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The QCE Years - My Journey to Changing the World through Business and Technology
Bri MT:
--- Quote from: JerryMouse2019 on November 06, 2019, 08:35:52 pm ---I start year 11 at the beginning of next year which really isn't good for me since year 11 is then condensed into 3 terms (year 12 starts in term 4 of 2020). Apparently each unit lasts a term and a half which means that year 11 is definitely going to be harder than year 10 (and it will definitely be a bigger jump in terms of workload compared to how much of a jump year 10 was from year 9).
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Yeah it's really weird - schools seem to be ignoring that the recommended time for each unit is the same. If it's any consolation, at least having a more stressful units 1&2 will give you the change to test out your management strategies for that before year 12?
If want to prepare for it, a decent amount of the bio 1/2 syllabus for qce overlaps with the vce 3/4 syllabus (e.g. cellular respiration, photosynthesis, immunity) so there's plenty of people here who will be able to answer questions and advice for those topics you can look at.
JerryMouse2019:
--- Quote from: JerryMouse2019 on November 06, 2019, 12:14:28 am ---I've been doing great. Not much has been happening though. Assignments and exams have been piling up. It's hard to believe that in less than a year I will be in year 12.
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Hey everyone,
I'm going to contradict my previous statement and say that I have been struggling a lot more than the previous terms. It's only because I have a biology exam that covers both term 3 and term 4 content. I also have a maths exam that covers 5 chapters from my maths textbook including: trigonometry, quadratic equations, parabolas, statistics and polynomials. Having to remember and practise this much content has been very challenging for me so far.
I'm also considering a change to two of my subjects for my QCE (biology and digital solutions). Currently I'm thinking of changing them to either legal studies, ICT, earth and environmental science or geography. I haven't made a final decision yet on what I will pick but when I do, I'll surely update this journal with my new subject choices.
Thanks for reading my journal update,
Kind Regards
JerryMouse2019
caffinatedloz:
--- Quote from: JerryMouse2019 on November 08, 2019, 09:39:56 pm ---I'm going to contradict my previous statement and say that I have been struggling a lot more than the previous terms. It's only because I have a biology exam that covers both term 3 and term 4 content. I also have a maths exam that covers 5 chapters from my maths textbook including: trigonometry, quadratic equations, parabolas, statistics and polynomials. Having to remember and practise this much content has been very challenging for me so far.
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I feel exactly the same as you, particularly with maths (and with bio to an extent). Your Year 10 exams don't define you, and in the end they're just a practice for QCE.
Good luck with your exams and choosing your subjects.
JerryMouse2019:
Hey everyone,
Today I officially changed one of my QCE subjects (biology) to legal studies. Hopefully I can do well in legal studies since I've done really well in Pre-English-Literature this year (even though I've decided to do normal English next year).
I chose legal studies over biology because I started taking quite an interest into the practices of law, governance and criminology in recent weeks. This was partly because I found that doing legal studies would help me with a career in cyber security (something I'm thinking of doing) and also because it would help me improve my analytical skills.
Thanks for reading my update,
Kind Regards
JerryMouse2019
Bri MT:
Hey Jerry,
I'm glad you were able to be decisive enough to change your plans (which can always be a bit intimidating) as you've had more time to think it over & gained more information.
I tried units 1&2 of literature but ended up swapping to another English. I'd thought I'd really like literature since I love reading and analysing texts but it wasn't for me. Did you have a similar experience or did you suspect from the start that literature wasn't the English for you?
- Bri
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