Well it's been a whiLE... I can't believe I'm almost half way though Year 12. Every week has felt so SLOW, but the year really is going so fast!
My subjects for this year ended up being: methods, chemistry, literature, specialist and HDS101/HDS106 (at Deakin).
Thankfully, I only have two sacs left for this term, chemistry and... chemistry. *rolls eyes* We're working on our Unit 4 posters at the minute and my partner and I are doing aspirin synthesis which is actually really cool. All the studying electrolysis for the other sac is slightly less cool, but very straightforward.
I've been really surprised about how manageable everything has been. I've rarely had weeks with more than one sac and I've still been able to work 10-18 hours a week most weeks. I think doing a uni subject entirely online has really helped with that as I've had lots of spares and been able to manage my own time much better than if I had set times to be in those classes as well.
On the whole, I've been fairly happy with my marks as well:
Methods:
SAC 1: 46/50
Overall, I've felt like methods this year has been very similar to last year. Anything new we've learnt so far has been something we're doing in spec as well so it's been easy enough to keep up. I have the same teacher I've had since Year 10 and she's honestly amazing. Plus this is the only class I'm in with a really good mate of mine so I really enjoy it.
Chemistry
SAC 1: 47/50
SAC 2A: 21/25
Not gonna lie, I almost cried when I got the first part of Sac 2 back, I'd made so many silly mistakes! But oh well, there's still a second part so hopefully I can boost my percentage a bit. My chem teacher is really encouraging so sitting down with her to go through it was really helpful.
Literature
SAC 1: 47/50
SAC 2: 46/50
Our first sac was our adaptations and transformations oral (which we did on Northanger Abbey) and our second was the creative (we did Plath). It feels really weird that we haven't done a close analysis or lit perspectives essay in class yet. We're doing our lit perspectives essay on Othello at the start of next term. I'm actually really excited. Lit is probably one of my favourite subjects and I love writing essays for it. My teacher jokes that I'm a photocopier because I'm constantly giving him practice essays to mark. I think that it's such a weird subject to study for and writing lots of close analysis pieces is the only way I'm going to improve so I don't mind too much.
Specialist
We've only had one sac and I'm stiLL waiting for it to be marked. My expectations are pretty low though. There's only seven people in our class and four people walked out crying after the first part. I managed to hold it together but I definitely felt the exact same as all of them. Because our cohort is quite small we're combined with another school and the sac was written by the teacher at the other school. I don't think our teacher had checked that we'd covered all the same topics and there were a few questions about Euler's spiral which none of us had heard of.
This is my least favourite subject by far. Don't pick your subjects just because it would be "a waste of your potential" if you don't. Thanks so much to all of the teachers that gave me that advice.
HDS101: Communication and Diveristy
Quiz: 90%
Essay 1: 92%
Essay 2: ?
Even though the subject has finished, it's still another week until we get our last mark. I'm honestly so stoked with how I went on my first essay though. I put so much effort in and I felt like it was definitely worth it. I actually am genuinely interested in the content which helps a lot as well. And now I have another month or so until my next subject starts. Since there's no exam it means I can dedicate more time to my other subjects.
Sorry for the VERY long post, but that's basically been my life so far this year. I am still working hard, but I actually think I've had more balance in my life this year than I did in the past.