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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2010, 08:55:51 pm »
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My biggest mistake was probably not doing spesh )=
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #31 on: August 21, 2010, 08:59:23 pm »
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biggest mistake: doing physics/chem when I could have done further/Umep maths
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2010, 09:05:16 pm »
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Not doing Chinese (which I speak fluently) or Latin.  Also not sure if I did the right thing choosing Uni Philosophy over VCE Philosophy.
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #33 on: August 21, 2010, 09:06:14 pm »
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but Accounting is super-happy-fun-timez :'(

not really. i slept all through accounting last term.
im sowwy. i jst dont have THAT same passion in filling-in-da-boxes.

but filling-in-da-boxes is just super-happy-addictive-timez to me LOL (lol phailenglishthere.)

Actually I just noticed this as I was doing today's Target Words and Sudoku in The Age  :D
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2010, 09:11:41 pm »
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getting a guinea pig instead of a rabbit
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #35 on: August 21, 2010, 09:18:27 pm »
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my biggest mistakes where stuffing up in year 11 and ended up doubling my efforts in year 12. And also, finding this forum halfway through year 12 (should have found this last year/before year 12)
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #36 on: August 21, 2010, 09:33:50 pm »
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Not trying hard enough to get a job in year 10/11.
Not doing work experience.
Not doing Chinese SL.
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #37 on: August 21, 2010, 09:42:17 pm »
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Shouldn't have done literature, should have done different modules in further maths last year, should have done French :)
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #38 on: August 21, 2010, 09:43:01 pm »
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Giving up something that I loved rather than prioritising around it.
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #39 on: August 21, 2010, 09:53:07 pm »
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Giving up something that I loved rather than prioritising around it.
what exactly was it that you gave up?

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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #40 on: August 21, 2010, 11:49:18 pm »
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would your school allow you to do 7 subjects next year? :O
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #41 on: August 21, 2010, 11:52:31 pm »
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Giving up something that I loved rather than prioritising around it.

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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #42 on: August 21, 2010, 11:53:53 pm »
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Not doing Chinese (which I speak fluently) or Latin.  Also not sure if I did the right thing choosing Uni Philosophy over VCE Philosophy.

I can empathise-my mum is a native french speaker, so naturally I should have done French.
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #43 on: August 21, 2010, 11:56:01 pm »
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oh and another big mistake, was not sucking up my laziness and just doing essays for englang and studying hard for unit 3 from the beginning, pretty much did nothing for the entire of unit 3.
my fault really, but what can you do..
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Re: Biggest mistake
« Reply #44 on: August 22, 2010, 12:44:10 am »
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not doing a whole years worth of methods homework and cramming it all into this weekend
what the hell was i doing before now?