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Title: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 22, 2017, 10:51:06 pm
hi, i'm fantasticbeasts3.

not going to lie - i was a bit apprehensive about doing this, but after seeing other people's entries, i thought i'd give this a shot. however, i'm a very forgetful person, so i don't know how often this will be updated.

a bit about me:
- i love harry potter, as you can probably tell by my username
- i'm easily distracted, and therefore, unmotivated very very very very easily
- i don't know why i type in lowercase all the time. it just happened, and now i can't go back because typing in sentence case (at least that's what microsoft word calls it) seems too formal for me except for when i'm doing schoolwork
- this community has been so lovely and welcoming
- i play the piano on a very irregular basis (used to be a lot better than this i promise)
- currently watching suits

as for my hsc journey; to put it bluntly, it's been crap. i haven't been achieving as much as i'd like because of my low motivation levels, and i think i'm looking forward to the end of this year a bit too much. i get put down very easily by marks, even though i'd like to think i'm growing from that because i'm slowly starting to get into the hang of things, so making plans for what's to be handed up and done by the end of each week and what not.

my trials weren't that great. both in the actual trials, because i had a horrible timetable, but also results. i've gotten all but one back, and did decent for 2 subjects, but the rest reaaaaaally need to be fixed. i reckon it'll be done in time before the hsc.

anyway, that's it for today. i'll probably be writing whatever's on my mind if i remember to write on this thread.

lots of love,
fantasticbeasts x

link to options for my subjects, i.e. modern, legal and english (scroll down a bit they're at the end of the entry)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: strawberries on August 22, 2017, 10:56:05 pm
as for my hsc journey; to put it bluntly, it's been crap. i haven't been achieving as much as i'd like because of my low motivation levels, and i think i'm looking forward to the end of this year a bit too much. i get put down very easily by marks, even though i'd like to think i'm growing from that because i'm slowly starting to get into the hang of things, so making plans for what's to be handed up and done by the end of each week and what not.
definitely felt like this when I was in year 12, there were periods of time where I had low motivation and looked forward to the end alot, and I was also put down by low marks :P
just hang in there, there isn't much to go, you are almost done! :)

also, what are you planning on doing next year? :)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 22, 2017, 11:00:00 pm
definitely felt like this when I was in year 12, there were periods of time where I had low motivation and looked forward to the end alot, and I was also put down by low marks :P
just hang in there, there isn't much to go, you are almost done! :)

also, what are you planning on doing next year? :)

yea, for sure. i'm going to do as much as i can until school ends. 3.5 weeks to go!

i'd love to go to uni next year, but the atar of my desired course is too high. i'll most likely be doing a substitute course then transferring in second year (if it works out, of course). i'm interested in doing a double degree of international studies and media. :-)

thanks for your message!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: elysepopplewell on August 23, 2017, 11:29:37 am
I think this thread might prove really helpful for you in these last few weeks! Especially if you're saying motivation is a struggle - sometimes writing about that forces you to reflect upon it and can end up motivating you...you can track your progress, and everyone here is your cheer squad!

What's making you so excited about the end (other than no more HSC!)? What are you looking to study after? Or work as? Or where to travel to? What's the light at the end of the tunnel? :)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 23, 2017, 02:11:31 pm
I think this thread might prove really helpful for you in these last few weeks! Especially if you're saying motivation is a struggle - sometimes writing about that forces you to reflect upon it and can end up motivating you...you can track your progress, and everyone here is your cheer squad!

What's making you so excited about the end (other than no more HSC!)? What are you looking to study after? Or work as? Or where to travel to? What's the light at the end of the tunnel? :)

yea maybe! i'll try and post every night. :-)

my excitement about the end mostly comes from being so over this year and being ready for a fresh start. i'm looking to study international studies and media (looks like i'll be in uts next year, then transferring because the atar cut off for unsw is unattainable for me) and i'll hopefully be travelling a lot in the next couple of years.

thanks for your message!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: elysepopplewell on August 23, 2017, 04:33:03 pm
yea maybe! i'll try and post every night. :-)

my excitement about the end mostly comes from being so over this year and being ready for a fresh start. i'm looking to study international studies and media (looks like i'll be in uts next year, then transferring because the atar cut off for unsw is unattainable for me) and i'll hopefully be travelling a lot in the next couple of years.

thanks for your message!

UTS Communications pals! You, me, and Susie! The end is near, you fantastic thing! You're on the home stretch.
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 23, 2017, 05:19:26 pm
i don't think i've ever felt so tired after school, until today happened. i didn't have a "full" day - i had a study period and catholic studies (got to love catholic schools) so i thought it wouldn't be an intense day, but i just feel so tired.

english today was a little stressful. in exams, i'm usually a lot more prepared for english, but instead, in trials, i almost abandoned it because of my other subjects. we're currently doing a paper 1 rotation kinda thing, where we rotate to different teachers for different tasks. today was the first of two creative writing days, and the idea of writing a creative really got me. i'm not a naturally good writer, as i tend to lean to more essay writing, and the amount of times i've tried to write something hasn't resulted in anything because of my inability to sustain a plot for over 800 words. i have to find a heap of extra related texts because my lack of preparation for trials really wasn't great and i don't know there's just not enough time for anything.

then maths, far out. everything about maths just frustrates me. in both year 11 and 12, i haven't been achieving the marks i want (especially when compared to 7-10 i was ace at maths) and it makes me upset because maths was something that i used to be good at, and i thought choosing it would be a good idea especially when i did well and to think that i haven't been doing as well just makes me sad. anyway, i'm worried we won't finish the content by the end of term. trials were absolutely horrible. i scraped a pass by a couple of marks, but it was such a difficult exam.

i feel like every subject has been boring ever since returning to school after trials. even modern and legal, my two favourite subjects, are just ugh. i'm finding it hard to like the content and although i'm excited about the school year ending there's still so much to do, and making a study plan with my friend this afternoon really solidified the amount of time i have left until the end of year, and all the things i need to (lots of essays). making that study plan made me realise all the work i have to do and it's worrying but the end is almost there. :-)

my mind hasn't stopped moving since first period this morning so i think i'm going to watch an episode of suits, do a couple of errands then come back and do some school work because if there's anything i've learnt, i definitely don't work well when i'm tired.

love,
fantasticbeasts x

edit: oh my goodness gracious i am so scared to get business back tomorrow and was told that it was marked harshly, particularly the short answers. can anyone who does business give advice on how to set out your short answers? no matter what i do i always lose a mark in every single answer and i have no idea why
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 23, 2017, 05:21:11 pm
UTS Communications pals! You, me, and Susie! The end is near, you fantastic thing! You're on the home stretch.

yay!! uts has such a good vibe going on, i'm pretty excited. :-)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 24, 2017, 09:44:23 am
not an official entry, if you can call the longer ones that, but i am so so so so happy with what i got for business. of course, there's still stuff i need to improve on (particularly the short answers, they could be a lot better). this is a huge improvement from half yearlies and i'm. just. so. happy.
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on August 24, 2017, 11:14:23 am
not an official entry, if you can call the longer ones that, but i am so so so so happy with what i got for business. of course, there's still stuff i need to improve on (particularly the short answers, they could be a lot better). this is a huge improvement from half yearlies and i'm. just. so. happy.

Congratulations!!! So happy for you ;D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: Joseph41 on August 24, 2017, 12:17:21 pm
not an official entry, if you can call the longer ones that, but i am so so so so happy with what i got for business. of course, there's still stuff i need to improve on (particularly the short answers, they could be a lot better). this is a huge improvement from half yearlies and i'm. just. so. happy.

Really great to hear. :) Well done!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 24, 2017, 02:39:07 pm
Congratulations!!! So happy for you ;D
Really great to hear. :) Well done!

thank you!!! so good to know hard work pays off :-))
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 24, 2017, 06:18:28 pm
a proper (or longer) entry for today, 24/8 :-)

i can never do any work from 4-6.30pm after school. i have no idea why - every time i've sat down, and i'm ready to do something my attention span lasts for all but 2 minutes, so i've found that i work a lot better later. this isn't the best because i'm horrible when i don't get enough sleep, and can only get around 3.5-4.5 hours of work done every night. anyway, on to my entry for today. :-)

period 1 - business // this was my last trial exam, and i finally got it back today. i didn't do very well in my half yearly, which was a downer for me motivation wise, and was very very very scared going into the exam and this lesson. the marker for the essay was in at the beginning of the lesson, and roasted our class (and the whole cohort) on our marks which heightened my anxiety about the exam. then my actual teacher started talking about how we didn't do very well, which leaves me to worry about how scaling is going to be affected. anyway, i did a lot better than i expected, and hard work pays off!!!!!!! on my way to a band 6 i hope :-)

period 2 - maths // just started going through the last part of series, and we're on our way to finishing the course which is very exciting because i won't have to do maths anymore YES i'm so excited

period 3 - study // a very productive study. finished up a legal essay, started on a maths past paper.

period 4 - modern // this lesson made me realise how much i need to revise. i looked through a heap of past hsc questions, and found places i needed to look over, because if a teacher explains something, and you're not exactly sure what's going on, that's a sign you need to study.

period 5 - legal // i forgot the other thing i needed to hand in today. turns out my teacher wasn't going to mark the responses until tomorrow so there's that. it was a chill lesson, not productive at all because it's a study again and we finished the course last term.

i've also started to form a plan for the rest of this week, because i need to work consistently to maintain some productivity, so today i'll do my huuuuge load of maths homework, then a discovery reading task, and maybe finish off my maths paper from earlier today, if there's time because of the maths homework :-( tomorrow i'll do the modern essay assigned today, and business short answers (it's friday, cutting myself some slack hahah). on the weekend, i'll spend all my time on english, because i really need to look for new related texts and have time to write essays. fun times ahead! (not)

hope you all had a great day today.

love,
fantasticbeasts x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on August 25, 2017, 12:27:27 am
period 3 - study // a very productive study. finished up a legal essay, started on a maths past paper.

