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  1. benchwarmer17

    Plans for starting Year 12 in a few months?

    i think i'm either gunna drop bio, business or ancient. i hate them all. and i wanna drop extension english to free myself up a bit, but i'm thinking i might keep it for safety.. i'm quite happy having 10 or 11 units for HSC.. can't see why everyone wants to have 12, i think i'd die from the...
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    Gothic Genre for Extension English??

    yep we are doing dracula as well, and we will be doing a little bit on buffy, but more on van helsing i think. and i completely understand what you mean about having to concentrate alot when reading it!! i liked it, but to be honest some of them talked crap sometimes lol. but yeah we are...
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    Who thinks they've chosen the WRONG SUBJECT?

    YES!!!!! biology, business studies and ancient history. but there was no other suitable options for me :(
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    Extension English And/Or Business Studies Help PLEEEASE!!

    oooh ok thank you so much... :) . it really had me stumped, like i wasn't sure if it was supposed to be like a discussion or what..
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    Help with essay question?

    oops without all the arrows, etc. of course.
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    Help with essay question?

    Hey could somebody maybe break this down for me? we have this essay for extension, and i'm fairly sure she said it's supposed to be a discussion essay, but it's been SOO long since i've done one of them. Any help would be great :) This is the question: “Although fiction of the gothic genre...
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    Taking notes into exams

    wow, we are NEVER under any circumstances allowed to have notes in the exam room.. you are so lucky in a way, but i guess they would have to mark you alot harder as well..
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    How much of the Preliminary HSC course have you completed?

    WOW. How do you people get all that stuff done so quickly?!! maybe it comes from living in a city...? all i know is, we are being rushed in EVERYTHING because our teachers don't think we're going to finish all of our topics. We're nowhere near done, let alone ahead into HSC work!! Maybe it's...
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    english adv or ext?

    go advanced. its worth more units AND its easier!! i've done my advanced english essay plan, but am totally stumpted on my extension one. advanced is definately the way to go i reckon :)
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    How is the Dux determined at your school?

    yeah our school is by ATAR and is yr 12 only. we have ranking awards for 1st, 2nd & 3rd for 7-11 each year though, and they're based on amount of firsts, etc.
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    Extension English And/Or Business Studies Help PLEEEASE!!

    I know this might be a little slack, coming to here for all this help, but i'm kiiinda desperate at the moment :confused: basically for english extension, i have this essay question, and i pretty much understand everything i've gotta do, i've got all of my material ready, but i have a small...
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    Gothic Genre for Extension English??

    revenge tragedy? wow.. never heard of that as an extension topic before. what kind of texts do you guys study for that? for example we're doing edgar allan poe and just recently dracula at the moment..
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    Gothic Genre for Extension English??

    so crime is really bad? well i'm not sure if i'll stick with extension next year or not, i'm not exactly the biggest fan of crime.. but i totally understand what you mean about the creative side of it. so fun, i'm loving it at the moment, aside from all the homework... ughhh that bit sucks.
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    Gothic Genre for Extension English??

    hey i was just wondering if anybody else is studying the gothic genre in extension english this year? i think it's great, i'm loving it so far :) oh and is anybody doing the crime genre next year? just curious :tongue:
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    Stressing out!!!

    Thank you SOO much to all of those who gave advice, it was really helpful :) so i've calmed down a bit now, at least knowing that i'm not the only one.. also being in a small rural school its kind of hard to get a lot of the help that most of you would have (plus apparently my school is...
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    Stressing out!!!

    i am having the hardest time at the moment, i'm stuck in 3 subjects i absolutely hate - bio, business studies and ancient history. in bio we have a TERRIBLE teacher who can't teach at all, i just know i'm going to fail my half yearlys because we've hardly gone over anything, and not to...
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