Legitimately felt like I was reading a description of my year 11 self. I feel you dude. Seriously.
For some reassurance, I was much more unmotivated than you are right now before I was in year 12 - I originally wanted to drop out at the end of year 10 and never do VCE at all, but was more or less forced to stay in school by my parents. In year 11 I did pretty much everything you said in the OP, which was nothing productive. I
failed two subjects in year 11 and the school initially did not let me continue into 3/4 literature and chemistry. And I was also at an underrepresented school so our year 11 exams are probably like MHS’s year 9 ones. I would continue roasting myself further as I have plenty of material but I think you get the point lol.
From my experience, what I did to turn things around in year 12 included
- getting more organised. (miniturtle have suggested a to-do list, which I also recommend.) What I found useful was to write down everything I needed to do that week on Sunday night, and tick through things as I go. If by Friday night there were still things left undone, I would work through them on the weekend. If I had done everything, then I use the weekend to chill. That way you’re more likely to be productive throughout the week.
- moving away from technology. In year 12, I took all notes and wrote all essays by hand. Usually while studying, I would put my phone and laptop on airplane mode just so that I wouldn’t get distracted.
- spending time with people who are also motivated to do well. I’m sure that’s a piece of cake when you go to MHS
What I found was that hanging around people who always cries “Omg I’m gonna fail” really doesn’t feel you with positivity. Talking to people with similar aspirations definitely help.
- realising WHY you need to work harder in school. This is something you’ll have to figure out yourself - you have realised that you’ve been academically unproductive this year, which is a good start. Now ask yourself why you need to change things around - have a personal reason for why you need to do well in year 12, not just because ‘parents’ or ‘social pressure’ because those won’t let you last the whole year. From my experience, I found that my attitude to school completely changed after having a personal reason to do well.
Just out of curiosity - what subjects are you doing for VCE? You mentioned history and geography above. Didn’t realise MHS offered those subjects!
Good luck!
ADD - re: public transport, I did this thing where I wrote a bunch of definitions into songs, recorded them, and played them while on PT to and from school. Something for you to try?