Jeez, I never got much done studying at school. I would always end up sitting with my girlfriend and we'd just waste time procrastinating for the hour - Props ;)

Loving the updates ;D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 25, 2017, 08:56:51 am
Jeez, I never got much done studying at school. I would always end up sitting with my girlfriend and we'd just waste time procrastinating for the hour - Props ;)

Loving the updates ;D

sometimes i just watch youtube but everyone around me studies, then i study because i feel guilty for not studying. that's probably why i'm productive in study periods :-)

thanks!!! will keep them coming, they're fun to do
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: beatroot on August 25, 2017, 01:03:23 pm
sometimes i just watch youtube but everyone around me studies, then i study because i feel guilty for not studying. that's probably why i'm productive in study periods :-)

This is why I stopped bringing earphones to my studies. I knew I would be tempted to go on youtube or watchseries or spotify and end up not doing work ;)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 25, 2017, 02:13:23 pm
This is why I stopped bringing earphones to my studies. I knew I would be tempted to go on youtube or watchseries or spotify and end up not doing work ;)

i've stopped using my laptop unless i have to during study, so for the most part, the distractions have stopped. however, this has led to a lot of daydreaming because i'm unable to use my laptop to watch/do other stuff
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 25, 2017, 04:03:50 pm
entry for today, 25/8

i really struggle with trying to understand the texts in the reading task. i haven't done a lot, per se, but every time i sit down and try to do one i find it hard to understand the texts. i don't get very good marks for the section, so in the next couple of weeks, i'm going to do as many tasks as i can (school gave us a ton of past trial papers because there's only 2 hscs) and try out a new structure of answering questions :-) really hope this works out, will keep you all updated.

today was quite a chill day at school because i only had 3 periods - 1 was assembly, and the other, i had early leave. english always makes me feel so shitty because i don't do well in it, especially compared to last year (but no one cares in year 11 so without trying i was able to get an amazing rank). then whoosh wow bam everyone starts getting tutors, and surpassing my marks even though i'm actually studying. anyway whatever i just want around 80ish because i reckon my other marks will compensate for my crap marks in english for my atar. :-)

legal is always so unproductive because there's not much to do in class, we get set 2 tasks (usually 2 essays, but this week it was hr short answers and options essay) and they're expected to be done by the end of the week. did well in the ones i handed up today so i'm pretty happy with that! i hope i can recreate that in the hsc, would be amazing.

we finally finished the content in business today!!!!!!!!!! very very exciting, it means there's no holes in my knowledge when i do past papers now so yay! we're given a lot more time to study from past papers and have questions answered in class so i'm quite happy with where everything's going in class. i think with every other lesson i'll alternate doing multiple choice and extended responses, and leave the short answers for at home.

i'm also going to list my options for modern, legal and english because someone asked me a question a couple of weeks ago via pm and i couldn't answer it because i didn't do the option they asked about :-/

modern
national study: germany
personality: gorbachev
studies in peace and conflict: cold war

legal
options: shelter and indigenous peoples (literally the most boring and dry topics although not going to lie indigenous can be interesting because it's worldwide)

english
module a: distinctively visual - vertigo (i know virtually no one does this book, it's really crap anyways hahahah)
module b: war poetry
module c: exploring transitions - billy elliot
discovery: away

forgot my signature whooooooops

love,
fantasticbeasts x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 25, 2017, 07:39:28 pm
i'm pretty sure i made a thread for modern memes and puns, but i'm far too lazy to look for it so i'll write them here. bit of a story to build up the suspense, if you can call it that, before the puns come.

had a really good laugh with my brother at dinner (he's doing accelerated modern, so he's currently doing the year 11 course - i'm a very proud sister) and we were talking about his options next year. turns out he's doing russia, trotsky and indochina. anyway,

bro: how did hitler come to know eva braun?
me: what
bro: he hitler up

history is the best subject, where else are you going to get all these puns and laughs?

edit: yes i did delete the other pun because i felt like it was very insensitive
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:02:26 pm
26/8

totally forgot how hard it is to write a creative, since i tried to do it so many times without success, and out of stress, i ended up not preparing one before trials (never ever do that, a very dumb decision). i've spent a whole day trying to write it, with a very detailed plan of what i'm going to write about but i'm unable to bring myself to actually write the story and i feel like i keep writing about the events as they happened, so i'm telling the story, not showing the story. i'm far from a good writer, and can't drag out the events as in a journal entry, because it happens over a short period of time and i just ughhhhhhhhhhhh

i also procrastinate by doing other work while i'm doing something and that really needs to stop because i spent half the day trying to write a creative, and the other half finding new related texts which not going to lie is kind of enjoyable because as an avid reader (at least not at the moment), it's fun to explore different texts and i don't read a lot of poetry so that was pretty cool :-) not going to give english the satisfaction of being written about a lot so i'm going to move on hahahaha

i've planned out a lot of my week as to what i'm going to hand in to teachers, but i can't write two essays in a night? it's really weird like i just can't do it, when i can write 3 essays in 2 hours for english. i don't know what's going on with me, but i hope everything will figure itself out :-)

next week, i'm going to the unsw open day! i went last year when i was a bit clueless about what i wanted to do after school, but now i have more of a solid idea, i'm even more excited. maybe i'll see some of you there. i would really love to go to unsw and do a double degree, so international studies and media (pr/advertising), but the atar cut off is waaaay too high for me because i haven't been doing well at school, and i'd be lucky to get a band 6 in one subject (fingers crossed i can get 90ish for my better subjects in the hsc!)

i hope you all had an amazing day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: MisterNeo on August 26, 2017, 09:14:21 pm
totally forgot how hard it is to write a creative, since i tried to do it so many times without success, and out of stress, i ended up not preparing one before trials (never ever do that, a very dumb decision). i've spent a whole day trying to write it, with a very detailed plan of what i'm going to write about but i'm unable to bring myself to actually write the story and i feel like i keep writing about the events as they happened, so i'm telling the story, not showing the story. i'm far from a good writer, and can't drag out the events as in a journal entry, because it happens over a short period of time and i just ughhhhhhhhhhhh

I was also in this position when I had to prepare a creative at the beginning of the year. I found it it easier to write from personal experience because you already have that analysis of the character - you.
Just keep practising and you'll get there! :)
All the best ;D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:31:15 pm
I was also in this position when I had to prepare a creative at the beginning of the year. I found it it easier to write from personal experience because you already have that analysis of the character - you.
Just keep practising and you'll get there! :)
All the best ;D


i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.

let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: Natasha.97 on August 26, 2017, 09:35:42 pm
i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.

let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!

me for every single essay I've had to write in the past I always have the "I'll get started on this early!" mindset, then leave pretty much all of it to the last day (and even last few hours!)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 09:44:12 pm
me for every single essay I've had to write in the past I always have the "I'll get started on this early!" mindset, then leave pretty much all of it to the last day (and even last few hours!)

sameeeeeeee. i'm the biggest procrastinator with essays (coming from someone who has 4/5 writing-based subjects? kinda crap), and i always leave them until it's far too late. last night, i told myself to do a modern essay, and finish it early, so i could complete business short answers. pretty sure i was deluding myself, because i started the essay at 8.30, and finished at 12.30. didn't do anything else that night.
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: K888 on August 26, 2017, 10:14:33 pm
i've typed about 20 words. it's been about 10 hours since i started. my plot is already set out (it's very clear in my mind because it's based on my personal discovery, and i can see myself in the story) but i just can't write.

let's hope i can get this and another essay done by the end of tomorrow hahah. thanks for your message!
When I typed essays, I found it hard to start at the start and work fully through from start to finish. So I'd write my topic sentences, then do a bit of paragraph 1, then maybe some of 3, etc, etc. until all was finally finished :P And I find that I do this to a degree at uni still!
I found it much easier to handwrite, personally - it let the creative juices flow better, I guess haha. I found that when we transitioned into writing essays in class for SACs, I started getting so much better at refining things and writing quickly and concisely - I guess, I always subconsciously knew my direction when I was writing? So maybe, if you're really struggling, try to handwrite? Even if you end up scribbling out heaps of stuff, it doesn't have to be super neat :)

Plus, if you've got writer's block - don't be afraid to delete some sentences and start again!

Hope it all works out for you, fantasticbeasts! Let us know how it goes :D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 26, 2017, 11:33:02 pm
When I typed essays, I found it hard to start at the start and work fully through from start to finish. So I'd write my topic sentences, then do a bit of paragraph 1, then maybe some of 3, etc, etc. until all was finally finished :P And I find that I do this to a degree at uni still!
I found it much easier to handwrite, personally - it let the creative juices flow better, I guess haha. I found that when we transitioned into writing essays in class for SACs, I started getting so much better at refining things and writing quickly and concisely - I guess, I always subconsciously knew my direction when I was writing? So maybe, if you're really struggling, try to handwrite? Even if you end up scribbling out heaps of stuff, it doesn't have to be super neat :)

Plus, if you've got writer's block - don't be afraid to delete some sentences and start again!

Hope it all works out for you, fantasticbeasts! Let us know how it goes :D

i'm so annoying with writing, because if i try to write, i don't like moving on to something if it isn't finished. applies to essays as well, i don't like writing plans because i know everything is unfinished 😅 i'm a huge fan of handwriting as well (@ computer people how do you do it) but for this, i'm constantly changing things, so i'm starting typing first, then moving to writing. my plan for the story was totally handwritten though, couldn't have done it typed.

will definitely keep you updated!!

ps. loving your uni journal thread! it's interesting to read about a totally different field from what i'm interested in :-)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: K888 on August 26, 2017, 11:42:40 pm
i'm so annoying with writing, because if i try to write, i don't like moving on to something if it isn't finished. applies to essays as well, i don't like writing plans because i know everything is unfinished 😅 i'm a huge fan of handwriting as well (@ computer people how do you do it) but for this, i'm constantly changing things, so i'm starting typing first, then moving to writing. my plan for the story was totally handwritten though, couldn't have done it typed.

will definitely keep you updated!!
I feel this so much. I could never plan for anything! Very envious of the people that can do it really well.
I really wish I could handwrite more at uni, but honestly, we just cover waaaaay too much content in lectures for it to be feasible, and I don't trust myself to go back over everything when I go home.
Plus, after a semester of typing the majority of things, my handwriting speed and endurance has severely diminished...which is a shame, given how much I could write in high school haha. Appreciate it while it lasts!

