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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #75 on: October 11, 2017, 10:41:46 am »
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Wow. Your English teacher is either a) retiring soon,  b) lost the passion to teach, c) hates your class or d) some other reason for being this bad.

Its actually all of these lmao

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #76 on: October 11, 2017, 11:24:30 am »
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Wow. Your English teacher is either a) retiring soon,  b) lost the passion to teach, c) hates your class or d) some other reason for being this bad.
or has got a somewhat guranteed contract LOL

teachers are always good (well hard working) for the first 6 months - 2 years when their future is uncertain but when it's not heaps drop off heavily .

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« Reply #77 on: October 17, 2017, 03:53:45 pm »
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Wow. Your English teacher is either a) retiring soon,  b) lost the passion to teach, c) hates your class or d) some other reason for being this bad.

I actually don't get this passive aggressiveness from your teacher. I highly recommend you document if you can what he has done and get other students in the class to back you up & got to your year level co-ordinator to report this behaviour.
What he is doing is inappropriate and unprofessional as well. I know this won't change anything for you and your class most likely, but hopefully it will stop him teaching Year 12 next year.
As for getting feedback, try going to other English teachers for feedback if possible on your practice work or here on ATARNotes.

All the best though zhen. You have sympathy for your predicament.


or has got a somewhat guranteed contract LOL

teachers are always good (well hard working) for the first 6 months - 2 years when their future is uncertain but when it's not heaps drop off heavily .
Everyone suspects that some of the notorious teachers at my school have contracts which is why they can get away with it in spite of the fact that even other teachers joke about how bad they are. I think my English teacher has just lost his desire to teach and does not want to cope with the workload of properly teaching and marking essays.

17/10/2017
Had my last SAC today!!  ;D I think I did a decent amount of study for it so hopefully it was ok. Also over the holidays until now, I’ve done quite a bit of English. I feel decently ready for comparative and argument analysis but not ready enough for text response. From now until the exam I will cram Medea hard. I also need to do more specialist and chemistry exams. Methods is going ok but I need to really limit those stupid mistakes. I plan on studying hard from now until the last exam and hopefully I’ll get an atar high enough to either tutor certain subjects or get a scholarship. Anyway, good luck to everyone studying for exams! :)

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #78 on: October 28, 2017, 10:40:33 pm »
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28/10/2017
It’s nearly time for our final exams. I’m pretty content with the amount of work I’ve done for English, but hopefully I can squeeze in like 5 more essays before the exam. I don’t really feel prepared for English but I don’t know if I’ll ever feel prepared for English. I’ll just try to do my best and not panic. I’m praying that I get topics I’ve done before and that the argument analysis piece is something that I like. I really need to start studying hard for my other subjects after English finishes. This year has been pretty good considering all the unique challenges I’ve faced. (You can read about them throughout my journal) Over the last month I’ve been stressing out about whether I can get a 99, but recently during the time that I’ve tried the hardest I’m thinking that it doesn’t matter what score I get. What matters is the process and the challenges I’ve faced in VCE. I’d love to get a 99 atar, but I think it shouldn’t be the end of the world if I don’t. Anyway, good luck to everyone!!!  ;D

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #79 on: October 29, 2017, 01:06:10 am »
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5 more???!? Jesus fuck me dead I planned on stop writing full pieces on Sunday lmaooooooo.

GL brethren.

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« Reply #80 on: October 29, 2017, 08:08:07 am »
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28/10/2017
It’s nearly time for our final exams. I’m pretty content with the amount of work I’ve done for English, but hopefully I can squeeze in like 5 more essays before the exam. I don’t really feel prepared for English but I don’t know if I’ll ever feel prepared for English. I’ll just try to do my best and not panic. I’m praying that I get topics I’ve done before and that the argument analysis piece is something that I like. I really need to start studying hard for my other subjects after English finishes. This year has been pretty good considering all the unique challenges I’ve faced. (You can read about them throughout my journal) Over the last month I’ve been stressing out about whether I can get a 99, but recently during the time that I’ve tried the hardest I’m thinking that it doesn’t matter what score I get. What matters is the process and the challenges I’ve faced in VCE. I’d love to get a 99 atar, but I think it shouldn’t be the end of the world if I don’t. Anyway, good luck to everyone!!!  ;D

Wow that’s a very positive attitude, I’m impressed. It will hold you in good stead for all you exams. It’s only really now that I’ve realised succumbing to fear of failure will only hold you back from achieving success. There’s no guarantees in VCE, just like there’s no guarantees in life, and if you spend all your time searching for some proof that your work will be validated, you just won’t end up doing anything. Good luck for English!
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« Reply #81 on: October 29, 2017, 09:05:32 am »
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Just want to say, zhen: it's been a pleasure reading your updates.

