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If you don't know what to start with, perhaps try something you're interested in or knowledgeable about. For example if you're a history student consider a historical fiction piece about a setting you've studied in history, so that you can be convincing. If you're a migrant or 2nd generation...

Passive voice isn't generally a no-no, at least at my school. Passive voice is usually discourage by teachers because sometimes it creates confusion: 'the cat was killed' doesn't tell me who killed the cat but 'Tony Abbott killed the cat' makes it clear. Sometimes it also doesn't 'sound as good'...

Another thing that might help is working top down. Make a very general algorithm that describes each step that has to be done, then break it down and do more and more specific tasks and operations until your code completed all the tasks you made in the beginning.

My favourite author is Terry Pratchett. I love his sense of humour, and his novels aren't completely meaningless!

One of the best ways to stay motivated is your friends. If you haven't already, try studying with a small group and force each other to work. You won't want to let your mates down, which will make you do work! (hopefully) Basically, make each other accountable.

To write faster, ensure you're writing efficiently. A nicer pen will definitely help: check out gel pens, rollerballs, fountain pens, and felt tips if you haven't already. However, technique is king. The best way to improve is to go back to basics, forming letters slowly but consistently, then...

As a Ruse student, something a lot of people overlook is how being top of the state for 20 years gives us multiple unfair advantages: As many have posted, we (usually) get the best students from the get go due to our popularity in Selective, but also we steal everyone else's best students in...

From what I've seen, moving schools in year 11 is much harder than in year 9, because people generally have more set friend groups, and it's more difficult to fit into the school's culture. If you're good at socialising, you won't have a problem. As for your marks, if you're able to stay...

I've never encountered that acronym, but from what I've learned: Usefulness: what a historian studying X can learn from the source Can you see information relevant to X? Are there facts, dates, and statistics? Descriptions of living conditions or whatever? Use quotes to back yourself up...