Quote from: fantasticbeasts3
ps. loving your uni journal thread! it's interesting to read about a totally different field from what i'm interested in :-)
Thank you! Please let me know if there's anything you'd like to hear about more :D I'm trying to make sure I start explaining the things I do at uni to give people a better idea of what I do :)

You've probably mentioned it before...but what are you interested in?
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 27, 2017, 12:24:13 am
I feel this so much. I could never plan for anything! Very envious of the people that can do it really well.
I really wish I could handwrite more at uni, but honestly, we just cover waaaaay too much content in lectures for it to be feasible, and I don't trust myself to go back over everything when I go home.
Plus, after a semester of typing the majority of things, my handwriting speed and endurance has severely diminished...which is a shame, given how much I could write in high school haha. Appreciate it while it lasts!
Thank you! Please let me know if there's anything you'd like to hear about more :D I'm trying to make sure I start explaining the things I do at uni to give people a better idea of what I do :)

You've probably mentioned it before...but what are you interested in?

aw that kinda sucks :-( there are subjects where there's too much content to cover, and not enough time to write. how much could you write in high school, say in 45 minutes? and yea for sure, will keep handwriting handy as long as i can :-)

sounds good hahahah would love to know more about physio! i know heaps of people who want to do it, or something health related so it sounds like a growing industry (is it?) science was never something that was strictly My Thing because i never had a specific interest in it.

in uni, i want to do a double degree, so international studies and media (pr/advertising), so something very current issue-y. :-) don't know the exact job/career path though, that'll be another journey!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 27, 2017, 08:23:53 pm
27/8

helloooo friends!

today was a very unproductive day - i tried to write my creative, but words aren't flowing out which is so bloody annoying because i have everything planned out, plot, lines here and there, but nothing is working. i'm aiming to finish a rough draft tonight, which should be submitted. i wasn't expecting the process to take so long so now i've had to move a lot of my other hand-in stuff across to other days this week, which is kind of disappointing because i planned one night off, but that's not happening anymore.

it felt like i had 25512349 reminders that the hsc starts in 50 days. it's quite surreal because at the beginning of the year my only aim was to get 3rd in modern (because i was doing shit all of last year) and finish the school year without dropping out, but the journey is almost over because the beginning of the year feels like so long ago.

after asking mum to buy whiteboard markers, she finally did it today, so i'm writing reminders all over my mirror on things that i need to remember for the hsc, so i currently have a timeline for the weimar republic, and there should be more stuff coming when i feel like i need to write it down.

also, i finished season 5 of suits and ever since then nothing has been streaming properly, which should be a sign to get to work? who knows. looking forward to this week because it's going to be a relatively chill one (minus all the hand ins this week :-)))))) ) and i have a pupil free day on friday, so that's a bit more time to study, aaaaand formal is coming up and i haven't done anything for it (dress, shoes? nope. booked hair and makeup? nope), because i procrastinate for everything.

3 more weeks to go!!!!!!!

love,
fantasticbeasts x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: Natasha.97 on August 27, 2017, 09:16:26 pm
27/8

helloooo friends!

today was a very unproductive day - i tried to write my creative, but words aren't flowing out which is so bloody annoying because i have everything planned out, plot, lines here and there, but nothing is working. i'm aiming to finish a rough draft tonight, which should be submitted. i wasn't expecting the process to take so long so now i've had to move a lot of my other hand-in stuff across to other days this week, which is kind of disappointing because i planned one night off, but that's not happening anymore.

it felt like i had 25512349 reminders that the hsc starts in 50 days. it's quite surreal because at the beginning of the year my only aim was to get 3rd in modern (because i was doing shit all of last year) and finish the school year without dropping out, but the journey is almost over because the beginning of the year feels like so long ago.

after asking mum to buy whiteboard markers, she finally did it today, so i'm writing reminders all over my mirror on things that i need to remember for the hsc, so i currently have a timeline for the weimar republic, and there should be more stuff coming when i feel like i need to write it down.

also, i finished season 5 of suits and ever since then nothing has been streaming properly, which should be a sign to get to work? who knows. looking forward to this week because it's going to be a relatively chill one (minus all the hand ins this week :-)))))) ) and i have a pupil free day on friday, so that's a bit more time to study, aaaaand formal is coming up and i haven't done anything for it (dress, shoes? nope. booked hair and makeup? nope), because i procrastinate for everything.

3 more weeks to go!!!!!!!

love,
fantasticbeasts x

UGH I feel you! If I have x y and z to do and one of them is English, it's pretty much guaranteed to be the last and longest thing that has to be done ._.

WOOT go whiteboard markers! they're the reason I can memorise formulas

you know it is I've got my dress and shoes so far, but haven't booked appointments either

THREE WEEKS?!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 27, 2017, 10:15:27 pm
UGH I feel you! If I have x y and z to do and one of them is English, it's pretty much guaranteed to be the last and longest thing that has to be done ._.

WOOT go whiteboard markers! they're the reason I can memorise formulas

you know it is I've got my dress and shoes so far, but haven't booked appointments either

THREE WEEKS?!

saaaame. english is the most tedious thing ever, it's so boring and such a pain. can't wait to get it over with after october 17, aka paper 2.

whiteboard markers are the reason i'm going to wake up and read about germany 😂 they're awesome though, so much easier to learn while writing using whiteboard markers? unsure why it's so effective

one step ahead!! what do your dress and shoes look like? you excited for formal, or not really? appointments are usually the first thing people do for formal because slots fill up fast but i can't bring myself to do it, it's so weird.

three weeks!!!!!! i finish on friday week 9 :-) when do you finish?
Title: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: Natasha.97 on August 27, 2017, 10:49:09 pm
Can definitely agree with you on that one :')

Definitely agree :P there's just something about using a larger marker that makes it stick into your head :P

Kinda :) It's a valedictorian dinner for us, and we're not allowed to bring dates... just gonna be students, parents, and teachers :3 I got a mostly white dress (a bit of black on the shoulders), and silver heels :D it's the same for my classmates; most have appointments already :)

OHH 3 weeks of school :'D I interpreted that as 3 weeks until exams :P we finish on Sept 21st (right after cal) :)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 27, 2017, 11:38:16 pm
Can definitely agree with you on that one :')

Definitely agree :P there's just something about using a larger marker that makes it stick into your head :P

Kinda :) It's a valedictorian dinner for us, and we're not allowed to bring dates... just gonna be students, parents, and teachers :3 I got a mostly white dress (a bit of black on the shoulders), and silver heels :D it's the same for my classmates; most have appointments already :)

OHH 3 weeks of school :'D I interpreted that as 3 weeks until exams :P we finish on Sept 21st (right after cal) :)

really? that's kinda odd. we have a graduation 'day' of sorts, where there's a whole school assembly, then we have mass in the evening (catholic school life), followed by a dinner. our formal is after the hsc. your outfit sounds great! hope you have a great time :-)

hahahah sorry, should've made myself clearer. you've got just under a month to go, how exciting! crazy how this year has flown by
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 28, 2017, 08:36:14 pm
28/8

exactly 3 weeks until graduation today!!! and i've got a 4 day week this week so all is good

today was a weirdly productive, but unproductive day. i spent a lot more time talking to friends about end of year gifts for teachers than doing work, because technically my last day is thursday week 9 and everything needs to be done by then. subject run through for today:

period 1 - maths // had this seminar thing about keeping focused in the lead-up to the hsc, was quite informative and boring. i didn't have enough sleep last night (anything less than 8 hours is terrible for me) so i kept tuning out every now and then, and couldn't maintain focus on anything. that goes for the whole day today.

period 2 -  business // since finishing the course last week, we're just having study periods, working on past papers. my worst section in the business paper is the short answers, so i've been working on those.

period 3 - modern // modern is my happy subject, so i'm always looking forward to going there. we finished the course today, so now it's just a whole bunch of study periods until the end of term. i handed up an essay i was far from proud of, but unfortunately, my teacher remembered me saying that i'd already done it, so was forced to hand it up, because i really wanted to rewrite it. turns out i don't have to, because apparently it was a 'great essay' so that was pretty satisfying, because i thought i did terrible in it. huuuuuuuuuuge rant for modern coming up, will be in a spoiler:

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people really annoy me in modern. they don't put effort into studying, listening in class, handing up stuff, etc. our range for every subject is bloody HUGE. like, 25-83. that's almost 60 marks. no matter what i do, asking people if they need help understanding stuff, they just don't give a shit which is so irritating because they don't care if the rest of the class gets dragged down with them. i don't want to tell people they should study, because that's their responsibility, but they just don't do anything. i asked someone today to pleaseeeee try and write an essay. or even a plan. she didn't even look me in the eye and say she would. half my modern class doesn't care that the whole class will drag down the rest. i don't know about scaling,
 but if half the class does shit will that scale the top people down? also, it's not just the students, this reflects badly on the teacher, because they're going to look incompetent. it makes me so mad because this teacher is so amazing, puts 110% into teaching and caring about students, only for people to throw it away. he's never gotten mad until he yelled at this girl the other day, and she didn't even care? end rant.

period 4 - legal // we weren't assigned hand ins today, so i'll probably take the initiative and do one by thursday, because although legal is my best subject, it feels good when you're actually doing something for a subject.

period 5 - early leave // went home, and did nothing for the hour.

history geek me loves historical dramas. i get annoyed at historical inaccuracies, but i'm also a sucker for romance (historical dramas, particularly about monarchies tends to up the romance heaps), and today one of my favourite shows (obviously a historical drama) started its new season today. streaming has been really slow lately, which usually happens at the end of each month, so i'll probably take a break from shows until the beginning of next month. that'll reduce one distraction.

english update: draft is projected to finish today, will hand in a more refined version into the writing box (this is for all hand ins for english) on thursday, so i should get it back by monday of the next week. doing a reading task tomorrow, because i need to keep practicing those as i struggle to understand texts and more reading tasks should get me into the hang of things. essays for modules and discovery will be staggered across this week.

hope you all had a great day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x

edit: changed my forum photo because i freaked out when i saw a person from my school on the forums. i know it's inevitable that people from your school are going to turn up on AN, but this is like my secret life hahahahahhah
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: beatroot on August 28, 2017, 10:06:39 pm

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people really annoy me in modern. they don't put effort into studying, listening in class, handing up stuff, etc. our range for every subject is bloody HUGE. like, 25-83. that's almost 60 marks. no matter what i do, asking people if they need help understanding stuff, they just don't give a shit which is so irritating because they don't care if the rest of the class gets dragged down with them. i don't want to tell people they should study, because that's their responsibility, but they just don't do anything. i asked someone today to pleaseeeee try and write an essay. or even a plan. she didn't even look me in the eye and say she would. half my modern class doesn't care that the whole class will drag down the rest. i don't know about scaling,
 but if half the class does shit will that scale the top people down? also, it's not just the students, this reflects badly on the teacher, because they're going to look incompetent. it makes me so mad because this teacher is so amazing, puts 110% into teaching and caring about students, only for people to throw it away. he's never gotten mad until he yelled at this girl the other day, and she didn't even care? end rant.


I know how you feel! Wanted to let things off my chest in my rant below.