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #82 on: November 01, 2017, 03:24:48 pm »
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5 more???!? Jesus fuck me dead I planned on stop writing full pieces on Sunday lmaooooooo.

GL brethren.
Ended up doing like 3 or 4 more, so it was an optimistic goal.

Wow that’s a very positive attitude, I’m impressed. It will hold you in good stead for all you exams. It’s only really now that I’ve realised succumbing to fear of failure will only hold you back from achieving success. There’s no guarantees in VCE, just like there’s no guarantees in life, and if you spend all your time searching for some proof that your work will be validated, you just won’t end up doing anything. Good luck for English!

I’ve realised that for life trying hard doesn’t guarantee success because people get unlucky and sometimes things just don’t work out. I think instead of focussing on the end result, we should focus more on the process. If we try hard we’re increasing the chances of success. Even if things don’t turn out great, if we try our best, then that’s all we can do and we should be satisfied with it.

Just want to say, zhen: it's been a pleasure reading your updates.

Personally if I didn’t write them myself, I wouldn’t be able to stand the general saltiness and ranting.  :P

1/11/2017
One subject down and four more to go. Overall, English was ok I think. There was the comparative which was pretty hard and not that good. The argument analysis was ok and the Medea was actually really nice. I think overall I’m satisfied with how hard I tried for English and now all I can do is practice for my other subjects and wait. This is a bit unrelated to the forums, but I want to give a massive shoutout to HopefulLawStudent, who is the English tutor at the Mulgrave tutesmart centre. She’s helped me out an enormous amount and really made me improve my English when I basically had no teacher. Another shoutout to Eric11267 (specialist nerd) for being my English buddy for the latter half of the year and more importantly for the KFC today. Anyway, I’m hoping to try really hard for my remaining subjects and hopefully ace the rest of the exams. Good luck to everyone for the rest of their exams.  ;D

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #83 on: November 01, 2017, 03:34:28 pm »
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Another shoutout to Eric11267 (specialist nerd) for being my English buddy for the latter half of the year and more importantly for the KFC today.
The pleasure was all mine zhen. Thanks for dealing with my incessant annoyance throughout the whole year and carrying my English study score. Even though I didn't feel great about the english exam today, without your help I probably would have done even worse. Good luck for your upcoming exams! I know you'll kill them... especially physics.

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #84 on: November 02, 2017, 04:27:24 pm »
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2/11/2017
Today, I had one of my mini breakdowns. In 13 more days, I will finish my last exam which is physics. Today, I’ve just been thinking about the all the different people who have been helping and supporting me throughout VCE and that after this year there are going to be lots of people that I won’t be able to keep in contact with.  :'(  I’m feeling pretty depressed that it’s ending so quickly and I wish that I could go back and make a couple more fond memories.

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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #85 on: November 02, 2017, 04:34:16 pm »
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2/11/2017
Today, I had one of my mini breakdowns. In 13 more days, I will finish my last exam which is physics. Today, I’ve just been thinking about the all the different people who have been helping and supporting me throughout VCE and that after this year there are going to be lots of people that I won’t be able to keep in contact with.  :'(  I’m feeling pretty depressed that it’s ending so quickly and I wish that I could go back and make a couple more fond memories.
That last sentence is how I felt overall about my whole highschool student life. I would not let that get to you personally. Why? Because your young and you have times to make fond memories. You always can make treasured memories.
Yes VCE is a special place for everyone who does it, but so are other things like university, your first job, your first kiss, your first crush, etc. I wouldn't dwell on the mistakes and regret of not making memorable memories. I would advise you go and make new ones because you always can. It just starts with you.
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Re: Zhen's VCE Journey
« Reply #86 on: November 02, 2017, 04:39:44 pm »
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2/11/2017
Today, I had one of my mini breakdowns. In 13 more days, I will finish my last exam which is physics. Today, I’ve just been thinking about the all the different people who have been helping and supporting me throughout VCE and that after this year there are going to be lots of people that I won’t be able to keep in contact with.  :'(  I’m feeling pretty depressed that it’s ending so quickly and I wish that I could go back and make a couple more fond memories.
I think a lot of people go through this when they're sitting their final exams! I went through at least a solid term, if not more, of being super sad about high school ending last year haha. 
If you want to keep in contact with people though, it's really worth the effort. You might not be able to see each other that often, but it doesn't have to break your bond.
And seriously, some people you'll find you were only friends with because you saw each other 5 days a week. It's really interesting to see how friendship group dynamics change with the transition into uni and other endeavours.

