National Politics '10

[Nic K]

It may be slightly premature for this topic to be created but who cares. I'm sure we all have some form of holiday homework haha.

I must admit, this is the subject I'm looking forward to the most!! It sounds so interesting 

Who else is doing this class? We can be friends 

[sgeorge]

I'm doing National Politics next year.
Definitely looking forward to doing it.

[Nic K]

Yay, someone else doing the subject!!!

[sgeorge]

Until now I didn't know anyone else doing the subject... I'm glad there's at least two of us!

[Nic K]

Yeah there's not many people in Victoria that do it!! Did you have an orientation week at your school where you did the subject?

[sgeorge]

Nope, I'm doing it at the CAE. They do have an orientation session, but not about the actual class.

[Nic K]

Oh okay. I had an orientation week where we had three lessons and it seems pretty good!

[sgeorge]

That's good! I wish our school ran the class, it would have been much easier.
What textbook are you using?

[Nic K]

Ummm, Power and National Politics I think it's called. Gilby is the author. You?

[schmalex]

hey! I did national politics this year and got a 43, so feel free to PM me for any advice or whatnot. I was as enthusiastic as you this time last year, I knew very little about the Australian or US political systems so I did a lot of research over the holidays. Sites like Wikipedia and the Australian government websites helped, and I also read some books.
good luck, I found it a really enjoyable subject (for the most part, I got a bit sick of it later in the year:P)

[sgeorge]

The Indigo Handbook for VCE National Politics Unit 3 and 4, but it seems to be more of a study guide, so I'm thinking about getting a copy of power and national politics.

hey! I did national politics this year and got a 43, so feel free to PM me for any advice or whatnot. I was as enthusiastic as you this time last year, I knew very little about the Australian or US political systems so I did a lot of research over the holidays. Sites like Wikipedia and the Australian government websites helped, and I also read some books.
good luck, I found it a really enjoyable subject (for the most part, I got a bit sick of it later in the year:P)

Thanks. I might take you up on that offer a bit later in the year.
I'm glad it was overall a good subject

[xXNovaxX]

Never thoguht I'd see the day this thread was revived, we just need to make sure the oxygen keeps flowing throughout the year =P

I've already offered my support to Nic, and SGeorge and anyone else that does the subject feel free to ask as many questions you want on the boards/threads/PM, i'll ensure I'll answer them ASAP

[schmalex]

The Indigo Handbook for VCE National Politics Unit 3 and 4, but it seems to be more of a study guide, so I'm thinking about getting a copy of power and national politics.

hey! I did national politics this year and got a 43, so feel free to PM me for any advice or whatnot. I was as enthusiastic as you this time last year, I knew very little about the Australian or US political systems so I did a lot of research over the holidays. Sites like Wikipedia and the Australian government websites helped, and I also read some books.
good luck, I found it a really enjoyable subject (for the most part, I got a bit sick of it later in the year:P)

Definitely get power and national politics. It's only like $46 +delivery if you need it. The Indigo thing is good to give you ideas and stuff, but it's definitely not enough on it's own. Personally, I found it an interesting subject, but domestic policy gets a bit tedious and I think I just put so much work into it that I got sick of it towards the end of the year. I thought I was going to do really badly because I didn't do much study later in the year but somehow I survived: )
Thanks. I might take you up on that offer a bit later in the year.
I'm glad it was overall a good subject

[Nic K]

The Indigo Handbook for VCE National Politics Unit 3 and 4, but it seems to be more of a study guide, so I'm thinking about getting a copy of power and national politics.

We got given a copy of some pages out of that book and 'Power and National Politics' on the constitution and to be honest, I found that the Indigo book was very much based on the assumption that people had prior knowledge about it (which wasn't the case in my class for two or three students). I much prefered Power and National Politics.

Nova and/or schmalex, which textbook did you use and what was it like?

[sgeorge]

I'm sure there'll be plenty of oxygen flowing through this thread, particularly when it starts nearing exam time.

Thanks for clearing up the differences up between the books. More book purchases!