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I've got some people in some of my classes (english particularly) who put in zero effort into their studies. They just go on youtube or tumblr during class, or just talk over the teacher. Then when they get a low mark for their exams, they get mad at the teacher and refuse to go over the feedback. It doesn't make any sense. I really want them to realise that there is a possibility that their poor performance will drag the class down. Don't get me wrong, people who put in the effort but are still struggling with the subject are fine because I see the effort and time they put into the subject. It's just the ones that never do any work, annoy me so much!

Just don't worry about the other people in your modern history class. YOU focus on YOUR performance in modern history. Your performance in the HSC should be your priority. Your hsc exam determines your raw mark for modern history. I know it's hard to not worry about the other people in your class, but you need to work with the top people to maximise your marks as much as possible. Hopefully, you and your other fellow top classmates can drag the class up!

Good luck x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on August 28, 2017, 10:18:05 pm
Chin up guys - Rest assured that provided you perform well, and that you've got a decent amount of the class performing well in the final exam, the impact of those few stragglers will be minimal! In general, if the "upper range" of students are way ahead of the lower half, then it will stay that way even after moderation :)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 28, 2017, 11:00:41 pm
I know how you feel! Wanted to let things off my chest in my rant below.

Spoiler
I've got some people in some of my classes (english particularly) who put in zero effort into their studies. They just go on youtube or tumblr during class, or just talk over the teacher. Then when they get a low mark for their exams, they get mad at the teacher and refuse to go over the feedback. It doesn't make any sense. I really want them to realise that there is a possibility that their poor performance will drag the class down. Don't get me wrong, people who put in the effort but are still struggling with the subject are fine because I see the effort and time they put into the subject. It's just the ones that never do any work, annoy me so much!

Just don't worry about the other people in your modern history class. YOU focus on YOUR performance in modern history. Your performance in the HSC should be your priority. Your hsc exam determines your raw mark for modern history. I know it's hard to not worry about the other people in your class, but you need to work with the top people to maximise your marks as much as possible. Hopefully, you and your other fellow top classmates can drag the class up!

Good luck x

it's so bad. no one gives a shit anymore and it's so disheartening because there are people who still care. despite my procrastinating tendencies, i still study, and i still care, and to think there's people who can threaten my marks is just ugh. my ranks are crap, no matter what i do so i'm absolutely stuffed.

thanks for your message! x

Chin up guys - Rest assured that provided you perform well, and that you've got a decent amount of the class performing well in the final exam, the impact of those few stragglers will be minimal! In general, if the "upper range" of students are way ahead of the lower half, then it will stay that way even after moderation :)

it's kind of hard to worry when the range is massive, and there's no outliers. classes are separated into people who care, and people who don't care. people who care don't get the marks they deserve, and the people who don't care just drag them down. we're not separated into high and low marks (can be good and bad i guess?) marks are pretty evenly spread out. super annoying.

i'll do the best i can in the hsc, and whatever happens, happens.
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 29, 2017, 09:38:30 pm
29/8

theme of the day: very, very, very tired and really frustrated with people

i feel so tired i can't concentrate on anything, and only accomplished one thing today after school, which is super disappointing, because i aim to do 3 tasks a night, so combination of homework, hand ins, etc. currently tossing between going home and having a nap, or staying after school tomorrow for this maths revision seminar thing that happens weekly, and not going to lie, sleep sounds great.

period 1 - catholic studies // pretty chill lesson, mostly because it's non-atar. spent the lesson talking about uac preferences, and uni in general with the class and our teacher. i think it was a good insight into uni, and i learnt a bit from that which is good :-)

period 2 - english // the subject that gives me the most anxiety. i think i mentioned this before, but my school does this weird rotation thing, and we're currently doing the discovery essay. got a bit of help on how to do it, and i was recommended to not do it thematically, because i said i used the plot to drive my argument (100% do not recommend, did it out of stress, and didn't work out nicely). i don't know how this is going to work, but i'm going to try a very rubric-based kinda thing which is already confusing myself thinking about it but i'll probably do a quick body paragraph next lesson and get it checked.

period 3 - maths // it is definitely not a good idea to be tired while doing maths. the amount of times i unintentionally tuned out in the lesson was bordering on ridiculous, and usually i'm quite an active learner, that is, for me to remember stuff easier, i have to participate in class, and my participation was lacking. i understood the work though, which is good, but it was really hard not to tune out. only a few weeks to go until i never have to do maths again!

period 4 - modern // felt so good coming out of modern today. one of the girls who didn't really care about work TRIED TO WRITE AN ESSAY TODAY!!!!!! she asked me for help which made me so happy, and she's making a conscious effort to try and learn the content and fit it in an essay. although i didn't get much work done this made my day :-)

period 5 - early leave // it sounds like i have a lot of early leaves, but really, i don't. this is the last one until next friday. i went to the library, did my maths homework, and went through a bunch of scholarships, so it was pretty productive. i couldn't focus long enough because i was so tired, and still am, so i haven't gotten much work done since then. will be sleeping earlier, so i can actually finish the modern stuff i started (and can someone pleaseeeee answer my question on the modern thread i am in dire need of help and inspiration for this essay).

creative update: almost finished the draft. will probably get it done and submitted on here by the end of the week, but be warned, it's terrible, and needs a lot of refining. also, a question: it's better to have two creatives prepared, but is it okay if i go into the hsc with one? i'll probably have a plot for another one drawn up in case my actual one doesn't fit the question, but will not having an extra one be a shit idea?

hope you all had a great day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: jamonwindeyer on August 29, 2017, 11:19:23 pm
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creative update: almost finished the draft. will probably get it done and submitted on here by the end of the week, but be warned, it's terrible, and needs a lot of refining. also, a question: it's better to have two creatives prepared, but is it okay if i go into the hsc with one? i'll probably have a plot for another one drawn up in case my actual one doesn't fit the question, but will not having an extra one be a shit idea?

Looking forward to reading it and helping you tweak it! ;D ;D

I only took one Creative into the HSC - You just need to make sure it is easily adaptable!! If you've got a well developed character(s) that you can pop into slightly different situations to match the demands of the question, then one is enough imo ;D
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Post by: prickles on August 30, 2017, 06:58:38 am


period 4 - modern // felt so good coming out of modern today. one of the girls who didn't really care about work TRIED TO WRITE AN ESSAY TODAY!!!!!! she asked me for help which made me so happy, and she's making a conscious effort to try and learn the content and fit it in an essay. although i didn't get much work done this made my day :-)
Its really inspiring to see you help and encourage others when you have so much to do yourself.. :D...keep going, you amazing thing...
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 30, 2017, 10:19:41 am
Looking forward to reading it and helping you tweak it! ;D ;D

I only took one Creative into the HSC - You just need to make sure it is easily adaptable!! If you've got a well developed character(s) that you can pop into slightly different situations to match the demands of the question, then one is enough imo ;D

alrighty. the protagonist in my creative at the moment is me, because it's a personal discovery, but i don't think i've experienced anything life-changing enough to write another creative on/sustain a plot for around 800 words.

Its really inspiring to see you help and encourage others when you have so much to do yourself.. :D...keep going, you amazing thing...

thank you so much!!! helping others helps me as well :-)
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 30, 2017, 05:30:59 pm
30/8

themes of today: way more rested than yesterday, a little brain dead, and still frustrated with people

period 1 - modern // this isn't related to the lesson, but planning gifts for teachers is so hard. the modern class is combining with ancient for this, and i haven't gotten any money from modern which is so disappointing but anyway, back to what happened. today we did an in class source analysis, then it got peer marked. not going to lie i was upset about the b grade i got from my friend, but there's no excuses for that - i should revise more. still stuck on my nazi ideology essay, will keep you all updated.

period 2 - study // this is the most unproductive study of the entire timetable, because the teacher doesn't tell people to stop talking or encourage anyone to do work, so of course, nothing was done. tried to do my nazi ideology essay and that didn't work out. i really need to get going on that essay it's been a week since i tried to start it.

period 3 - legal // also unproductive. lesson was full of banter which is pretty fun but i couldn't get any work done because i was laughing the entire lesson.

period 4 - catholic studies // this was actually quite an interesting lesson, talking about current issues of debate. we did this exercise where there's a question on top of a piece of paper, then you write your answer at the bottom, fold it, then pass it around the group. it was a good lesson because while there were differing opinions, people respected what others had to say and acknowledged their viewpoints.

period 5 - maths // whoever though having maths in period 5 would be a great idea, what the hell. i felt tired throughout the lesson and loan repayments are so boring and pointless like isn't there a computer for this stuff? anyway, i came out of that lesson understanding the work so that's good i guess.

after school we have this maths revision seminar thing which is always really good, because you go through questions with a couple of people from the maths cohort and it clarifies any misunderstandings of concepts. i left feeling really brain dead, which is why i'm on here now, and will have to give myself a long break from 2 hours of intense maths hahahahah going to watch suits now (if the internet works) then do more maths because there's homework and we have another lesson tomorrow :-(

hope you all had an amazing day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x

also - who's going to be at the unsw open day? excited to meet some of you, if any of you are going to be there!
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Post by: katie,rinos on August 30, 2017, 06:11:50 pm
this isn't related to the lesson, but planning gifts for teachers is so hard. the modern class is combining with ancient for this, and i haven't gotten any money from modern which is so disappointing but anyway, back to what happened.
I feel this so much! I kinda want to buy presents for all of my teachers but my classes have only just started planning gifts and haven't even gotten money together yet. The only present we have somewhat planned is Ancient. For maths today, a couple of people were talking about buying a present and nobody else was interested. I can think of a few other classes that wouldn't want to do presents as well.

period 5 - maths // whoever though having maths in period 5 would be a great idea, what the hell. i felt tired throughout the lesson and loan repayments are so boring and pointless like isn't there a computer for this stuff? anyway, i came out of that lesson understanding the work so that's good i guess.
I had maths period 6 today-maths the last period of the day is such a bad idea. It was a catch up lesson but I ended up doing hardly any work.

also - who's going to be at the unsw open day? excited to meet some of you, if any of you are going to be there!
I should be going! Would be great to meet some of you! :D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: prickles on August 30, 2017, 06:14:32 pm
period 4 - catholic studies // this was actually quite an interesting lesson, talking about current issues of debate. we did this exercise where there's a question on top of a piece of paper, then you write your answer at the bottom, fold it, then pass it around the group. it was a good lesson because while there were differing opinions, people respected what others had to say and acknowledged their viewpoints.
This ^ sounds so interesting!! Never heard of it before...maybe ive just had my head buried under the sand, but it sounds really cool  :D
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 30, 2017, 08:10:36 pm
I feel this so much! I kinda want to buy presents for all of my teachers but my classes have only just started planning gifts and haven't even gotten money together yet. The only present we have somewhat planned is Ancient. For maths today, a couple of people were talking about buying a present and nobody else was interested. I can think of a few other classes that wouldn't want to do presents as well.
I had maths period 6 today-maths the last period of the day is such a bad idea. It was a catch up lesson but I ended up doing hardly any work.
I should be going! Would be great to meet some of you! :D


yea same! it's very hard to organise because no one's giving money, although i totally understand, i'm broke as broke can be. some of the present ideas going around are reallyyyy good.

