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We're not allowed to bring people from outside of school to our formal, is this the same for anyone else? It's ridiculous IMO.

Our principal is full of sayings, the most prominent one being "IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE HERE, GO HOME!" Several people in my year mimic his voice a treat :D Our Physics teacher always says, "Right, these people may leave..." and then doesn't send anyone out, just gets on with the lesson :S This...

@ Wollongong Uni, but I believe it happens all over the country and goes through many levels, eg regional, national, state etc. Is anyone else going in it? I am with two of my friends, we're getting all excited and nerdy about it :D

There is a great essay called "The Simple Art of Murder" by Raymond Chandler. He pretty much just sticks up for the sub-genre he writes (hard-boiled/realist) and completely destroys Intuitionist (in particular "The Red House Mystery" by A.A Milne). I used it for an essay and got 18 out of 20...

I applied for Extension 2 maths and would've got in, but decided not to at the last minute because of workload. Every now and then I think I maybe should have done it... but then I remember how I'd have to have done it after school since they do it when I have ext.english, and how freaked out I...

LOL, how epic. That particular cohort wins @ muck-up day. Last year's year 12 put chicken shit everywhere at our school, that was rank. I've always had this plan for muck-up day to put up a huge sign saying "(NAME OF SCHOOL): BLACKS, JEWS, HOMOSEXUALS NEED NOT APPLY." I'm way too much of a...

Re: 2008 HSC Timetable Bollocks, I just wrote it all in my diary before discovering it's a draft :-/ It was quite good for me as well, only one double (Chem and SOR) and a day off before ext. maths.

If you get caught wagging in Britain your parents can be fined £100 (approx. $250).

I have to say I disagree. I was born in Scotland and lived there till I was 13, and believe the system there to be infinitely fairer. Individual grades for the subjects mean you can get a C in maths and still get into, say, law at any uni providing your marks for english and other relevant...

11 units= 9 free periods a fortnight This includes 2 double frees first thing in the morning, which is great because I can sleep in. :D We have the option of going to the library (where you go to work/dick around on a computer) or a designated room (where you go to dick around...

Wow, you're well informed. Thank you very much. Do you work for the BOS or something?

Yeah I know, I was really just curious as to any means of justification the BOS have.

Chem- Just started 3rd topic Physics- About 1/4 of the way into 3rd topic. Adv. English- Just started last module, but we rotate so it's Module B (Gwen Harwood).

Care to elaborate on that? Telling me I'm dumb isn't going to help me understand whatever it is that's apparently so obvious. theshortykatt: Nah, my subjects are actually hard and scale quite well, although my Physics class is quite dumb. (Ext. 1 English and Maths, Chem, Physics and 1U Studies...

completely and utterly grossly UNFAIR? How does the Board of Studies justify the following (this is all just stuff I've heard, but I'm assuming it's all true because it seems to be the general consensus): 1. Scaling in general. Why on Earth should your mark be anything other than what it is...

Hi everyone, I've just started Year 12. Picking Ext.1 English last year was something of a last-minute decision for me after I topped the year in English in Year 10. My marks in Year 11 were quite good: Hand-in Essay on Frankenstein and Black Cat: 16/20 Dramatic Monologue...

ahh ok, because even if it's something like 5(x-1)^3 it's still got that triple root... thanks heaps, i knew it'd be something daft like that. :)

So I am studying for my ext. maths test, and in the polynomials section in the prelim book (we were a little slow so we're only getting tested on it now) is the following question: A polynomial P(x) of degree 3 has a triple root at x=1. Find P(x). The obvious answer for me was P(x)= (x-1)^3...