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    "March of the Penguins" as a related text

    A lot sources have suggested the film, March of the Penguins as a text. It looks pretty interesting and I think it could be a great text but I'm having difficulty understanding how it fits into the concept of 'belonging' or not belonging. Can anyone help me out?
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    13 units? Should I drop Maths Extension 1?

    Consider if you think you can make the time for two major works since both Visual Arts and English Ext 2 have that. Do you think you can fit other class work around it?
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    how much money have you spent on study guides, tutoring, study camps etc.?

    Um I've only bought a couple of textbook so that's prob $200. Two of them were school one's but I just didn't want to carry them back and forth xD I don't really like tutoring so.. yeah.
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    "the naturally smart kids aren't usually the ones who do well in the HSC"

    Well I think the "naturally smart" kids are so used to getting good marks with little effort, that when the HSC comes around, they're still not used to putting in more work. The HSC does require a proper effort and that is where they might slip up! Haha yeah, agreed. We differentiate between...
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    What career choices can you identify from just looking at subject selections?

    What do you think of: Ext 2 English Ext 1 Maths Economics Chinese
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    Subject Selection for Yr 12

    Ext 2 Eng Ext 1 Maths Chinese Cont Economics 11 units =]
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    Year 11-- found out if you're in cont or background yet?

    I agree. It's very unfair how many true background speakers make it into continuers. However there are lots of Chinese kids who grow up in Australia and have very poor Chinese as it is. Some can't even speak Chinese before doing the course. Background speakers is a very difficult course...
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    Being in which grade was the coolest?

    I thought Year 6 was the best. Older than the rest of the kids, but not 'old' because there still all those high school kids above you. And it was still primary school which meant the work was cinch. High school wise, Year 10 probably. By then we get to pick electives and all that but...
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    Future Plans: What ATAR/course/job are you aiming for?

    Re: What UAI are you aiming for? I'm aiming for the high 90s, around 97+ because of the uni courses I want to get into. I guess I'd be relatively satisfied with 95+ though.
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    How tall are you?

    Last time I checked, 163cm
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    Year 11-- found out if you're in cont or background yet?

    Ah, well we have to fill in a form for it. It's all very troublesome =/ Mmm haha, unfortunately all my admins keep telling me "they'll look into it" "get back to you", etc, etc. I've heard that they'll let us know by the end of this week though, so let's hope that's try! Ah yeah, but Chinese...
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    Year 11-- found out if you're in cont or background yet?

    Hey, Has anyone currently in Year 11 [i.e. doing HSC in 2009] found out if they're elligible for Chinese continuers/stuck with Background Speakers next year? My school gave in our forms ages ago but we still haven't heard. We're handing in our subject selection forms for Year 12 in a month...
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    Survey 'Size zero'

    Ah I wrote something about sizing and fashion once. Well basically my opinion is this. We have vanity sizing and all that. Size 0 in stores often won't even really be a size 0 anyway. US Size 0 is an Australian Size 4. It's possible to be an AUS size 4 without health problems, if you have a...
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    Should Maths be Compulsory?

    It's amazing how poor some people's maths skills are. I'm talking about simple checkout addition. Compulsory maths sounds like a good idea.
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    How is this course run?

    I talked to my English teacher today. She asked me about my marks. I'm ranked 15th so she said I could do Ext 1. I asked about Ext 2 and she asked how I went in my Ext 1 Exam [she marked them]. We wrote a short story for that. I got 9/10 and she was like, "Oh I must have been impressed...
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    How is this course run?

    Ooh ok. I go to a selective school but we've only talked about Ext 1 right now. Our teachers are pretty down to earth about subject selection and make sure we're choosing something we're capable of or genuinely interested in. I'll talk to my English teacher about it tomorrow. Sigh, I'm...
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    How is this course run?

    Ooh, Ext 2 really sounds amazing. I like the idea of having so much freedom in what we study. Well time management and all that is a bit of a problem for me so I'm not sure if I could handle both Ext 2's. Thanks for the post :) I think I really will give Ext 2 a try! Oh I HATE that sort...
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    How is this course run?

    Haha wow! Well never mind not doing well in advanced if you topped Ext 1 and 2! Congrats on that :D Yeah, I will probably take English Ext 2 as an extra unit next year... I'm not sure if I want to take Maths Ext 2 as well though and I'd rather not take them both! I've emailed one of my past...
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    How is this course run?

    Ohh.. I don't know how it works at my school, whether we have a selection process or what. I haven't heard much about Ext 2 at my school. I know we have 6 Ext 1 classes and only 2 Adv classes though... Hehe, I can't say my English results are very consistent. When I enjoy the area of study...
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    How is this course run?

    Oh I see I see. Yes thank you! Your post was very informative. Ext 2 sounds challenging but I'm very interested now!
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