maths is such a brain draining subject, i'm still a bit tired from it now so will have to work a bit later tonight.

i'll create a thread for a meet up!!! very excited to meet a few of you :-)

This ^ sounds so interesting!! Never heard of it before...maybe ive just had my head buried under the sand, but it sounds really cool  :D

you've never heard of catholic studies the subject, or the activity? hahahah

i'll answer to both of them, but catholic studies is a non-atar subject. since i go to a catholic school, it's compulsory to do religion - so either studies of religion 1/2 or catholic studies. i used to do sor, but it got boring and pointless for me so i dropped to catholic studies. it's heaps more chill than sor because it's non-atar, and we talk about a lot of current issue stuff like today :-) the activity was really interesting because everything was totally anonymous, unless someone kept track of who answered what question in a certain order, and it does widen your horizons just that little bit more. :-))
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: prickles on August 30, 2017, 08:33:31 pm
you've never heard of catholic studies the subject, or the activity? hahahah
yeah the activity..sorry should have made that clearer! It sounds like a really productive and interesting way to unwind :P
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on August 31, 2017, 05:02:10 pm
31/8

this is my 200th post!! i remember wanting to get an essay marked, and thought that 25 posts would be so hard to get, but then the teacher came back and marked my essay so i just spent time on here because it was fun, and met so many cool people in the process!!!

goooooooood day friends. i'm in a really weird but happy mood and that's kind of odd because i had mostly crap subjects today (who am i kidding, i only like two of my subjects) but anyway hi! tomorrow i have a day off so that's probably a reason for my good mood - gives me a day off, and extra time to work on my subjects!

period 1 - maths // i haven't felt this clueless about maths in ages. i don't understand the second 'part' of loan repayments and i'll look at it later with a clearer mind, but i just don't get it. we finished series today, which is such a relief because this topic was such a bore. we start probability next week, and will probably finish it just before school ends, leaving time for revision :-)

period 2 - legal // one of the funniest lessons today. although legal is just banter now, my teacher is really good with answering questions in class, and marks essays super quick so it's good to hand heaps of those in.

period 3 - english // i hate english with a passion and am so glad for it to be over by october. i spent a solid hour trying to write a thesis statement for discovery which would cover as much as possible, but i really struggled, as evidenced through the hour i spent trying to write it. every time i wrote one it sounded exactly like another person's thesis statement - that is, sample essays - and it was super frustrating. i now understand the purpose of the discovery essay which is more conceptual than text-based, so hopefully using themes from the rubric will make my essay more towards discovery than the plot.

period 4 - pc // pc = pastoral care. basically, it's roll call, and we have one period every week just for this, and it can be time for an assembly, study period or just random activities. this period was an assembly talking about graduation events (september 18!!!!! very exciting) and how they're going to happen. just a reminder for myself here to book the graduation dinner!!!!!! haven't done that oops

period 5 - business // i'm getting a lot more comfortable with asking questions and understanding content in business so yay. it's pretty much doing past papers and asking questions, so all in all a pretty chill lesson. people were turning in extended responses like woaahhhhh i haven't done that at all so i really need to get on that. although i did well in both the business report and essay in trials, i don't like being too confident (usually leads to crap marks later) so i'll have to hand a couple of them in.

hand in updates: creative - i've done nothing since tuesday, so i'll have to write a bit more to get up to 800-1000 words so it's ready to be submitted. nazi ideology essay - figured out a structure!!!!! not so much doing it thematically but separating the paragraphs into two ideologies, then putting events in those paragraphs. i'm confident this will work out, but i'll see what happens when i hand it in.

also, check out the unsw open day thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we can arrange times to meet up, and i'll be happy to go wherever you are. i'll be there around 11.30-4ish, see you there!

hope you all had a great day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 02, 2017, 07:23:55 pm
2/9

happy 1st of september (hogwarts!!!!!!!!!!!) - also marks the day albus severus (what a stupid name still can't get over it) goes to hogwarts. 19 years later indeed.

was a little dead yesterday, and just managed to finish maths homework before it hit 12am, and pretty much had a full day. i still feel so tired because dumb me decided to watch suits until 2.30 and lost track of time. that hopefully explains why there's no entry.

today was the unsw open day, and i (sadly) didn't get as many freebies as i wanted, but it was quite productive so i'm pretty happy. i originally freaked out real bad about not getting the atar for my desired course (92, 93 guaranteed entry rip) and today cleared up a few things. my aim was international studies/media (pr and advertising), so i'll probably take the media course next year, then transfer into a double with international studies. there was also the suggestion of doing an arts degree but it's so generic.

also met a few pretty cool people, which was lots of fun - maybe i'll meet more if there's a meetup! i can't remember who asked how i could write so much, but really, i have so much on my mind that it's way easier to type (not today though)

hope you all had an amazing day.

love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 03, 2017, 08:13:46 pm
3/9

pretty standard sunday today. woke up at 8.45 because i had to go to church, came home, ate, and had a nap for a good 2 hours. woke up, ate again (my life involves a lot of food), then sat down, prepared to do work, but didn't get around to it, because stress is overwhelming, and watched suits instead. i'm now up to date.

currently doing a business past paper, and my biggest issue is the short answers (75% of marks lost in my trials were from this section!!!! unbelievable) so i've been doing those, and i think i'm understanding why i'm doing so bad in them, thanks to the marking guidelines, which i hadn't really checked before.

i plan to finish off my creative, because i promised myself i would do it before the end of the week, so i'm seriously cutting it close, and have to work on english a looooot before hsc because it wasn't my worst exam, but i was in a much better place last year, and would really love to get back where i was. maybe i'll actually start on another modern essay as well, i'll see. i just want to finish these short answers, and the creative for today.

since i've finished suits, i know i can't start a new show before the hsc, and i can stop stress watching (like stress eating, hahaha) it and work on a schedule everyday until graduation to see what i can do every night revision wise. we start probability in maths tomorrow and that shouldn't be too bad (apparently it's all year 10 stuff? not that worried).

hope you all had a great day! (happy father's day also, but i don't think there's any dads here hahahah)

love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 04, 2017, 05:22:54 pm
4/9

i had a really awesome day (except for english) and am so excited to tell you about it!

period 1 - legal // i'm laughing thinking about this lesson... anyway, the year 11s have prelims today, and provisions were in the same building as our class, so we were meant to have a room change, but no one knew. we sat there, wondering why there wasn't a teacher for about 10 minutes before starting our work. we then get an email from our teacher, with a past paper attached. my friend emails our teacher, saying who's away (we'd assumed he wasn't here by now) and gets a reply a minute later, asking where we were. as we go down the stairs, our teacher's there and it was so funny because he was looking at us like we were dumbest people ever... and i quote "what the hell were you doing up there?"

period 2 - modern // another revision lesson. we got our in-class source analyses back, with grades (we don't get exact marks which is so annoying) and i got an A yay! i was so unproductive because i'm still stuck on that stupid nazi ideology question that i just can't get past. hopefully i can get it done today, i'd like to hand it in tomorrow. AND GUUYYSSS the girl who i was complaining about for not trying in modern did (another) source analysis in class today and asked for help!!!!!!! so so so so happy and tried to listen in on a discussion about the nazi ideology question i was having with my friend so woooooooooooooopppppppppppppppppp

period 3 - maths // it is so refreshing to finally understand maths after loan repayments. probability is great because it's actually understandable and there's not a lot we have do on it which is amazing.

period 4 - english // we do this weird rotation thing, so now we're on module rotations. also, i picked up my reading task this morning, and got a 12/15???? so irritating because when it comes to an exam, i get 9-10/15 and i do the whole thing in exam conditions so ugH but i'll keep doing them because i am so confused as to why my marks are all over the place.

period 5 - catholic studies // went to a nursing home this lesson. i've been a couple of times before for this school program thing but old people are so cute and even though you don't understand what they're talking about, they keep talking (i'm pretty sure this lady was bitching about the guy next to her?) and old people are just adorable. we're going to see kindergarten kids in the primary school next lesson, and i love kids so that's going to be good :-)

newest episode of itv victoria came out today!!!!! the romance is a bit overhyped in this series ngl but the guy who plays prince albert is soooo dreamy like i just cry inside every time he's on screen. tried to restrict my instagram story posting... but can't stop won't stop

hope you all had a great day!!!

love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 05, 2017, 06:13:51 pm
5/9

considering i slept really early last night (9.45), i'm still really tired now and am finding it really hard to do work.

period 1 - english // had a sub today, so i did other work and helped out a friend with business :-) also spent the other half of the lesson looking for gifts for the history extension class's teacher, as i had been there for most of the year before dropping. we're having a cute breakfast thing next week :-)

period 2 - modern // that stupid question i swear every time i walk into another lesson to try and complete it there's always something else i find i have to add. i know it's highly unlikely they'll ask a similar question, but i do need to brush up on my ideology knowledge.

period 3 - business // last double business today!! spent the hour doing work hahahah so it wasn't unproductive. :-)

period 4 - study // my friend and i spent the whole hour creating designs for the history extension gift. it's pretty much a bunch of inside jokes and i'm really excited to see how it'll turn out. no work done this lesson whoops

period 5 - business // i spend a lot of time daydreaming now because my mind is so absent and tired a lot of the time so i didn't do too much in this lesson.

hope you had an awesome day - all the love,
fantasticbeasts x

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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 06, 2017, 09:35:04 pm
6/9

today was a bit of a downer - just people not being the best, and so close to the end of the school year. not in the mood to try and solve problems, and girls are just so bitchy... like.. please... stop...

period 1 - study // spent the first half reviewing feedback for my creative, and seeing what changes i could make. now that i think about it, i could've replied to the feedback post in this period, but i must've had a few things on my mind. always happens. spent the remainder of the lesson writing, then restarting that ideology essay. got about a page done in that half hour which is strange because i usually take ages to write a hand-in essay.

period 2 - english // on that weird rotation thing, and we're on my favourite module - war poetry! kind of ironic because my favourite subject is modern, and my best and favourite module is war poetry. the revision is always good so i'm going to do an essay next lesson (not the whole thing) but i really need to start trying to prioritise english because abandoning it didn't do any good in trials. doesn't help that i'm not at all keen on english.