It's said that year 12 is ending, but there are so many exciting times ahead of you :D You'll always have the memories to look back on, and in these last 2 weeks, you can try to make as many memories as possible! High school really is just the end of the beginning. :)

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« Reply #87 on: November 02, 2017, 04:51:16 pm »
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That last sentence is how I felt overall about my whole highschool student life. I would not let that get to you personally. Why? Because your young and you have times to make fond memories. You always can make treasured memories.
Yes VCE is a special place for everyone who does it, but so are other things like university, your first job, your first kiss, your first crush, etc. I wouldn't dwell on the mistakes and regret of not making memorable memories. I would advise you go and make new ones because you always can. It just starts with you.

I think a lot of people go through this when they're sitting their final exams! I went through at least a solid term, if not more, of being super sad about high school ending last year haha. 
If you want to keep in contact with people though, it's really worth the effort. You might not be able to see each other that often, but it doesn't have to break your bond.
And seriously, some people you'll find you were only friends with because you saw each other 5 days a week. It's really interesting to see how friendship group dynamics change with the transition into uni and other endeavours.

It's said that year 12 is ending, but there are so many exciting times ahead of you :D You'll always have the memories to look back on, and in these last 2 weeks, you can try to make as many memories as possible! High school really is just the end of the beginning. :)

Thanks for the advice.  ;D  I think right now I’m just really fixated on the present that’s slowly slipping away from me. For now I’m going to focus on my exams and give it my all. I also hope that I can keep in contact with as many friends as possible. I guess I’m just worried that I won’t be able to keep in contact with some people, especially those planning on studying overseas or interstate. Hopefully, as time passes, I’ll stop worrying about the past that cannot be changed and look toward the future.

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« Reply #88 on: November 02, 2017, 05:23:34 pm »
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What you're feeling at the moment is perfectly normal tbh I think it hit for me at around this time last year too.

But here's the thing that only really clicked for me earlier this year: the end of Year 12 doesn't have to mean the end of friendships and losing contact. Like don't get me wrong, it's not as easy as high school where you rocked up to school every day and people were just there but I've found that even a little bit of effort goes a long way.

Also re keeping in contact: Facebook also helps (like don’t get me wrong, it’s no substitute but better than nothing when it comes to friends who go interstate or overseas). Legit went on an adding spree post high school and added all the friends I didn’t already have added on Facebook and funnily enough my teachers found me on Facebook and added me and everyone else in my year level (yay to having a super small and tight-knit cohort) but ngl it's been so interesting finding out that my teachers are actually people and have lives outside of school.  :o ;D ;D

Like seriously if there's any classmates or anyth that you don't want to lose contact with, make sure you've got them on facebook (or whatever you cool kids are using these days) cos technology is amazing for keeping in contact.**

**unless you're trying to use it to do a group project at uni where magically people sometimes start seeing messages but forgetting to reply cos “technology sucks” lmao

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« Reply #89 on: November 02, 2017, 05:51:36 pm »
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What you're feeling at the moment is perfectly normal tbh I think it hit for me at around this time last year too.

But here's the thing that only really clicked for me earlier this year: the end of Year 12 doesn't have to mean the end of friendships and losing contact. Like don't get me wrong, it's not as easy as high school where you rocked up to school every day and people were just there but I've found that even a little bit of effort goes a long way.

Also re keeping in contact: Facebook also helps (like don’t get me wrong, it’s no substitute but better than nothing when it comes to friends who go interstate or overseas). Legit went on an adding spree post high school and added all the friends I didn’t already have added on Facebook and funnily enough my teachers found me on Facebook and added me and everyone else in my year level (yay to having a super small and tight-knit cohort) but ngl it's been so interesting finding out that my teachers are actually people and have lives outside of school.  :o ;D ;D

Like seriously if there's any classmates or anyth that you don't want to lose contact with, make sure you've got them on facebook (or whatever you cool kids are using these days) cos technology is amazing for keeping in contact.**

**unless you're trying to use it to do a group project at uni where magically people sometimes start seeing messages but forgetting to reply cos “technology sucks” lmao


I’ll probably also go on an adding spree over the next month, so that I can keep in contact with everyone. I’ll also see if my teachers are on facebook, since it’ll be interesting to see their personal lives. Actually, I thought that teachers were supposed to be spending every waking moment marking essays and preparing materials for class.  ;) Actually, in that regard, my English teacher has too much of a personal life cause he refuses to mark essays. Again, thanks for all your advice.  ;D

Just wondering, but you do realise that I’m your annoying student who always rants about his teachers and cannot write an essay to save his life right.