2015ers Chit-Chat Thread (7 Viewers)

[Ekman]

I personally have to thank astab for this question:

May someone tell me of the advantages and disadvantages of MERs (preferably 3 costs and 3 benefits, looking at eco growth, employment, external stability). Apologies if the question has been asked, just direct me to the page.

It ended up being my essay question

 

[Katsumi]

lol did you ever stuff up any exams for general hahahaha

I got 26/40 in my first task, which i consider as quite the faliure.

I've always been naturally intelligent to a certain extent (that or i am a hard worker) so i rarely get devistating exam results unless i don't study what so ever.

General math is cancer though

 

[bigdawstv]

I got 26/40 in my first task, which i consider as quite the faliure.

I've always been naturally intelligent to a certain extent (that or i am a hard worker) so i rarely get devistating exam results unless i don't study what so ever.

General math is cancer though

26/40 is alright, general maths is killing me, Despite the average being around 40% I think its going to kill the fuk out of my atar

 

[Katsumi]

26/40 is alright, general maths is killing me, Despite the average being around 40% I think its going to kill the fuk out of my atar

As i say with everyone, just try your best and if you fail learn from the experience and move on.

There are always pathways and life is long.

 

[bigdawstv]

As i say with everyone, just try your best and if you fail learn from the experience and move on.

There are always pathways and life is long.

potentially I think my school mark will be around 40/50 and thats for general lol, pretty depressing

 

[Katsumi]

potentially I think my school mark will be around 40/50 and thats for general lol, pretty depressing

I'm sure you'll be fine hahaha. It's done and all you have now is the future.

 

[bigdawstv]

I'm sure you'll be fine hahaha. It's done and all you have now is the future.

lol true

 

[Flop21]

I hate business so much.

Seriously, I've just slowly come to this realisation. It's so bad, I actually use to like it in year 11, now all of a sudden I'm hating it??? At literally the worst time I could start to hate it???

I think I'm just hating all the boring content and rote subjects like english and business. I'm starting to really like maths more and biology because I feel it's interesting and relevant, maybe that's it.


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By the way, anyone getting a major project marked? Mine is getting marked on Tuesday. Pretty nervous lol.

 

[Crisium]

I hate business so much.

Seriously, I've just slowly come to this realisation. It's so bad, I actually use to like it in year 11, now all of a sudden I'm hating it??? At literally the worst time I could start to hate it???

I think I'm just hating all the boring content and rote subjects like english and business. I'm starting to really like maths more and biology because I feel it's interesting and relevant, maybe that's it.


AgghHhgh



By the way, anyone getting a major project marked? Mine is getting marked on Tuesday. Pretty nervous lol.

In a way this is actually a good thing because maths and the sciences will do a lot more to your ATAR than business

Play around with the ATAR calculators you'll be surprised

Good luck with your major

 

[porcupinetree]

Anyone have tips for improving handwriting in English? I got my trial mark the other day and was very pleasantly surprised, however I got a couple of comments from the markers saying that I should try to improve my handwriting. One of them said that she had to read through one of my essays a few times before she could fully read all words. I understand that it's not the end of the world if my writing's a bit messy, but does anyone have any tips? Because I would (of course) prefer to have neater handwriting rather than messier, to make it easier for the HSC markers

 

[Ekman]

Anyone have tips for improving handwriting in English? I got my trial mark the other day and was very pleasantly surprised, however I got a couple of comments from the markers saying that I should try to improve my handwriting. One of them said that she had to read through one of my essays a few times before she could fully read all words. I understand that it's not the end of the world if my writing's a bit messy, but does anyone have any tips? Because I would (of course) prefer to have neater handwriting rather than messier, to make it easier for the HSC markers

According to my teacher, BOSTES will do everything it can to read your responses (the senior markers there apparently can read anything), even if the handwriting it messy. So don't waste time on making sure your handwriting looks good. Congrats on your mark btw

 

[porcupinetree]

I hate business so much.

