Prelim ---> HSC - Holiday AKA Extended Study Period (2 Viewers)

[Casmira]

lets not forget, homework is close to identical of study

if you do homework for example, on maths and youre learning probability, you've basically done the study for that, i mean you wouldnt do the homework, then do it again would you

 

[elisabeth]

woah u pplz are scarying me...i am so lazy and i probably wont study...i deserve to fail the HSC... the only excuse i have is that i do 2 languages and u cant 'study' for them

haha, bullshit. you can:

- learn new vocab (esp. with italian, if it's beginners, a wider range of vocab will help a lot)
- do online tutorials on grammar
- practise writing in the languages (letters/emails to a penfriend is more interesting)
- practise reading - again, heaps of stuff online.
- are you at OHS? If so, you could do a bunch of your modules
- listen to french/italian music! I have a lot, pm me if you want to know who.

not saying you have to do any of that. hell, i do german cont. and i don't plan on doing much of that but there is always stuff you can do...

 

[mack]

12-13 hours at this stage will be counter-productive, trust me, you will burn out and return to school a zombie. I did 3-4 hours of study, and read my English texts a few times, and that was more than enough to get excellent marks at school after the holidays. I know people who did absolutely nothing in those holidays and still got a very high UAI.

 

[TimeAndTide]

I tried 13 hours yesterday. It was alright. Listened to music while doing it.

 

[velox]

so that means u got like 2 hours worth of solid study done
Even ruse ppl dont study 13 hours a day. Its stupid.

 

[mack]

Trust me, the law of diminishing returns sets in after the 4th or 5th hour. There is absolutely no need to do 13 hours at this stage.

 

[Numero Uno]

13 hours ?? .. yeah thats ridiculous
im only gonna do 12 hours

 

[JamiL]

i agree with wrx, that is rudiculus... im doin a few at best, jus get my work ive set 2 do done, easy.

 

[Sweets]

Omg today i only did 27 hours of study!! what a tragedy...my life is over!!!!!!!!!

 

[TimeAndTide]

Pfffftt...stupid, a day only has 25 hours

 

[Sweets]

har de har har

 

[mack]

Do what I did, make the Earth spin slower, thus enabling 36 hours in a day.

 

[wrong_turn]

does anyone have the same problem? at the beginning of the year, say in year 10 and 11, you promise yourself that you will do all your homework the day it was set. but then start to slacken off half way through the first term.

this could be due to burn out or lack of motivation,or just plain lazy. then you begin to pick up the pieces just before your yearlys.

i can't study!! i stop every time i try.

 

[wrong_turn]

i look at that 5 digit thread, and that gives me inspiration. i then come to the realisatin of why we are getting educated? to be assessed in society and to be eased into the conformed society that we have to follow.

 

[DanielleM]

well im going to study 24 hours a day...
suck on that....
i want to be the biggest nerd ever

 

[wrong_turn]

well im going to study 24 hours a day...
suck on that....
i want to be the biggest nerd ever

refer to five digits to see whether you are a nerd.

 

[TimeAndTide]

Hi,

Im one of these Baulkham people.

I'd like to say you're dribbling shit.

I didn't study more then 2 hours a day even during StuVac.

Good luck with 12 hours a day from now till this time next year.

Sounds like youll need more then luck

If i wanted to dribble shit, I'd get Mack to shit in my mouth.

Its not like all of you study 12 or more/less. What a dicktard, singling yourself out for your school.

 

[velox]

NO. No-one studies that much.

 

[Kazuya]

12-13 hrs/day is way too much, a few hours is enough. Otherwise come next year when the work and assessments pile up you really will burn out.

i only did homework during the xmas holidays, really

Anyway, what is there to study? For English i guess it's ok, you can do practice essays and look for related material. But you've only just started the HSC course for your other subjects. There's not that much to revise, unless you work ahead...

it's good that you're doing some work but i think you should savour your last real holiday. During Year 12 you study a lot more anyway, eg. during lunch, frees, etc.

 

[argo0986]

Listen don't do that 12-13 hour bullshit.......i got 87.95 in the UAI and all i did was catch up and do some notes from term 1......relax because its the only chance you'll get!

When your trials and half yearlies come, the study you do will be immensed in your head for the HSC...and the 2 weeks before the exams should be used for extra revising