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Assignments or Exams? (1 Viewer)
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x.Exhaust.x
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Lol if I gave my parents my assignments, they'd probably at least get me a C, if lucky, a B, if really lucky, an AAerath said:
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d3vilz
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i prefer doing exams for subjects that require a lot writing, i.e history & the social sciences/humanities. it shows who has the brains and who doesn't
in assignements i do fairly well (usually near the top) but once in a while i seem to screw something up. assignements can easily be plagarised and sometimes the "dumber kids" get better marks than the "smarter ones"
in assignements i do fairly well (usually near the top) but once in a while i seem to screw something up. assignements can easily be plagarised and sometimes the "dumber kids" get better marks than the "smarter ones"
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Projectile motion is easy. I reckon Simple Harmonic Motion questions can get a lot tricker than projectile motions questions. Ofcourse, it's not as if SHM is very hard either.sikhman said:
It's the subjects where you think that shows who has the brains. Not who can memorise their textbook better. Math = use brain. History = BS your way through the test, or memorise stuff.
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Assignments FTW... can't stand exams... i feel all yucky under exam conditions... and den i just get a mind blank.... guess ill have to get used to it for HSC externals
guess ill have to get used to it for HSC externals Move to Qld. There's no such thing as HSC externals.jellybelly59 said:Assignments FTW... can't stand exams... i feel all yucky under exam conditions... and den i just get a mind blank....
x.Exhaust.x
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Isn't there a final exam such as the 'SAC?' in QLD? If not, QLD here I come! Correct me if wrong selabladselablad said:
, I'm not sure about the QLD education system there.Edit: Woot! assignments is leading by 2 votes!
I have no idea what the SAC is You'll have to explain what that means...
Queensland has the Core Skills Test at the end of the year, but it doesn't have anything to do with any subjects and you can't really study for it, it just makes sure you know the basics of english, maths etc from year 10 level. You have to write an essay and do a bunch of multiple choice questions and stuff. It doesn't really test you, but your school, to see how your school ranked that year.
You should come to Qld anyway...it's better
You'll have to explain what that means...Queensland has the Core Skills Test at the end of the year, but it doesn't have anything to do with any subjects and you can't really study for it, it just makes sure you know the basics of english, maths etc from year 10 level. You have to write an essay and do a bunch of multiple choice questions and stuff. It doesn't really test you, but your school, to see how your school ranked that year.
You should come to Qld anyway...it's better
x.Exhaust.x
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Yeah I'm not sure about the SAC as well. But I heard that it's like a final exam in QLD like the HSC in NSW and for Victoria, the 'VCE'.selablad said:I have no idea what the SAC is
Queensland has the Core Skills Test at the end of the year, but it doesn't have anything to do with any subjects and you can't really study for it, it just makes sure you know the basics of english, maths etc from year 10 level. You have to write an essay and do a bunch of multiple choice questions and stuff. It doesn't really test you, but your school, to see how your school ranked that year.
You should come to Qld anyway...it's better
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Believe me its happened before and the kids have even talked about how they had parent help or copied off the internet.Aerath said:
For example one kids mum worked in a bank, we had a maths assignment on compound interest and bank loans and that kid got 20/20 and she even said after she got her marks back that her mum did it for her.
In the exam she got 30% or something.
Never heard of a SAC, but we don't have final exams for each subject in Qld, just the QCS as a general make-sure-you're-not-all-stupid-idiots test.
Our OP is taken as all of your assessments taken together...and for a lot of subjects, they count assessments from both years, so none of this bludging in the "preliminary" year
Our OP is taken as all of your assessments taken together...and for a lot of subjects, they count assessments from both years, so none of this bludging in the "preliminary" year
x.Exhaust.x
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Ah I see. Actually, now I'm glad I'm not living in QLD, because my half yearly exams I believe didn't go so well, but in-class tasks and assignments are greatselablad said:Never heard of a SAC, but we don't have final exams for each subject in Qld, just the QCS as a general make-sure-you're-not-all-stupid-idiots test.
Our OP is taken as all of your assessments taken together...and for a lot of subjects, they count assessments from both years, so none of this bludging in the "preliminary" year
. If I were in your shoes, the pressure would be on.Well, it's kind of like each assessment doesn't matter so much, because there's so many of them, so if you screw up one, it doesn't matter...but if you screwed up your HSC exam, isn't that like 50% of your marks gone or something? I like my system better, but each to his ownRazizi said:
Also, this may be a stupid question, but why do you all have "half-yearly" exams like now, and at the end of last term? Where I come from, half-yearly means June...
qftAerath said:What goes around comes around.
Yeah, but we basically only have 3 terms in Year 11. Term 4 is considered Year 12.selablad said:Well, it's kind of like each assessment doesn't matter so much, because there's so many of them, so if you screw up one, it doesn't matter...but if you screwed up your HSC exam, isn't that like 50% of your marks gone or something? I like my system better, but each to his own
Also, this may be a stupid question, but why do you all have "half-yearly" exams like now, and at the end of last term? Where I come from, half-yearly means June...
Hahaha...so you don't do anything for a whole term? Oh wait, when do you write your HSC exams?lyounamu said:No Term 4 for Year 12 students. It is during Term 4 when Year 12 students nervously wait for HSC results and those who can't, end up commiting suicides.