2019年10月15日火曜日 - Update
So a few problems happened this week
1. Did not get role of associate concert manager (I expected it anyways)
2. Did not get that English 3/4
About the English 3/4, after receiving the email from one of the teachers, I still wasn't quite satisfied. Taking English 3/4 was less of a risk than other subjects like Psych and Bio since I'm not very interested in those, I'm not very good at those and also because if I do bad in Lit 3/4 (for Year 12), I can use my English 3/4 SS and vice versa.
So I went to talk to the Head of English and it was one of the most meaningful conversation ever. He told me that even some of the brightest students, who did Lit 3/4 in Year 11, didn't get the score they wanted to. He also explained the year level separation as in, classes (like Legal Studies 1/2) which have both Year 10 and 11 students have a segregation. It's always like Year 10 students sitting on one side and Year 11's on the other. Imagine being the only Year 10 in a class full of Year 11's and not being able to ask them for help and feedback in a subjective subject like English. Sounds tough.
The Head of English also answered the very question I was going to ask him next without me having to say anything (I think he can read my mind). He recommended to do a humanities 3/4 next year instead (partially to complement Lit). It was really amazing, although I was half convinced before I entered the room that I would get my 3/4. I came in with a whole plan of what I was going to say (meant to be dot points but slowly became paragraphs) as attached below. However, after I left the room, I became fully convinced, as well as satisfied, for why I didn't get it. Also, I think it's important to mention that an English 3/4 in Year 11 has never occurred before the school.
I talked to the other teacher again and she recommended to do one 3/4 next year so I can do the English 1/2. My main concern was the uni extension program but she did say I can do it with five 3/4's in Year 12; the school just doesn't recommend it. I still feel like five 3/4's are a lot of pressure and I'm the type who likes to do more work first and less work after instead of letting everything pile up.
We have so many restrictions on VCE (like strictly 6 subjects, no more and definitely no less). I can't tell if this is a good thing or not. Oh well, just gotta deal with it (correct me if I'm wrong but I heard Melbourne High is worse in this case?).
Oh and I forgot to mention, I had a look again at the study designs for subjects I'm interested in for my second 3/4 (Psych, History, Philosophy, Global Politics and Accounting) and I've narrowed it down to history, yay! The problem with Psych is that I don't want to do a 3/4 only to realize it's like Bio. I read through the 3/4 exam and examiner's report, as well as a raw 50 student's advice for Psych and apparently those "scenario" questions still pop up. Philosophy and Global don't have many high scoring students from my school or resources available on our student sites so I kinda crossed them out. So I'm sticking with history, that is IF I do a second 3/4 next year.
My plan is to switch out of Bio 1/2 and go to Year 10 History (yes, I know it will be very different from VCE), just to get a taste. It's a shame that the AOS at school are French and Russian Revolution, respectively. I really wanted to study the Chinese Revolution and there are many chinese students in the school. Perhaps, they thought it might lead to an unfair advantage? I'm not quite sure, oh well.
Macrob Fun Fact: I'm not sure about other schools but every year we have an Enviro Parade. Basically, each form class selects a student to be the model and the rest of the form try to create a dress out of recycled material. During the parade, all the classes gather around to see which class wins!