period 3 - catholic studies // by far, the best part of the day. spent the period in the primary school with the kindy kids!!!! they are so cute, and it made me think that i probably wouldn't mind being a early childhood educator. maybe if the whole uni thing doesn't work out, i've got another thing to fall back on :-)

period 4 - maths // thought i'd be cruising through probability, but as it turns out, venn diagrams are a pain.

period 5 - modern // rather productive this lesson! did a bit more of my essay, and helped a friend out with hers and understanding the content. :-)

today was the last after school maths revision lesson, and it was really good because i think i've got a grasp on annuities and loan repayments now! going over stuff again really sets what you know in stone :-) i get really tired after these lessons, and i finished the modern essay in about half an hour so i'm pretty happy with that! now onto more maths homework - let's hope i don't get too stuck on those venn diagrams. the last day of lessons is a week from tomorrow :-))))))))

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x (almost signed off with my actual name)
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Post by: jamonwindeyer on September 06, 2017, 09:48:48 pm
fantasticbeasts x (almost signed off with my actual name)

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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 06, 2017, 10:13:15 pm
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Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 08, 2017, 07:38:22 pm
8/9

themes of the day: tired, happy, but so over people at school

period 1 - english // nothing to say, except for super boring. wrote 5 introductions for one essay question, and didn't like any of them so i'll have to work on that. just over a month to go until i'm done with english forever!

period 2 - pc (pastoral care) // very very very very cute lesson. got hsc prayer packs from kids at the primary school next door. we also have a year 7/year 12 buddy program so spent time with them, and it was refreshing to talk to people who aren't stressed, hahaha. last year in some pc period we wrote letters to ourselves, and it's so weird to see how much my goals have changed? i had a totally different career path idea at the beginning of last year.

period 3 - legal // oh man i'll definitely miss legal. spent the lesson in a conversation with the class and teacher and that's pretty much it.

period 4 - business // talked about life with the class and teacher. didn't do anything else.

period 5 - early leave // went to the city to buy a present for my modern (who also teaches ancient) teacher with a couple of friends. also got emails for uow early entry - i have interviews for both courses i applied for, however, i don't think i want to go there anymore. i'd rather go to unsw and do a 'crap' course then do an internal transfer. wollongong is too far away and i don't think i'd be prepared to travel a lot. mum reckons i should go anyways but i need to have them on my uac preferences and i've deleted all of them whoooops. any advice?

hope you all had an amazing day,
fantasticbeasts x (almost signed off with my real name again)

edit: decided to go on a bit of a social media detox! i've felt kinda crap lately and i think no social media (or a reduction of it, at least) will help in improving my mental health :-) i've left my main instagram (harry potter account) and snapchat active, because streaks.
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 10, 2017, 12:22:29 pm
10/9

not an "actual" entry because i have lots to do (and i haven't started) but it has just sunk in that i have 4 more days of classes in high school? like... what... time has really flown this year.

we have a fun day kind of thing on friday which i'm really excited about, then we graduate next monday??

gifts for teachers are starting to come through and it's just SO WEIRD. we started with these teachers last year and now it's the end of this journey and wow i won't miss school a whole lot but yea finishing is bittersweet.

all the love,
fantasticbeasts
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Post by: Natasha.97 on September 10, 2017, 12:27:48 pm
10/9

not an "actual" entry because i have lots to do (and i haven't started) but it has just sunk in that i have 4 more days of classes in high school? like... what... time has really flown this year.

we have a fun day kind of thing on friday which i'm really excited about, then we graduate next monday??

gifts for teachers are starting to come through and it's just SO WEIRD. we started with these teachers last year and now it's the end of this journey and wow i won't miss school a whole lot but yea finishing is bittersweet.

all the love,
fantasticbeasts

ONLY 4 MORE DAYS? :O I have 9 days :3

ikr? it's just so surreal :')

Definitely agree with the bittersweet(ness?) of it all :)
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 10, 2017, 12:42:48 pm
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS? :O I have 9 days :3

ikr? it's just so surreal :')

Definitely agree with the bittersweet(ness?) of it all :)

yea, 4 more days!!! i finish thursday :-)
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 11, 2017, 05:31:37 pm
11/9

themes of today: open heart, open mind + 3 days to go!!!!!!

period 1 - maths // an average maths lesson - finishing probability tomorrow :-)

period 2 - business // procrastinated the entire lesson. could've done more work, but that failed whoops

period 3 - modern // gift-giving story time! period 2 was ancient, so at the end of that period, a couple of girls from modern came to give the gift to our teacher and AW he's soooo cute. he wasn't expecting a gift at all, and when we said we collaborated (that is, modern and ancient) he looked so happy and grateful and i'm actually going to miss him so much - by far, he's one of my favourite teachers, and one of the best at the school. moving on to the actual lesson - at the beginning, he thanked us for the gift, and then proceeded to give us tips for studying hahahahahah then i procrastinated the rest of the lesson so i mean....

period 4 - legal // played kahoot the entire lesson. we started off with legal multiple choice, then moved on to random kahoots. the gift we've ordered for our teacher came today!! very exciting

period 5 - early leave // oh my goodness gracious i spent a solid hour looking for the newly released episode of this show i'm watching. an hour. i was peacefully watching the show, then the end came and it was so horrible like THE DOG DIED. THE DOG FRICKEN DIED. that is all.

i have so much to do now so i'm going to leave this entry here. had a really awesome day and the light at the end of the tunnel is right there.

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x

edit: it just hit me i'll never have to do maths again? it'll just be really basic stuff and i will never have to touch a scientific calculator again wow
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Post by: Joseph41 on September 11, 2017, 06:19:41 pm
i have so much to do now so i'm going to leave this entry here. had a really awesome day and the light at the end of the tunnel is right there.

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x

Keep working toward your goals; it sounds like you're doing great! :D

How excellent are good teachers?
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 11, 2017, 06:25:00 pm
Keep working toward your goals; it sounds like you're doing great! :D

How excellent are good teachers?

thanks!! they're the best. a lot of mine are really easy to talk to :-)
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 12, 2017, 03:30:50 pm
12/9

theme of the day: putting differences aside, and the song perfect by ed sheeran is stuck in my head

period 1 - catholic studies // last 'work' lesson today! we have a party for all catholic studies students tomorrow so yay :-) today we watched this video from insight, which airs on sbs 1(i think?) and that was pretty interesting. it was about detecting gender and/or disabilities in embryos, with the moral debate on whether it should actually be done.

period 2 - english // our last module rotation began today and oh my goodness gracious i am so ready for english to be over forever.

period 3 - maths // WE FINISHED THE MATHS COURSE YAY!!!!!!!! i reckon this was the most satisfying subject to finish because i'll be done with maths after hsc - no more maths classes, and i'll only have to do plus minus times and divide and percentages and maybe fractions after school WOO

period 4 - modern // the gift we gave our teacher yesterday is based on his wardrobe - he pretty much wears the same thing everyday. we got him a nice polo shirt, a knitted sweater and gummy bears. he said he would wear the sweater on thursday, but what wasn't expected was he rocked up in the polo. when he walked into class today he said something along the lines of 'girls, i have a new shirt' and i almost cried hahahhahah. anyway, before that we were playing kahoot, then he looked so confused as to what was going on, and was roasting girls who were getting questions wrong (we did a few modern kahoots, and other random ones like disney). i'm pretty sure he smashed all of us in the last one (germany kahoot) - someone had the nickname rasputin and no one could figure out who it was, and that person was beating the person who came second by a solid 8000+ points.

period 5 - early leave // last early leave ever! went home, ate, and did nothing until i realised i had to return a book to the library. it's really hot today and knowing tomorrow's going to be even warmer makes me want to move to europe because it's colder there 😅

hope you all had a great day,
fantasticbeasts x

ps. was just about to type my name in... then i realised i always signed out as fantasticbeasts
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 13, 2017, 05:18:35 pm
13/9

themes of today: oh my goodness it is so hot and windy today; english teachers can go away

period 1 - modern // today was the last lesson of modern ever :-( i'll miss learning about history so much (unless i end up doing a BA). we played kahoot again today, and took a few photos. our teacher was reluctant to take a photo with us (he took one on his ipad first) then i convinced him to take a selfie with the class, to which he asked where my selfie stick was 😂 modern will definitely be the subject i miss the most.

period 2 - study // very very very unproductive. it was the last study period ever though, so whatever. the class split into two, one watched game of thrones, and the other just did nothing. our supervising teacher watched game of thrones with the other half hahahaha. spent the entire lesson reminiscing about primary school memories, especially my friend and i who talked about this gifted and talented program we did in primary. so many memories hahah

period 3 - legal // spent the lesson doing absolutely nothing, because our teacher forgot to turn up 😂 he did remember to come to class with half an hour to go, and my friend and i spent that time asking about stuff that happened in the cold war, and if we remembered any of it (he did). quite an interesting lesson, ended with us saying we could use him as one of our historiography examples (an example of what he said, and i quote, "gorbachev advocated for partial democracy, which was a factor in the collapse of communism.").

period 4 - catholic studies // had a bit of a catholic studies party, and we spent the lesson eating, and talking about stuff after hsc.

period 5 - maths // i think our teacher had planned for us to do work, but we spent the lesson talking about the evolution of our class 😂 myself and three other girls dropped from 3u to 2u at the beginning of year 12 last year, and our teacher was saying how the class didn't really talk until we came. we then spoke about the other classes we had that people didn't talk in, as in we don't answer questions. although we have another lesson tomorrow, our class gift came today - a huge bouquet of flowers and chocolates, and the flowers were SO PRETTY (wish i'd taken a photo of them!). it's nice to see how grateful teachers are for the stuff we get them, but really, it's the things they've done for us that are amazing.

last day tomorrow!!! going to be a good one (except for english).

rant
i sent in a creative here on AN, and got pretty positive feedback, so submitted it to the english marking box at the beginning of this week, and got a 7/15. not going to like i'm kinda cut, but apparently for a short story (not even that, we can just call it 1000 words) you need a climax and everything? like okay i'll try and fix it but i'm not going to bother trying my best to fix something i'm not good at, because i know i can do way better in the modules, and sections 1/3 of paper 1 so i think i'll try my best to ace those and scrape a pass in the creative.

it's annoying because i know i'm a creative thinker, but i'm not the best writer. writing wise, i'm more logical and analytical. english is going to ruin my atar, because i know i can manage around 80 in maths, and 85+ for my other subjects and i'll probably get a 50 in english (knock on wood). can't wait to get this stupid subject over and done with.

