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Thoughts of life
« on: July 08, 2018, 09:04:34 pm »
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Howdy there!

I write journals physically at first and then publish then here after for people willing to read my thoughts and views in regards to the cyclical events and situations the we as human beings experience in our everyday lives.

As of 14/06/20, I'm currently in Year 12 and as I'm currently completing my VCE I've decided to place my journal on this forum. For the people who are interested, I'm studying English, Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics, and Economics but that won't matter too much.

Apart from watching a plethora of movies and TV Shows, I also adore listening to music and observing and engaging with the natural landscape which our current society is shamefully neglecting.

William Wordsworth once quoted: "Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart". Thus this is a journal of my thoughts to the materialisation of events that me personally and our society are currently consciously and unconsciously experiencing.

I’ll try to update my journal as often as I can, and let’s see how it goes, cheerio  :P
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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2018, 11:04:47 pm »
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I'm really interested in the commerce and science pathways,
Both are pathways I considered!

I look forward to reading more of this journal. :)
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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2018, 02:03:21 pm »
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Heyo, great to have you on board! :D What are your favourite subjects atm? That might also be interesting to look back on in a year or two!

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2018, 01:00:03 pm »
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Both are pathways I considered!

I look forward to reading more of this journal. :)
Thank you so much!  ;D

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2018, 01:02:26 pm »
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Heyo, great to have you on board! :D What are your favourite subjects atm? That might also be interesting to look back on in a year or two!
Thank you. Tbh, I like all of my subjects that I'm doing at the moment so it's kinda tough to decide, but I slightly like Accounting and Chinese more atm :)

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2018, 01:21:45 pm »
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Term 3 Week 1

English
We've just started reading 1984 as a class and analysising the play (which we finished watching the original film of 1984 last term). At the same time, we also started comparative analysis on 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale.

Maths
We started learning the content of and completing exercises on Counting Methods from the Methods Textbook. Tbh, it was kinda confusing at the start but I'm starting to understanding it more and more as I'm completing the textbook  exercises.

Science
After finishing the content on climate change last term, we've started Physics and doing exercises on Velocity-Time Graphs, Displacement-Time Graphs, Acceleration etc. which I find it pretty interesting.

History
We're currently learning about the Cold War which we just finished how the Cold War started. We'll be learning the conflicts related to the Cold War next week, which I'm looking forward to it.

Accounting
We've done half the content on Credit Transactions, which we learned how to prepare Purchases Journal, Creditors Record, record Payments to creditors in Cash Payments Journal, Calculating Creditors Balance etc. We'll be finishing up the chapter and maybe start on the "Reporting and Managing Credit Transactions" Chapter next week.

Chinese
Not a lot has happened here. We started to learn the vocabulary and the texts of a chapter from our textbook, and that's pretty much it....







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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2018, 02:59:52 pm »
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Nice update! Really hope you enjoy Nineteen Eighty-Four - how are you finding it so far? It's one of my favourite books ever, but then, I didn't have to analyse it at school haha.

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2018, 08:17:41 pm »
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Nice update! Really hope you enjoy Nineteen Eighty-Four - how are you finding it so far? It's one of my favourite books ever, but then, I didn't have to analyse it at school haha.
Thanks! After finishing reading 1984, I can say it is also one of my favourite books. Considering it is a dystopian novel, it kind of reminds me of Animal Farm which I thought both novels are based on totalitarian regimes, from Big Brother to Napoleon. I thought Michael Radford's film adaptation of 1984 was very accurate and truly reflects the events that happened in the novel, particularly the emotions Winston experiences in Room 101.

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2018, 08:36:36 pm »
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Week 2 to 4

English
We've finished reading the play version of 1984 including analysing it and watching Radford's film adaptation of the classic novel. We are also halfway-through reading Handmaid's Tale as a class.

Maths
We've finished Permutations and Combinations Chapter, which I overall did not like it as much as the other chapters we've covered from the Methods Textbook. Afterwards, we covered the Recursion and Financial Modelling chapter from the Further 3/4 Textbook which tbh I enjoyed it more.

Science
We have finally finished and covered the content in Physics. We will be revising and doing more question to consolidate our knowledge.

History
We've covered the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and e are just about to finsih the Vietam War.

Accounting
We've covered Chapters 13 and 14 from the textbook, which the primary focus was on credit transactions, and reporting and managing credit transactions. We will shortly learn about Balance Day Adjustments which I'm looking forward to it.

Chinese
We had a speaking outcome on how can the internet help students learn. I thought I did alright, which the teacher thought my speech is pretty good.

