This is actually really true surprisingly enough. It works for me. Chewing gum works when i'm studying maths (NO idea why, it just does) and chocolate before exams where i have to write essays :)
I'm planning to do Ext 2 English :) Ext 2 is pretty awesome but you have to be committed to completing all the course requirements or else there's not much point to it. It's pretty much you composing your own work in the area of english you're most interested in be it narrative writing, critical...
Acoustic is pretty good for when you're studying. Apparently anything classical with a steady beat and no lyrics is great but i haven't tried that :) btw, catherinet MCR is awesome :p
Yeah, as long as your spelling isn't too horrible, it doesn't really matter - you can blame it on exam nerves anyway :p but yeah, kindy will always be my absolute favourite year but even though i am slightly scared of year 12, it is going to be what you make it.
Re: Folders or Books?
Same, i started off using books but they filled up pretty quick (and got pretty messy :p). So now i organise everything in loose leaf sections according to classes and only keep a book for maths. Plus having a folder helps with the ton of hand outs we keep getting and...
Re: Distinction Courses
Nice, someone else who wants to do comp lit. I think it depends on your school - they have to offer accelerated courses and you have to get selected for one of those courses by them
Re: Distinction Courses
haha, im one of the few (really really tiny percentage) of people who actually LIKE english so i can see why. I accelerated in IPT (eww) which has absolutely nothing to do with any of the distinction courses - maybe that's why i can't really choose
Lol, yeah, maybe it's because comp. lit sounds so english based whereas cosmology is so much more science/maths related :p philosophy is just the midpoint i guess. Being in a smaller group does sound better in some ways but still, i think i'll wait till the open day to decide
Re: Year 12 Jerseys
It's so weird how some of your schools don't let you have nicknames o.O haven't decided on mine yet :p btw, 13yrswasted = classic :)