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: MisterNeo on September 13, 2017, 05:36:39 pm
i sent in a creative here on AN, and got pretty positive feedback, so submitted it to the english marking box at the beginning of this week, and got a 7/15.

This happens to me too. :o English faculties are quite notorious for this. They say your essay is perfect but give you a 15/20 in the exam.
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 13, 2017, 06:02:55 pm
This happens to me too. :o English faculties are quite notorious for this. They say your essay is perfect but give you a 15/20 in the exam.

and english teachers wonder why no one likes them or their subject... it's too subjective. one teacher can like one thing, the other won't like that same thing. so inconsistent, and so annoying. "double marking"? sorry what's that? especially when you send one thing to one teacher, and the other thinks it's shit but gives it the same mark anyways, because who cares?
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Post by: 12070 on September 13, 2017, 06:22:42 pm
like okay i'll try and fix it but i'm not going to bother trying my best to fix something i'm not good at, because i know i can do way better in the modules, and sections 1/3 of paper 1 so i think i'll try my best to ace those and scrape a pass in the creative.

it's annoying because i know i'm a creative thinker, but i'm not the best writer. writing wise, i'm more logical and analytical. english is going to ruin my atar, because i know i can manage around 80 in maths, and 85+ for my other subjects and i'll probably get a 50 in english (knock on wood). can't wait to get this stupid subject over and done with.[/spoiler]

all the love,
fantasticbeasts x

Yes, English (especially CW) is very subjective. However, I did just read your piece and felt similar to Jamon in the areas that could be improved so you should try and get as much feedback as possible which will allow you to recognise what is continuing to be a detriment to your mark. Also, I wouldn't disregard your CW to work on section 1 and 3 as going from a 12/15 to 15/15 in section 3 is much harder than going from a 7/15 to 10/15 in section two and those marks are equivalent in value. I also hated English for a long time (even last year I came 34/89) but I worked very hard at it by reading AN articles/essay's and learnt what constitutes a solid English essay. I now find working on English essay's moderately fun as I love words and I'm always looking for a new 'sesquipedalian' (pun intended) which will impress the marker. I ended up getting the 3rd rank in English so you can definitely significantly improve in a short amount of time.

I find motivation through feedback so keep on posting as you have a lot of unclaimed posts and I will try to help whenever I can as I'm sure many others on here will as well. :)
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 13, 2017, 06:39:37 pm
Yes, English (especially CW) is very subjective. However, I did just read your piece and felt similar to Jamon in the areas that could be improved so you should try and get as much feedback as possible which will allow you to recognise what is continuing to be a detriment to your mark. Also, I wouldn't disregard your CW to work on section 1 and 3 as going from a 12/15 to 15/15 in section 3 is much harder than going from a 7/15 to 10/15 in section two and those marks are equivalent in value. I also hated English for a long time (even last year I came 34/89) but I worked very hard at it by reading AN articles/essay's and learnt what constitutes a solid English essay. I now find working on English essay's moderately fun as I love words and I'm always looking for a new 'sesquipedalian' (pun intended) which will impress the marker. I ended up getting the 3rd rank in English so you can definitely significantly improve in a short amount of time.

I find motivation through feedback so keep on posting as you have a lot of unclaimed posts and I will try to help whenever I can as I'm sure many others on here will as well. :)

yea for sure. i've got a few other ideas, so i'll see what i can do about those, but if not, i'll stick to my original one.

the main feedback i got was, and i quote, "you don't have a story, but a long description of setting." i then had a graph of sorts on how a story is meant to go. i'm kinda angry, because the feedback sort of invalidated (is that a word? i think it is) my own experience of discovery. it could be bias. who knows?

anyway, will definitely send stuff on here for feedback because my posts accumulate fast, but the marking boxes at school are open until the end of next week, so i'll use those until term ends.

thanks!
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 14, 2017, 04:30:16 pm
14/9

wow hey hello hi!!!! this is someone who's just finished their last day of lessons wooooooo

period 1 - maths // played kahoot the entire lesson - who would've known maths kahoots were so intense! after playing for about half an hour, we went outside to eat (we're not allowed food in buildings) and talked about how the year's gone. never again will i attend an actual maths class!!! crazy

period 2 - legal // the highlight of the day. after delivering booklets to a year 10 history class, we had a party with lots of food. our teacher loved our present, which was really awesome. we got him a gavel and sound block, because he always bangs on the desk with some object (first a ruler, then a huge protractor which people stole) to get students' attention. there was a metal plate on the gavel which we got engraved with his name, and we all wrote a thank you letter each. it was really cute and seeing his reaction really made my day :-) i'll definitely miss legal.

period 3 - english // this lesson was so boring because we had to do work. i mean, what a downer. i'll miss the teacher we had though - had her in year 9 for history and english, and this year for the war poetry module (+ the weird revision thing).

period 4 - pc // spent the entire period in church for our graduation mass on monday :-) all i got from this was my school is very extra

period 5 - business // a lesson spent doing absolutely nothing. awesome.

i also got my end of year report, and there were some huge improvements in ranks so i'm pretty happy. i promised myself i would crack the top 15 in english and legal, and make the top half of maths, and i did!!!!!!! i'm proud of myself and to know hard work pays off feels good. all i need to do is smash the hsc and i should be able to get my goal atar :-)

hope you all had an amazing day,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: Natasha.97 on September 14, 2017, 04:34:48 pm
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i also got my end of year report, and there were some huge improvements in ranks so i'm pretty happy. i promised myself i would crack the top 15 in english and legal, and make the top half of maths, and i did!!!!!!! i'm proud of myself and to know hard work pays off feels good. all i need to do is smash the hsc and i should be able to get my goal atar :-)

Congrats!!! Those are great results, and I'm really glad you've achieved your goals!  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 14, 2017, 05:02:56 pm
Congrats!!! Those are great results, and I'm really glad you've achieved your goals!  ;D ;D ;D

thank you!!!
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Post by: prickles on September 14, 2017, 05:14:40 pm
period 2 - legal // the highlight of the day. after delivering booklets to a year 10 history class, we had a party with lots of food. our teacher loved our present, which was really awesome. we got him a gavel and sound block, because he always bangs on the desk with some object (first a ruler, then a huge protractor which people stole) to get students' attention. there was a metal plate on the gavel which we got engraved with his name, and we all wrote a thank you letter each. it was really cute and seeing his reaction really made my day :-) i'll definitely miss legal.
This is such a cool idea...made me laugh when i read it ;D
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 18, 2017, 11:04:19 pm
18/9

it's been a while since i've updated this thread - i've had a crazy weekend, and graduation today. it's so weird how time has flown, and the finality of receiving a graduation certificate... i'm actually so woah? it's very hard to believe.

i'll never have to go to class again, i'll never wear a blazer again, i'll never use that heavy school-provided backpack again, i'll never wear stockings again. so many things have ended. i'll miss catching the train and seeing the same people everyday, i'll miss the experience of a high school class (no matter how much i hated some of them).

on another note, i have finally gotten my dress and shoes for my friend's formal on thursday!!!!! go me, i was receiving a lot of judgemental looks when i told them i was shopping for a formal less than a week away whoops.

hope you've all had an amazing day,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on September 21, 2017, 12:31:56 pm
21/9

since graduation, i've been watching outlander (i.e. i haven't done any study), and now that i'm up to date, i've begun doing work.

never in my mind did i think modern history would be an annoying subject until today. sorry to all who like the personality study, but i can't stand it. i've been compiling quotes all morning and it's so damn frustrating. i'm doing the 2016 paper, and the question asks for differing perspectives and interpretations so i'm doing that but most things about gorbachev are that he's a visionary to communism (quotes are very easy to find for this one) but traitor... it's a lot harder to find stuff that makes him look like a total traitor to communism.

anyway, it's my friend's formal today, and because i've been caught up doing modern (although i don't like this section much it's very easy to lose track of time when studying), i haven't done anything to get ready... whoops.

hope you're all having a great day,
fantasticbeasts x

ps. very excited to meet some of you on monday!!
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Post by: Shadowxo on September 21, 2017, 01:01:47 pm
since graduation, i've been watching outlander (i.e. i haven't done any study), and now that i'm up to date, i've begun doing work.
I love Outlander. Been reading the book and it's like falling in love with the characters all over again :)
Finally found someone else who watches it  ;D
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 01, 2017, 03:24:23 pm
I love Outlander. Been reading the book and it's like falling in love with the characters all over again :)
Finally found someone else who watches it  ;D

yay!!! i tried to read the books, but to me, it read like a fanfiction so i think i'll stick with the show :-) new episode today!!!
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 01, 2017, 03:34:17 pm
01/10

wow, it's definitely been a while since i've updated this. studying has been okay, however, it's been mostly unproductive because i get overwhelmed easily and then don't get a lot of work done because i think about everything i have to do and... pretty sure you can figure it out from there.

my hsc timetable goes like this:
monday, 16/10: english paper 1
tuesday, 17/10: english paper 2
friday, 20/10: modern
monday, 23/10: maths
thursday, 26/10: business
thursday, 02/11: legal

to stop me from not being that overwhelmed, i've created a study plan of sorts where i'll only do two subjects a week in the hope that i'll be more focused because i'll sort of have less to do. i do a lot of cramming, which seems to work for me, so in the week before the hsc, i'll do english and modern; and this week, i'll do maths and business. i have so much to revise, but i think i have all concepts down pat so i shouldn't have to relearn anything.

aaaand this week there were a few exciting things that happened!!! i went to the nsw meetup on monday, and it was so lovely to meet more of you (and see people again). we have to do something like that again! reminds me of the pc picnics we used to have at school hahahaha. i went to my first job interview as well for a christmas casual position, which i don't think i got, but whatever - there's going to be more opportunities, i hope. also, motm?? thank you!!!! i've loved every second i've been on here :-)

best of luck to the hsc kids, victorian kids too (do you have something like the hsc exams), and if you have any exams coming up,
fantasticbeasts x (almost signed off with my real name!!!! why do i keep doing this)

ps. it's really really really satisfying to fill in tables for new notes and see people using the facebook group you created for the modern class yay
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Post by: paigek3 on October 02, 2017, 10:42:33 pm
What’s your ATAR goal?
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 02, 2017, 11:43:01 pm
What’s your ATAR goal?

ahhhh that's a hard question. when i'm motivated, it's 85+, but now? probably 70
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Post by: paigek3 on October 03, 2017, 12:23:18 pm
ahhhh that's a hard question. when i'm motivated, it's 85+, but now? probably 70

Oh right! You never know, you could still end up with the 85 if you do find some motivation in the upcoming weeks which I am sure you will be able to do :)

What do you wanna do after school, and if it is a uni course, what ATAR is it?
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 03, 2017, 12:35:22 pm
Oh right! You never know, you could still end up with the 85 if you do find some motivation in the upcoming weeks which I am sure you will be able to do :)

What do you wanna do after school, and if it is a uni course, what ATAR is it?

yea, i hope so hahahah

i'd love to go to uni, and do international studies doubled with media (pr/advertising) at unsw! obviously i'm not going to get the atar (my rank for one of my subjects is horrible) so i'll do a lower atar course, then transfer :-) how about you?
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Post by: paigek3 on October 03, 2017, 12:48:14 pm
yea, i hope so hahahah

i'd love to go to uni, and do international studies doubled with media (pr/advertising) at unsw! obviously i'm not going to get the atar (my rank for one of my subjects is horrible) so i'll do a lower atar course, then transfer :-) how about you?

