crimsonking
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- Mar 9, 2006
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- HSC
- 2006
Let's get all sentimental here.
In year 10, after getting my School Certificate, I got all band 4's. Knowing that I had to improve, I kicked into gear in yr 11. My electives for yr 9-10 were commerce/computers/sport sci.
Picking subjects for yr 11-12 wasn't hard. My criteria - no sciences, no computers, no histories. So I ended up doing English Adv, Maths Adv, Legal, Business, PDHPE, Geogrpahy and Accounting at Tafe.
Early in yr 11 I came across a few problems:
1. I didn't want to do accounting (my mum [an accountant] forced me to pick it)...after 3 weeks, I quit
2. Maths adv - with my mum being an accountant and (let's get all stereotypical here) with my background being Indian, I was once again forced to pick Adv Maths (considering I was doing adv maths since yr 7, it was a reasonable selection). After failing an assessment, a small group in our class were threatened by the head teacher to do general - I declined. Though after another failed assessment a parent/staff/student meeting was called where our principal said that he was dropping the whole class to general. "Pardon my French, but I could be a bastard and do whatever I wanted" is something he said, but I guess it was the right choice
Since I dropped accounting I picked Ext. 1 English.
Year 11 ended with me coming 1st in Legal, Business and PDHPE and dropping Geography
(This is going for longer than I thought)
Yr 12 hasn't been that bad for me. Half yearlies:
Legal - 1st - 86%
PDHPE - 1st - 74%
Extension 1 - 1st - 86%
English - 3rd - 82%
Business - 4th - 86%
Extension 2 - 2nd -n/a
Maths - 20+/60+ (only doing it to have 12 units) - 43%
Even with the rankings, I'm not confident about what mark I will get. I just don't feel confident about the HSC and reading all the threads about scaling,selective/private school advantages etc, I'm worried about things that aren't in my hands. But I've decided not to read them anymore (I try).
But I'm happy, consdeirng that I was a band 4 student in yr 10 and becoming a low to mid band 5 student (I know it is inaccurate, but what else can we compare to?)
Secret weapons:
In year 10, after getting my School Certificate, I got all band 4's. Knowing that I had to improve, I kicked into gear in yr 11. My electives for yr 9-10 were commerce/computers/sport sci.
Picking subjects for yr 11-12 wasn't hard. My criteria - no sciences, no computers, no histories. So I ended up doing English Adv, Maths Adv, Legal, Business, PDHPE, Geogrpahy and Accounting at Tafe.
Early in yr 11 I came across a few problems:
1. I didn't want to do accounting (my mum [an accountant] forced me to pick it)...after 3 weeks, I quit
2. Maths adv - with my mum being an accountant and (let's get all stereotypical here) with my background being Indian, I was once again forced to pick Adv Maths (considering I was doing adv maths since yr 7, it was a reasonable selection). After failing an assessment, a small group in our class were threatened by the head teacher to do general - I declined. Though after another failed assessment a parent/staff/student meeting was called where our principal said that he was dropping the whole class to general. "Pardon my French, but I could be a bastard and do whatever I wanted" is something he said, but I guess it was the right choice
Since I dropped accounting I picked Ext. 1 English.
Year 11 ended with me coming 1st in Legal, Business and PDHPE and dropping Geography
(This is going for longer than I thought)
Yr 12 hasn't been that bad for me. Half yearlies:
Legal - 1st - 86%
PDHPE - 1st - 74%
Extension 1 - 1st - 86%
English - 3rd - 82%
Business - 4th - 86%
Extension 2 - 2nd -n/a
Maths - 20+/60+ (only doing it to have 12 units) - 43%
Even with the rankings, I'm not confident about what mark I will get. I just don't feel confident about the HSC and reading all the threads about scaling,selective/private school advantages etc, I'm worried about things that aren't in my hands. But I've decided not to read them anymore (I try).
But I'm happy, consdeirng that I was a band 4 student in yr 10 and becoming a low to mid band 5 student (I know it is inaccurate, but what else can we compare to?)
Secret weapons:
- Cigarettes: I honestly believe that 'lung-busters' have been a secret to my success, 1 or 2 a day and then the odd 15+ at a party is beneficial to mind, body and soul. Study for about 2 hours and having a smoke, nothing works better
- No-alcohol (or drugs): other than religous beliefs stopping me, coming home with a hang-over isn't the best study technique (I've also learnt in PDHPE that you lose some of your memory everytime you get drunk)
- Socialise: I play cricket on Saturdays (B reserves - glorified backyard cricket), great group of people, have a few smokes there too (on and off the field). I still go to parties too, I find it hard to believe people can stay in their rooms for so long
- Music: always study with music on (and none of the top 40 BS) a bit of Neil Young, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, The Stones, The Beatles, Cpt. Beefheart, David Bowie etc
Can't wait for it all to be OVER!
