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JackH10

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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2020, 04:14:12 pm »
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I love your choice of Latin! May I ask what led you to that decision? Definitely in line with that 99.9 aim, and is beneficial because it not only scales up so much, but it doesn't contain the speaking element which traditionally poses a lot of pressure, as well as the fact you're basically on an even ledger with the rest of the people taking the subject!
Thanks Jimmy for the encouragement :), and I swear it's a genuine struggle to keep these up to date. As for why I chose latin, you got my motivations pretty much spot on. It was a combination of all of those, and also, I was thinking after stopping it last year, but our teacher game some of the class 'honours(year 11)' original latin as a head start, and it was really challenging, but simultaneously, very rewarding. So I'm looking forward to restarting soon, although getting back into it after a long break is not great, especially in terms of grammar/vocab.
Hope to hear more from you too :)
Hi Jack,

I did biology last year and worked through Edrolo 3/4. I would say Douchy is rather good at covering most aspects of the study design, (that said, there are definitely things that he skims over and a few aspects where he goes into too much detail). I used Edrolo to introduce myself to new topics, supplemented with the reading of the textbook. I also wrote notes for the whole of the Edrolo course, jotting down all the important things I wanted to remember from the videos. While this is certainly not necessary, I did this because I know I personally learn most efficiently when I am actively writing stuff down (although obviously this takes a bit more time). Thereby, my primary suggestion to you would be to find out how you learn content best and work out how Edrolo fits into the equation. However, you should at least write a key bits of information that you may be likely to forget from the videos and any questions which arise from watching the videos (you can then review these points later without having to re-watch the entire Edrolo course  ;)).

The best way to efficiently use the text book is to USE the study design at the same time. It literally notes down, in dot point form, exactly what you will need to know for the end of year exam. So, print one off and put it beside you when you are reading your textbook. That way, if the book begins to delve too deep into certain topics (e.g. some textbooks go into too much detail about cellular respiration), then you won't have to worry because you know whether you will need to know it or not. Personally, I found that my school powerpoints were rather good at covering the course (most but not all of the time), so I primarily used the textbook to introduce myself to new topics (light reading) and to clarify anything I was unsure of when writing notes. Also I did write a guide with lots of other resources/tips if you'd like to look here

In terms of what you missed in 1/2, I wouldn't worry too much. In my experience, most of the stuff that you need to know from 1/2 is taught again in units 3/4 anyway. But there is an easy way to be sure  8) just check out the study design to make sure your class is covering everything you need to know.

Hope this helps, I'm excited to follow your journal through 2020.
Thanks for the great advice Chocolatemilkshake, didn't think to use textbook and Study design at the same time! I also read your guide, very insightful, hope I can get such a score as well  ;D. Totally related from the first sentence about reading all the AN guides to the struggle of finding the right resources. Look forward to finding Douchy's podcast.
Hope you have a good rest of the holidays, and hope to see you on here again soon :)
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2020, 07:13:27 pm »
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Hey JackH10!
Great to see you coming back to your journal! I can definitely relate to how they can be hard to keep up to date sometimes! How did you go with Biology last year? What subject do you think you'll enjoy most this year?
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2020, 05:10:43 pm »
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Hey JackH10!
Great to see you coming back to your journal! I can definitely relate to how they can be hard to keep up to date sometimes! How did you go with Biology last year? What subject do you think you'll enjoy most this year?
Thanks, I was afriad that I wasn't ever going to post again!  :-\ Anyways, I didn't do Biology as a 1/2, so we just covered a bit of immunology and genetics in science. They were both pretty good, but I'm sure it wasn't as in depth as 3/4. I'm not quite sure what subject I'll enjoy most actually, I'm finding biology quite fascinating as of late. It'll probably end up between Bio, Physics or latin. What about you? :)
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2020, 06:34:23 pm »
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Thanks, I was afriad that I wasn't ever going to post again!  :-\ Anyways, I didn't do Biology as a 1/2, so we just covered a bit of immunology and genetics in science. They were both pretty good, but I'm sure it wasn't as in depth as 3/4. I'm not quite sure what subject I'll enjoy most actually, I'm finding biology quite fascinating as of late. It'll probably end up between Bio, Physics or latin. What about you? :)