Seriously, I've just slowly come to this realisation. It's so bad, I actually use to like it in year 11, now all of a sudden I'm hating it??? At literally the worst time I could start to hate it???

I think I'm just hating all the boring content and rote subjects like english and business. I'm starting to really like maths more and biology because I feel it's interesting and relevant, maybe that's it.


AgghHhgh



By the way, anyone getting a major project marked? Mine is getting marked on Tuesday. Pretty nervous lol.

Try (I know it's hard, but try) to think on the positive side - there's only 2 more months until you never have to think about all that boring content ever again. Also, in a way, subjects where rote learning is key are good, because it's not necessarily a competition of natural skill, instead your ability to memorise. In these subjects, putting in a lot of effort will (probably) result in a good mark, which might not be the case for other subjects like maths if you're naturally not at all inclined to maths.

 

[porcupinetree]

This is the sad story of my life lol


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You can always PM me if you need any help with maths man, I'd be glad to offer any advice

 

[Crisium]

This is the sad story of my life lol


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wtf LOL

You're good at maths stop fishing for comments m9

 

[Ekman]

That moment when you realise you said "A depreciation causes a reduction in imported inflation" in your essay.

The thing is, it is true for some reason. RBA seems to continue its expansionary stance, and the inflation rates have been relatively low, during these times of a depreciating currency. Textbook =/= Real life

 

[Flop21]

English isn't complete rote learning though - you still need to understand your texts as a whole and understand what you're talking about in your essay. But yeah, there's the memorising of quotes and technique or full essays which is annoying haha

Confession: I wish I had reevaluated my subjects because I have so many regrets right now

Nah, never said it was ALL rote learning. I hate it mainly because it's so irrelevant for me and boring. Those two things come hand in hand for me it seems... if it's irrelevant it becomes boring.

I don't mind rote learning if it's interesting. Take biology for example, love it.



EDIT: Also if anyone is depressed over their trial marks, don't worry. I surely did worse than everyone. We have a while to improve dramatically before HSC anyway.

 

[rawrliongirl]

I think i completely failed my english trials. I saw my mark for one of my essays (that i didnt get to finish) and i got 6/20 -_- i think my rank has plummeted and i dont think theres much hope for me in english anymore... i didn't look at the rest of my marks, but im assuming i still did below average since i have been all year. will my atar suffer a lot from this? D:

 

[Crisium]

i'm not fishing for comments though...

my maths trial results was just... fk

PM me?

 

[Crisium]

I think i completely failed my english trials. I saw my mark for one of my essays (that i didnt get to finish) and i got 6/20 -_- i think my rank has plummeted and i dont think theres much hope for me in english anymore... i didn't look at the rest of my marks, but im assuming i still did below average since i have been all year. will my atar suffer a lot from this? D:

Haha I think we're on the same boat there (I haven't received my results yet though :/ )

I put a huge emphasis on answering the question for Module A and C because I felt as if they were my strongest and I only managed to write 2/3 of my Module B essay :/

Your ATAR shouldn't suffer too badly as long as you do well in your other subjects to compensate for this + There's still the external exams to go so don't be too disheartened

 

[rawrliongirl]

Haha I think we're on the same boat there (I haven't received my results yet though :/ )

I put a huge emphasis on answering the question for Module A and C because I felt as if they were my strongest and I only managed to write 2/3 of my Module B essay :/

Your ATAR shouldn't suffer too badly as long as you do well in your other subjects to compensate for this + There's still the external exams to go so don't be too disheartened

I wrote 2 paragraphs on an additional poem for module B, and wrote one bit of analysis for the actual poem they wanted us to talk about (i hadn't studied that poem which is why i left it till last but then j ran out of time) and the teacher marked me as if my other two paragraphs didnt even exist

kids, the Moral of the story is: know all your poems, even ones you dont think they would ever specify bc i didnt think ever think theyd specify this poem, but they did [emoji29] [emoji30]