(I was going to make one of these in Year 10, but to hell with it.)After reading numerous VCE and HSC journals, I wanted to make one of these so that I have something to look back on at the end of my schooling. Right now, I'm imagining myself having just completed Year 12, reading through this journal and subsequently spitting out whatever beverage I happen to be sipping on as I realise and have a good laff over how insignificant my tiny little problems were.
About me:- I'm in Year 8.
- I'm into piano.
- I'm mad for The Beatles.
- I procrastinate by looking at education-related resources (QCE Syllabuses, Australian Curriculum, ATARNotes, etc.).
- My handwriting is poor.
- I cried a little when the above list was all I could come up with.
Skooling:Been cruising through Year 8 now for a semester and a bit, and I think I'm going pretty well. The subjects I'm doing right now are:
Advanced English - I think that English is one of my strengths, but I have the tendency to second-guess just about everything that I write, which sometimes translates to not writing anything down at all until I'm sure that it's the best I can make it. This, as you could have guessed, is quite time-consuming and even led to me not finishing an English exam (although the essay was of good quality
). We're currently doing a unit on persuasive writing around the teenage brain and its development. They had us watch a television series (which was pretty cool) to demonstrate how much teens suck at doing things themselves.
Advanced Maths - When I got into the Advanced Maths class half-way through Year 7, I was really lacking confidence with the subject as a whole, but recent good results have led me to believe that I can do better and that it's possible for me to succeed in this area. Currently doing a unit on statistics (Excel spreadsheets & all that).
Advanced Science - I never really used to pay much care to science, but now the content is getting more interesting and enjoyable. This will especially be true later on for science in the later years (*cough* Neuroscience *cough*). Doing the physics unit for this year, which centers around energy.
Advanced Humanities - Focusing on Geography; more specifically, the theory of plate tectonics.
(We get two electives chosen for us)
Spanish - I was confused as to why I had to do Spanish, because I had already opted to do Digital Innovations instead of a language for the last two years, but I'm finding it pretty fun. Quite a bit of the content I covered in Year 5 and 6, so I'm not finding it difficult. Getting the opportunity to enter the griffith uni languages competition (once I ask the teacher). She came around with a sign-up sheet for it, but I didn't take one (neither did anyone else). Regretted that shortly after as I realised that it could be pretty fun and it didn't involve speaking in front of a crowd.
Visual Arts - There are about 5 arts subjects: Media, Music (damn I wanted this), Dance, Drama and Visual Arts. I'm horrid at drawing. When I was finding out what one I was doing, it was pretty much a game of Russian Roulette. I lost
. Then I realised that the assessment wasn't drawing, but creating and tracing a collage, which I could handle. I'm so grateful for that. Here's a picture of the collage so far:
Planz (WARNING: Subject to extreme change):Year 9: Choose digital innovations and digital tech as my two electives and have a wild time.
Year 10: Choose digital technology, philosophy and reason (prep for senior philosophy. Has a unit on conspiracy theories so who wouldn't do it), and science extension as electives. Maybe complete Physics 1/2 or ask if I can accelerate a DigTech subject (It's not on the application form).
Year 11/12: Literature, Methods, Physics, Philosophy & Reason and Digital Solutions.
Afterwards (if I make it there lol): Computer Science / Software Engineering at either unimelb or monash.
Hopefully I'll be able to update this thing every week (for the next four years) to let people know what's hip and happening.