I love how Biology really relates to everyday life! For me it will probably end up being Legal or Further as I am bad at English, dislike the Psychology teacher and am only doing HHD cause the school said I had to have another subject.
Thats so cool that you're taking Latin! What made you choose Latin over any other languages?
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2020, 02:32:57 pm »
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That's awesome that you're already aiming for a 99.9! In year 10, I was only hoping to aim for a 90+, as opposed to now, where I've finally decided to at least aim for 99+. You must have a lot of passion, drive and ambition for such a quest! All the best for your studies!
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2020, 09:14:39 pm »
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Sorry for the late reply y'all
I love how Biology really relates to everyday life! For me it will probably end up being Legal or Further as I am bad at English, dislike the Psychology teacher and am only doing HHD cause the school said I had to have another subject.
Thats so cool that you're taking Latin! What made you choose Latin over any other languages?
Yeah definitely, it's great to apply concepts which you learned to your surrounding environment staight away. Forcing more subjects onto you doesn't sound very fun :/, but I guess you'll never know how the subject will be until you go through it yourself. Hope you thoroughly enjoy Further and Legal though!
Not going to lie, the scale up for latin was very appealing ;D and some of the stories which you get to translate are pretty interesting, if you end up translating it correctly. I also found that I'm not too bad at it, and with some work, I think I'll be able to enjoy it more. Chinese in year 11 was the main other option for me as I'm chinese, but as I came here when I was 5, I had to enrol in SLA, which is against other students coming from China in year 6. That along with the insurmountable workload to do well, and the fact that I never truly enjoyed it, made it a chore which I didn't want to slave away at.
That's awesome that you're already aiming for a 99.9! In year 10, I was only hoping to aim for a 90+, as opposed to now, where I've finally decided to at least aim for 99+. You must have a lot of passion, drive and ambition for such a quest! All the best for your studies!
That's great to hear, never hurts to aim (99.9 still looks very unachieveable right now  :-\), and congrats on your 43 in Bus Man! Welp, I hope I had more of those qualities, the journey is going to be long, but I have an older brother who's already being through the process and I think that really helped me to adjust my goals accordingly :) You never know, by the end of this year, you could very well be the one with a 99.9 already  ;) Wish you the best for your studies as well  ;D
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2020, 09:27:02 pm »
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Less than One week till school starts again UPDATE:
Went to some free AN Lectures for Spesh, Methods and Bio. Pretty helpful, and it was great to turn up the Bio lecture and understanding most of the concepts covered, definitely helped consolidate some knowledge. Really enjoyed Spesh lecture, was expecting to be brain dead after, but surprisingly good! Methods was alright, quite a lot of information was revision, some new aspects were covered well though. Otherwise, soccer training has restarted for a couple of weeks now and it's definitely nice to stay active during holidays :) And told I'm playing in a quartet for House Music in like a month  :-\. Background Info: I kind messed up my first solo last year, and was not great... This year's piece is a lot harder and more chamber music than before with better players... Kinda scared, ready to practice 40hrs a day like LingLing.
Homework Summary:
Latin: NEED TO REVISE GRAMMAR AND VOCAB
Chem: Homework Booklet complete  :)
English: Ok.. Haven't really made any progress... :(
Methods: Completed :)
Spesh: Completed :)
Physics: Completed :)
Biology: Still enjoying it :)
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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2020, 05:01:26 pm »
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The AN lectures were great. I only went to 3/4 bio, as the 1/2 ones weren't in the city and were harder to get to, but I found it great. Glad to hear you're still enjoying biology! Are you finding anything overwhelming because you didn't do 1/2?

Good on you having done so much of your homework. Best of luck getting that english stuff done!

When are you back at school?

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Re: Memes, Dreams and Teams of getting that 99.9
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2020, 02:37:30 pm »
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The AN lectures were great. I only went to 3/4 bio, as the 1/2 ones weren't in the city and were harder to get to, but I found it great. Glad to hear you're still enjoying biology! Are you finding anything overwhelming because you didn't do 1/2?

Good on you having done so much of your homework. Best of luck getting that english stuff done!

When are you back at school?
Haven't found anything too challenging just yet, hope it continues throughout the year :), but it could be because of the amount of time that you're allowed if you focus mainly on the one subject, and I feel like that'll change when school starts again. So guess we'll have to just wait and see. I start school tomorrow, what about you? Thanks for the encouragement  :D
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