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  1. Scinery

    Selective Schools: Good or Bad?

    lol yea ok u win
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    Selective Schools: Good or Bad?

    LOL no shit. yeah thats why im all anti now. its helping though. i spent my afternoon helping my cousin with chem. i really am rather bright xD oh but i wouldnt RATHER go to a comprehensive school, i LOVE my school and its competitive discussion-ness. i just dont like what it does to people.
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    Selective Schools: Good or Bad?

    Well no, im comparing myself to other students among me who are under the impression that students at comprehensive schools are mentally retarded, and when they realise that oh golly gosh they arent, it comes back and bites them in the ass...i.e they get turned down for a job and find out that...
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    Adv/Ext Eng Essay Skills

    lol i've found that teachers care less about the content than they do about the structure of the essay, Every paragraph is a Mini essay- topic sentence, quote effect and link to thesis its really easy to produce a 17/20 essay in about 20 minutes without passion. i usually spend hours on my...
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    Selective Schools: Good or Bad?

    Ive been having this argument with some people a lot lately and being a selective student myself i think that the system is fucked and should die. as in, there should be no such system. a) A student is pushed to the limit with study at the age of ten b) When they are entered into a...
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    Teacher Power???

    a guy in my school, was on probation for school certificate and then did really badly, so was "asked to leave the school" (selective) and his parents begged and begged for him to stay. but he wanted to do extension english..but the teachers obviously had a good hook behind them to "strongly...
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    Algebra Help

    This probably doesnt belong here, but Shoey93 i dont think its the best idea in the world to be planning your preliminary courses in year 9. aside from getting hammered on BOS, its really putting unneccessary pressure on yourself in the future. in year 9 i was SET on doing ancient, legal, and...
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    are you dropping

    If your not one to procrastinate, then feel free. im dropping drama because i know i wont be able to handle both. Also your obviously motivated to do both and its been done before..so go for it
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    Algebra Help

    disgrace*. sorry for un-ending the ended discussion. i couldnt resist :$
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    Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides for Preliminary HSC?

    Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides? ew @ coroneos. wasted $50 on it and havent touched it all year. i wanna sell it. ive given it many chances..but in the end i just keep coming back to understanding year 11 maths (2 & 3 Unit course) for Concepts Excel (borrowed) for tests Cambridge...
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    Mark my speech

    i cant really criticize, but if your short a few seconds... i would just add a little more depth in analysing holden himself from antolini's POV. steal some extra marks.
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    are you dropping

    Dropping drama which is mean of me (because theres 6 people in the class atm) but i cant take 2 practical subjects... but its okay because my teacher expects me to drop it anyway....assuming that my *curry parents* dont approve :P picking up extension history. :D:D
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    Future Plans: What ATAR/course/job are you aiming for?

    Re: What UAI are you aiming for? arghhhh am i the only unconfident boredofstudies'er with high goals. Arts(Media & Communications)/ Law @ Usyd or Media & Communications by itself anywhere....99!??!?? anything else is just like...international studies SAM PUT ME AT 91 I HAVE...
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    How to study maths?

    Re: 回复: Re: How to study maths? Thats motivational! lol yep yep graphs and algebra is exactly what i've been doing. aaand arithmetic. LOL, it cant be nonsense if it's true, but no our school doesnt offer general maths; and covered virtually 2/3's of the 2unit course in year 10..which...
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    How to study maths?

    lol omg i can do algebra. but like last week i did a topic test on Basic Algebra and Arithmetic (1st topic prelim) and got 77% which just doesnt cut it for me when ive been learning it since year 7. its FRUSTRATING. ohhh im doing extension 1 in the first place because i didnt want to do 13...
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    How to study maths?

    thanks for all the help guys ok a couple of u asked about why im doing extension maths and maths in the first place. i go to a selective school and all my friends are math freaks so my immediate competition is pretty high. i got 95 for maths in school cert and that was really WTF. and...
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    How to study maths?

    OK. ive been trialling and tribulating for 2 years trying to improve in maths. and ive searched the ends of this site trying to find what i need. The Issue: i cant do better in maths Why not : ive failed maths (figuratively) since year 8, and so because i havent been able to grasp essential...
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    do you wear glasses + how much do you study for?

    ive been wearing contacts for 2 years, but i changed to glasses 3 weeks ago its coz now ive started experimenting with polyphasic sleep, like powernapping. i nap once after school and once after dinner, and sleep from about 3:30am to 7am. so i cant wear contacts cos its a pain to take it off...
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    Organising Work (merged)

    Re: Folders or Books? hmm ill be checking out the marcquelle thread. i think going back to school would be...exciting. except for that everyone would be younger than me? :uhoh: i use a 5 subject notebook and individual subject sleeves inside a zip-up organiser folder thing. i i assumed...
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    2008 Preliminary Roll Call

    lol omg i thought it was too late to be roll called. hey everyone xD ok so i started off doing economics i dropped that on the 2nd day and picked up drama Drama Chemistry Advanced English English Extension Maths Extension Maths Modern History...
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