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I know this is completely irrelevant, but I'm in year 8 and I feel so old.

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Shxh:
Do you year 12's feel the same? I wish I could just be in year 1. I'm stressing so much about VCE as I need a 99 atar to get into medicine. I think of it this way. I'm 14, so basically have 60 years left of my life, therefore I have lived 20% of my life. Life is so short!

Lear:
I really hope this is a troll haha.
You do have limited years in life and especially limited years in your youth.

The last thing you want to be doing is stressing about year 12 so early. Join some clubs, play some games, do what you actually like to do.

Enjoy freedom while it lasts :)

Daweiii:

--- Quote from: Shxh on November 12, 2019, 10:10:32 pm ---Do you year 12's feel the same? I wish I could just be in year 1. I'm stressing so much about VCE as I need a 99 atar to get into medicine. I think of it this way. I'm 14, so basically have 60 years left of my life, therefore I have lived 20% of my life. Life is so short!

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Geez, if you already feel old then how should I feel?! :P

But seriously, a lot of my treasured memories happened when I was 13-15 and it's seriously surprising me how someone at 14 is already thinking about this! I was still talking about video games when I was 14 with my mates.

Enjoy life while you can. You will hold nothing in the future besides regret if you are already worrying about your ATAR prematurely. :)

PhoenixxFire:

--- Quote from: Lear on November 12, 2019, 11:39:53 pm ---I really hope this is a troll haha.

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--- Quote from: Daweiii on November 12, 2019, 11:47:07 pm ---Geez, if you already feel old then how should I feel?! :P

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Please be more mindful of the impact your words can have and how your words can be interpreted in future. Being dismissive of someone's concerns when they're sharing things that could be sensitive to them isn't okay.

--- Quote from: Shxh on November 12, 2019, 10:10:32 pm ---Do you year 12's feel the same? I wish I could just be in year 1. I'm stressing so much about VCE as I need a 99 atar to get into medicine. I think of it this way. I'm 14, so basically have 60 years left of my life, therefore I have lived 20% of my life. Life is so short!

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I've definitely felt like that, not so much in year 12 though because it felt like I was actually working towards something then and having a goal helped. The only advice I can really give you is to keep looking forward, you can't go back to the past, and making the best use of the present will end up meaning you make the best use of your life.
Would really recommend talking to your school's counsellor/a teacher/a doctor to learn how to cope with the stress you're feeling - learning good stress management techniques now will also help you in the long term.

Calebark:
Hey Shxh,

That's not a silly thought at all. I certainly felt quite similar when I was your age. It's been seven years since then, so it's really easy for me to look back and think 'there was nothing to worry about', but I do understand that's a bit difficult in the moment. I'm sure 30-year-old-Caleb will look back and think the same thing about 21-year-old-Caleb. It's something that'll get easier with age. However it's certainly not uncommon so don't think it's weird!

While it's great to have a future goal, at the moment all you can do towards that is trying to set consistent study habits — pay attention in class, do your homework, and ask for help when you need it. However there's not much else you should be doing at the moment. Year 12 is a long time away, and by the time you get closer to it, you'll have lots of guidance from your school on how to prepare and subsequently get into medicine.

In the meantime, I'd like to think enjoying the moment is a bit more important than studying your ass off. This can be, well, whatever you want. Do you like reading? Go read a book or fifty. Sport? There's basketball hoops everywhere. Want to be a bit rebellious? Well, I won't tell. I definitely studied in high school, but when I look back at high school I think about the fun things I did rather than how I prepared for my future course/career.

To put it in another way: getting life experience is going to prepare you for a career as a doctor in ways your textbooks won't. So please know it's healthy to have a balance :)

With regards to stress management, PhoenixxFire gave some good advice — a counsellor, teacher, or doctor will be able to help out in ways that we can't.

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