Illness/Misadventure (1 Viewer)

[moofta]

Two months back I messed up a finger on my left hand (I'm left-handed) playing football and I've been unable to write. I've been to 4 different doctors gotten x-rays/doctors certificates etc but they haven't determined what's wrong with it, and I'm stressing about the HSC because I won't be able to use a writer cause I've done it for assessments etc and I can't do it (time/study).

Do you guys reckon my misadventure application will be upheld? I'm going to go in and write whatever I can, try my best blah blah blah. But yeah Dad's stressin and so am I. Any help would be awesome!. Thanks

 

[Blue Suede]

Apply for all misadventure stuff ASAP. And if you can type, try and get those forms through quickly. There's only a few days left so it's unlikely, but get your act together and get the school's support and hopefully something will work.

 

[moofta]

School knows about it. Forms have to be in by Friday, and I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow. They said that I would get an extra 10 minutes to finish each exam, but that won't help at all. I'm just really anxious about it all, and I've had to study using my laptop which has made my eyes go funny. I feel like such a sook, and if I do get misadventure that would be unfair to everyone else in my class.

 

[Blue Suede]

If extra time won't help, can you try for things like the use of a computer, or somebody to write for you?

Don't feel bad for everyone else. It's quite a stringent system to get the extra provisions, and they only give them to students who deserve them in order to allow you to perform at your best.

 

[moofta]

Na I'd need about an extra 2 hours (absolutely not possible haha). My principal mentioned the laptop option to me, but I didn't look into it vcross I've had writers for assessments recently and It's a really hard thing to tell someone to write 3 1000 word essays coherently, it's probably my only option though .

I've got good ranks too, and I was confident I'd go well in the externals, but studying has been difficult. I shouldn't have played footy this year, but oh well it's not the end of the world!

 

[Blue Suede]

You can apply for break time which is about 10mins per hour and that could help to give your hand a break from writing for a little bit?

I completely agree that writers are hard, especially if you don't have experience with them.

Really hope it works out for you though

 

[moofta]

Yeah It's a real pain. There's tons of other options to get into what I want to do also, so it's not all doom and gloom.
Thanks heaps!! I thought I was going crazy over it all.