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2018, 08:49:17 pm »
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Term 3 Week 5
English
We are nearly done reading the Handmaid's Tale as a class, which we have been increasingly comparing it with 1984. I plan to watch some episodes of the Handmaid's Tale television series for fun  ;D

Maths
We have moved on to circular functions, which my teacher talked about the unit circle. Tbh, my trig knowledge is kinda rusty considering the fact that it has been a while since I've touched on trig.

Science
Apart from a prac report that it's yet to be completed, we've finished physics and will be starting chem next week.

History
We finished learning about the Vietnam War and I currently not exactly sure what we will be learning next...  :o

Accounting
Our class already completed half of the exercises in the Balance Day Adjustment Chapter, and I'm enjoying going through the chapter so far.

Chinese
We are preparing for a listening comprehension outcome that will be undertaken in a couple weeks, which I'm not finding it too difficult. 

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2018, 09:04:32 pm »
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Term 3 Week 5

Maths
We have moved on to circular functions, which my teacher talked about the unit circle. Tbh, my trig knowledge is kinda rusty considering the fact that it has been a while since I've touched on trig.

Science
Apart from a prac report that it's yet to be completed, we've finished physics and will be starting chem next week.



Make sure you pay attention for trig as there are lots of people who still struggle with it in year 12 - if you can build a solid foundation now that will be really useful.


What's the prac report on? What topics are you covering?


It's good to hear that you are finding things pretty manageable at the moment - I just hope that doesn't mean boring :)

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2018, 09:18:21 pm »
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Make sure you pay attention for trig as there are lots of people who still struggle with it in year 12 - if you can build a solid foundation now that will be really useful.


What's the prac report on? What topics are you covering?


It's good to hear that you are finding things pretty manageable at the moment - I just hope that doesn't mean boring :)
Thanks for the advice! My prac report is on the Law of Conservation of Energy through a cart and ramp experiment which we also need to explain and analyse the findings through Velocity-Time and Displacement-Time graphs. In trig, topics that we will probably be covering include the exact values of sin, cos, tan and the unit circle eg. complementary relationships and perhaps even graphs of the circular functions.

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2018, 07:58:13 pm »
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Term 3 Week 6

English
Our teacher gave us practice topics for our upcoming outcome on comparative analysis, which the topic I focused on was " 'Dystopian worlds are bleak and without hope.' Compare how the truth of this statement is reflected in the two texts. " In my draft, I talked about how the two texts (1984 and the Handmaid's Tale) had the element of totalitarian Power and Control, Compliance with the state etc.

Maths
We made significant process in learning the trigonometry content, which we are up to graphing trig functions and so far I'm understanding the content that's been taught.

Science
We've begun chem and I'm honestly kinda struggling with it mainly because I forgot most of the content I learned last year...... Hopefully I'm able to catch up :-\

History
We've been assigned to do a 5 to 8 minute oral presentation which is on a significant event that happened after World War II. I choose the Peace movement (1960s) and I'm currently researching on the topic.

Accounting
Finished learning and working through all of the exercises (both practical and theory) in the Balance Day Adjustments Chapter. We are doing practice tests for the upcoming outcome.

Chinese
We mainly did practice listening-comprehension tests, and translating texts which I think I have them under control.

Other events
At school, we did a bake off competition between the houses, which the money earned and raised were all donated to the Melbourne City Mission. It was a huge success, which we overall raised over $1000. But, we are yet to find out which house raised the most money which I'm looking forward to the announcement that will take place next week.

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2018, 07:46:45 pm »
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How can you do VCE subjects at such an early year?

omg I remember the accounting days lol. i hated that subject so much but it was quite easy (managed a 40+ study score!)
For chemistry, it's important you understand the concept back to front, otherwise VCE chem is going to smack you hard. I literally spent everyday revising for chem and it still managed to be my lowest scoring subject (34 SS raw)

keep up the good work with maths! you're definitely going places.
Thanks! Well I was in an accelerating program, which we did Legal Unit 1 in Semester 1 and Bus Man Unit 1 in Semester 2 instead of History last year. Infact, I was meant to be a full-time Year 11 student this year and even undertake 3/4 Bus Man or Legal this year but I moved schools, which our electives for this year are a range of VCE Subjects we can choose from (eg. Accounting 1/2, Psych 1/2, Eco 1/2, even Extended Investigation as a 3/4). Btw congrats on your study scores  ;D

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Re: My VCE Journey - Jborn007
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2018, 09:35:54 pm »
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