Criticisms of the VCE

[periwinkle]

    ILMM, even if UniMelb weren't concerned about English scores for science students when considering scholarships, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd pass you over for not having done Spec. 49 (or 50) in Further wouldn't entice them to give you HECS exemption + spending money. So no need to feel too aggrieved on that score (excuse the awful pun.)

 
  EDIT: On that point, I think humph said 99.65  would get you a fairly lucrative scholarship at ANU

[ninwa]

Do you know what, ninwa, I'm absolutely sick of receiving your 'I think VCAA is the greatest' lecture every time I open my mouth to express my disappointments about VCAA and my ENTER etc. So everytime you just assume that 'I don't have any arguments to refute your logical ones' I am beginning to get very pissed off.

Once again with the no-substance over-emotional hysterical responses. I know you are a mature person who is capable of reasoned, adult discussion. Can you use that capability please?

If I recall correctly, this is the first and only time where I have defended VCAA's system against your complaints. I could be wrong - so show me where else I've done it.

However, I was talking about a CHANGE in the present system, whereby English is no longer meant to be in the top 4.

In which case you would have "deserved" a better score than TT because you "did better".

... which was the whole premise of my conclusion. Did you even bother to read it? But either way, thanks for confirming that you think the system is wrong because you didn't get a higher ENTER score than someone who you felt didn't perform as well as you did overall.

i.e. they may complain but may want to do a job and earn their own money.

... which suggests that they are "living with it", no? Which is one of the two "strategies" I proposed, no?
Where in that statement did I imply that one shouldn't complain?

I work full time at the moment with 3.5 hours of travel time, which means I leave home at 7.30am and get home by around 8pm. Every day except Thursdays, where I have my other job after this full-time job, which means I don't get home until 10-10.30pm. Life sucks!!!
^ there's my whinge.
However, I will suck it up and continue to be a contributing member of society.
^ there's me living with it. Et voila, option 2 for me!

[QuantumJG]

Damn this conversation is still going on.

In the end a 99.75 ENTER is something that people (me being one) could only dream of getting. I would have been wrapped with a score in the 90's!

A 43 in English is a pretty awesome score (this is higher than any raw score I got for VCE and I put everything I had into these subjects).

You are going to be starting uni in a couple of weeks so invest your time into this and take some time to congratulate yourself on getting a great score. I have to say that you sound really selfish.

[Mao]

* Mao feels an impulse of renaming this thread from "Criticisms of the VCE" to "Criticisms of ILMM".

[littlebecc]

Oh my god, i  can't believe this conversation is still in full effect. Seriously ILMM, as much as you may be dissappointed with your fcking amazing score that people could only dream of, you did a fantastic job on achieving such a high mark.
Stop bitching about English, it's in the top 4 for a reason. And 43 is not a 'bad' score at all, in fact, it's a great score. And believe it or not it makes others feel like shit when you say it's a 'bad' score. I don't know what you're on...but pretty sure anything above 40 you're in the top 10% in that subject, if i'm not mistaken??
Quit your complaining. When you get to uni no ones really gonna care if you got a '99.75 or a 99.90'. You got what you got....no changing it now.  Not everything works out the way you expect it.  That's life.

MMK KTHXBI

[Mao]

Aww man, I only got 48 for Specialist, because I made a few stupid mistakes. VCAA are so intolerant towards small mistakes, they should be able to see that and let me off the hook. I'm so disappointed with my 48, rant rant rant. It's so stupid VCAA makes stupid small mistakes so significant, the system is fucked, it's shit. Fuck I'm upset. I worked so hard for a 50 and I only got a 48, a WHOLE TWO POINTS OFF ARRRRRGGGGHHHH.

^^see how ridiculous that sounds?

[kamil9876]

Lol. I'd rename this thread to 'Why VCAA should be worshipped' if I were you.

What's with the dichotomy: one either agrees with criticisms about VCAA, otherwise they worship it.

I think a lot of people think VCAA is a joke but still do not agree with any of those criticisms. In fact crying over 0.10 of an ENTER score after 2 months, professing love for a VCAA subject in your username and failing to see the bigger picture in academic matters are much bigger signs of VCAA worshiping/obsessing.

[littlebecc]

MAO
LMAO

[TrueTears]

soz Mao you failed VCE.

[Mao]

I would now like to hear from someone who got a 50 and did not receive a Premier's Award: GIVE ME A HELLS-YEAH.

[ninwa]

Lol. I'd rename this thread to 'Why VCAA should be worshipped' if I were you.

Or perhaps "ILMM is so good at ignoring any logic which doesn't support her assertions".

I would now like to hear from someone who got a 50 and did not receive a Premier's Award: GIVE ME A HELLS-YEAH.

I got a 50 in year 10 and a premier's award BUT I DIDN'T GET 99.95. WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT.

[shinny]

Lol. I'd rename this thread to 'Why VCAA should be worshipped' if I were you.

Been meaning to say this for quite a while, but most of the posts so far aren't even about supporting English being in the top 4. They're more about your ridiculous attitudes to your ENTER and study scores. It's funny that you take all of this to mean that we're 'VCAA worshippers' and you've really been completely ignoring what we've been saying and just calling us by this label as a means to refute anything we put forward. Not many have actually said that they support English being in the top 4 - I've definitely said no to this in my previous post. You've really just taken any post against you to be a direct attack against your view that it shouldn't, but the topic has actually strayed far from being about English in the top four. Just because we're disagreeing with your view, or arguing against your logic for your point of view doesn't mean we're in direct opposition to it. Really, most people actually seem to not give a crap at all regarding English being in the top 4. Most people only started posting here once you began your whole bitch about how you deserved more, and the topic really has changed to that rather than 'should English be in the top 4'. There's not much VCAA left in this thread at all really.

EDIT:

I would now like to hear from someone who got a 50 and did not receive a Premier's Award: GIVE ME A HELLS-YEAH.

HELLS-YEAH!

[vexx]

I would now like to hear from someone who got a 50 and did not receive a Premier's Award: GIVE ME A HELLS-YEAH.

err how many actually do get the premiers award for each subject, is it like the 10 top exam/sac moderated scores?

[kyzoo]

One thing that irks me - The constant use of the loaded term "worship," and making ad hominem statements.

[ninwa]

Depends how many you got right? Isn't what you've been "logically asserting" is how you're supposed to excel in Eng as well as the others to get that? Answers your own question.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_in_cheek