go, to our spectacular finish last night.

I have also completely lost my voice. (Imitating Joe Walker’s voice for Voldemort was serious business), and spent the entirety of today mouthing words like an idiot.

For the past week, rehearsals went from 9 to 5 every day. I missed a solid week’s worth of classes, and am now behind in every subject.

I guess I’m partly relieved that it’s over. It took up too much time, and in year 12 that’s our most precious thing. Also, as music captain I had to spend so much time planning this. The musical was our last item so I’ve got no more duties till the end of the year, giving me more time to catch up on school. Time to get back to VCE!

Subject Updates

Lit: Second last SAC is done, and I think I did well. Hope it’s enough to get me back to rank 1.

exam preparations

Exam texts are finalised!
Section A: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Section B: Diary of a Madman and other short stories by Nikolay Gogol
My teacher advised me against it, but I’m challenging myself to do Gogol. Anyway, lit is already a challenge, and so far I’ve done better than I expected.
I’m trying to find previous lit students who did Gogol because I desperately need a tutor lol.

Methods: This subject gives me headaches. In term 1 I was so confident for a raw 40+, now I doubt I can even scrape a (scaled) 25.  We got back our SAC, and I did horrible. I was way below average, a gigantic slip from last time. I’m starting to think that methods will be my bottom subject. If I can’t even get an average ranking at a school ranked ~150 in the state, how will I get a 40?

Chem: Food chem has been interesting so far, though due to rehearsals I’m horrifically behind, not to mention half our chem class also does (or did) bio, so they already know the content.

History: I got an A+ on the last SAC! Guess what that means? RANK ONE BABY!!
Maybe I shouldn’t celebrate so early lol. After getting rank one for lit I overestimated myself and soon slipped back down in the following SAC. With that said, I’m really glad that the excessive reading I did paid off. Now I just have to keep that going for next time.

update on reading progress

I came across this absolute gem while reading Plutarch:

“It is difficult, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.”

This shall now become my comeback whenever someone accuses me of overeating at buffets.

I’m slowly progressing through The Death of Caesar by Barry Strauss. My teacher recommended me the book, but so far it’s been pretty dull. I’ve been skipping boring parts and the only full chapter I’ve read so far was Caesar’s assassination.

Words cannot describe how much I miss Livy and his extravagant stories.

Global: The SAC is done! I had to do it earlier than everyone else due to the set time clashing with rehearsals. It was alright, though I could’ve revised more. Predicting a B.

News No. 2 – UoM Open Day
I ditched church on Sunday for Melbourne Open Day with my sister and some friends. First stop was Bachelor of Science, where my sister cornered the poor guy standing at the Mathematics and Statistics info booth and interrogated him for 15 minutes straight. I mainly wandered between chemistry and engineering, and tbh they seem interesting. While science isn’t my plan, I wouldn’t mind studying them for breadth.

Next stop – Arts! We talked to the reps there about diploma of languages first – I managed to have a full conversation in German with one of the reps there (my proudest moment). Following that we talked to the reps for various Arts majors and minors (cos I still don’t know what to do with my life rip).

Ancient World Studies

This is pretty much a fancy name for ‘ancient history’. The lady at the info booth (who was wearing a Pharaoh’s hat, may I add) talked about the digs that students go on, especially to Israel. The best part? It’s open to undergrad students. The fact that there are ACTUALY DIGS (paid too lol), at UNDERGRAD, is really appealing.

History

History was the most crowded booth in the entire room and it took me literally 5 minutes to get to the front. The guy I talked to was really informative about the subjects offered as well as career pathways. However, he did say that history doesn’t offer internships at undergrad level.

Classics

The classics brochures began with ‘Do you want to read Herodotus in its original language?’ and I screamed internally. Reading it in English is bad enough. Classics does seem interesting, but my only knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek comes from VCE history and the various fancy symbols in methods. I would love to learn more, but maybe in my own time lol.

European / German / Italian studies

If I do a minor then it would be out of these three. I’d probably have an advantage if I did German studies, since I’mhalfGerman, have lived there before, and know the language, though I’m more attracted to Italian studies, or the broader European studies. (My dad wants me to do German studies and ‘remain loyal to my roots’, though I’m more interested in learning about another culture, and am particularly obsessed with Italy lol)

Political Science

Didn’t do much here – I’ll definitely do electives from political science, but as a major I think it’s pretty useless – notable political figures and commentators all have backgrounds in history, law, or business. Very few actually majored in politics.

My plan hasn’t changed much, probably gonna do either a double major in History and Ancient World Studies, or a major in History and a minor in European / Italian studies.

We then went around to look at Fine Arts, Music, and Commerce, though we didn’t stay long for any of them. Music Theatre major is probably the most appealing (AND HEY I HAVE EXPERIENCE!) but I can’t imagine working in that field haha.

News No. 3
I’ve submitted my preference!
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Hope everyone has a SMASHING week!! Till next time!

[Joseph41]

ARTS!

One of us, one of us.