Oh that sounds great! Once upon a time I was looking at doing media at UNSW, but now I wanna do a double degree in law/journalism. Not gonna get the 97 for UTS but hopefully Macquarie. Still put that at number one just incase they have a spot for me  ;D UNSW for me was unfortunately out of the picture as I decided I wanted to do law after LAT regos closed :/

What lower ATAR course did you put down as your next preference?
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 03, 2017, 01:00:42 pm
Oh that sounds great! Once upon a time I was looking at doing media at UNSW, but now I wanna do a double degree in law/journalism. Not gonna get the 97 for UTS but hopefully Macquarie. Still put that at number one just incase they have a spot for me  ;D UNSW for me was unfortunately out of the picture as I decided I wanted to do law after LAT regos closed :/

What lower ATAR course did you put down as your next preference?

wow, that sounds really awesome! at one point i did want to do law, but that was thrown out the window once i looked at the atar cut-offs 😅 you never know what might happen anyways, like bonus points might pull through. that's okay about the LAT though, you can always transfer, or the uni you end up being at might just be better for you :-)

my preferences are pretty much the same... first is obviously international studies and media (unsw), then i've just put media (unsw) which has a cut-off of 86, then a bunch of uts courses that are international studies and communications. how about you?
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Post by: paigek3 on October 03, 2017, 01:28:21 pm
wow, that sounds really awesome! at one point i did want to do law, but that was thrown out the window once i looked at the atar cut-offs 😅 you never know what might happen anyways, like bonus points might pull through. that's okay about the LAT though, you can always transfer, or the uni you end up being at might just be better for you :-)

my preferences are pretty much the same... first is obviously international studies and media (unsw), then i've just put media (unsw) which has a cut-off of 86, then a bunch of uts courses that are international studies and communications. how about you?

uts law/journalism, macquarie law/journalism, uts journalism, macquarie journalism, western sydney law/journalism are mine but thinking of maybe putting wsu thirdddd dunno
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 08, 2017, 02:42:13 pm
08/10

hey hey hey!! this is turning into a weekly thing (definitely unintentional)

this past week has been more productive in comparison to last week. i've got a few more things in my head from my subjects, and i'm actually understanding stuff in maths (yay)! slowly, but surely, i'm getting all my knowledge together for next week. my only issue is english, which i'm really not confident about, having only chosen a decent related text today, but i reckon i can read and analyse it by wednesday, which will allow me time to write a couple of essays before next monday. the forums are becoming increasingly active which is suuuuuper awesome because answering questions helps me to apply my knowledge :-)

goals for this week:
- finish going through all modern content today
- finish a couple of modern papers
- actually get my creative together... haven't touched it since last term and really need to get a move on with making discovery more obvious
- read that related text and analyse it properly
- have solid thesis statements for all modules + discovery (1 down, 3 to go!)
- do essays under time limits especially for english slkjf;skfjs
- a reading task a day (maybe?) (don't know who'd mark it though)

a really weird and random thought... in less than a month, i'll be done with high school forever? you guys will be finished too? but then again it's very likely i'll be staying on AN so i'm not exactly done with high school. another thing, i am so annoyed outlander airs tomorrow. like, what? i was so excited to watch it today but OBVIOUSLY NOT.

hope you all have an amazing week (good luck to those starting year 12 this week),
fantasticbeasts x
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: paigek3 on October 08, 2017, 03:47:48 pm
08/10

hey hey hey!! this is turning into a weekly thing (definitely unintentional)

this past week has been more productive in comparison to last week. i've got a few more things in my head from my subjects, and i'm actually understanding stuff in maths (yay)! slowly, but surely, i'm getting all my knowledge together for next week. my only issue is english, which i'm really not confident about, having only chosen a decent related text today, but i reckon i can read and analyse it by wednesday, which will allow me time to write a couple of essays before next monday. the forums are becoming increasingly active which is suuuuuper awesome because answering questions helps me to apply my knowledge :-)

goals for this week:
- finish going through all modern content today
- finish a couple of modern papers
- actually get my creative together... haven't touched it since last term and really need to get a move on with making discovery more obvious
- read that related text and analyse it properly
- have solid thesis statements for all modules + discovery (1 down, 3 to go!)
- do essays under time limits especially for english slkjf;skfjs
- a reading task a day (maybe?) (don't know who'd mark it though)

a really weird and random thought... in less than a month, i'll be done with high school forever? you guys will be finished too? but then again it's very likely i'll be staying on AN so i'm not exactly done with high school. another thing, i am so annoyed outlander airs tomorrow. like, what? i was so excited to watch it today but OBVIOUSLY NOT.

hope you all have an amazing week (good luck to those starting year 12 this week),
fantasticbeasts x

Good to hear that you are progressing super well!!! What would your ideal discovery essay and creative question would you want if you could choose? I got basically exactly what I wanted which was sooooo lucky! I think paper 2 brought down my chances of a band 6 tho haha ;(

Setting out the goals in here is such a good idea! Might have to copy into my own :P
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 08, 2017, 03:59:28 pm
Good to hear that you are progressing super well!!! What would your ideal discovery essay and creative question would you want if you could choose? I got basically exactly what I wanted which was sooooo lucky! I think paper 2 brought down my chances of a band 6 tho haha ;(

Setting out the goals in here is such a good idea! Might have to copy into my own :P

hey, thanks!! essay question, for sure, would love a confronting/provocative or fresh/intensely meaningful... something along those lines. creative, maybe a good personal discovery one? i can't remember what the stimuli were for 2015 or 16 though. good to hear you got what you wanted last year - those questions were okay :-) ahh that's alright; i'm sure you did great anyways!

hahahah no worries, feel free to take the goals idea. hope your studies are going well! xx
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 11, 2017, 10:46:00 pm
11/10 (not feeling 11/10 today ha ha ha)

oh my goodness gracious I AM SO ANNOYED AT MYSELF. out of all the weeks i should be productive it isn't this week. i feel tired by the time it's 8. i planned to get all my essays done by today and submitted onto the marking threads because they close today, but noooo i'm too tired to write an introduction for module b, let alone the other modules and discovery. i'm upset because yesterday was super productive (one day out of the rest hooray) and now there isn't enough time to write a couple of essays and get them marked at school. rip.

at least i'll never have to do english again after next tuesday. and riverdale is out tomorrow.

hope you all had a great day,
fantasticbeasts x
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Post by: paigek3 on October 11, 2017, 11:09:35 pm
11/10 (not feeling 11/10 today ha ha ha)

oh my goodness gracious I AM SO ANNOYED AT MYSELF. out of all the weeks i should be productive it isn't this week. i feel tired by the time it's 8. i planned to get all my essays done by today and submitted onto the marking threads because they close today, but noooo i'm too tired to write an introduction for module b, let alone the other modules and discovery. i'm upset because yesterday was super productive (one day out of the rest hooray) and now there isn't enough time to write a couple of essays and get them marked at school. rip.

at least i'll never have to do english again after next tuesday. and riverdale is out tomorrow.

hope you all had a great day,
fantasticbeasts x

If you do end up doing any essays over the next few days I’d be more than happy to look over them to make comments on experession, if you’re answering the question well and all that if you’d like :) I completed advanced last year and doing ext 1 and 2 this year so whilst I won’t be able to give intricate feedback on the texts you’re writing about, more than happy to give feedback on the rest!
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 12, 2017, 09:02:03 am
If you do end up doing any essays over the next few days I’d be more than happy to look over them to make comments on experession, if you’re answering the question well and all that if you’d like :) I completed advanced last year and doing ext 1 and 2 this year so whilst I won’t be able to give intricate feedback on the texts you’re writing about, more than happy to give feedback on the rest!

you'd actually do that?! thank you so much!!!! might take you up on that offer :-)
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Post by: paigek3 on October 12, 2017, 09:35:56 am
you'd actually do that?! thank you so much!!!! might take you up on that offer :-)

Yesss! Feel free to PM or even put it in here :)
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Post by: jamonwindeyer on October 12, 2017, 10:44:56 am
Would encourage you guys to keep posting in the marking section and exchanging feedback, the mods will jump in with quick comments where we can ;D
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 17, 2017, 07:42:38 pm
17/10

guys... NO MORE ENGLISH EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in that distinctively visual essay, i could've cried because i was so relieved. a subject i've never been particularly good at (except for 2nd in prelims hahaha still don't understand how that happened) or liked and now it's over. finally, i can read books and watch movies without thinking of techniques.

props to the person who i spoke to before the exam, who reminded a couple of friends and i that there would no more quotes to remember, you're funny. try me. modern is on friday.

anyway, it's been a crazy two days. what did you all think of both papers? exam reviews:
paper 1: an absolute shitshow. i went in calm and relaxed knowing i'd done the best i could, but when it came time to do the essay, i freaked out. i had such a good thesis statement in mind during reading time... then BAM. gone.
paper 2:
- module a, distinctively visual: oh man do i wish i studied more for this one. the question was so good, but i only remembered quotes from my prescribed text, and had to make up a ton for the related and they were soooo clearly made up. rip.
- module b, war poetry: daaaaaaammmnnnn this question was amazing. i could've cried, honestly. fit exactly with what i wanted to talk about, and the fact that my teacher had been emphasising imagery all year? so glad i listened in class. a little sad war poetry is over though, that was such a great module.
- module c, exploring transitions: discovery 2.0. i felt like i didn't change my discovery analysis at all. thank goodness the essay question asked for "to what extent" which i realised just before it was time to finish this section and move onto the next one, so i added a few judgements here and there to make it look like i answered the question.

i hope everything went really well for all of you!!! may your timetables treat you well, and remember, no matter what everyone says, cramming works. and even if you think cramming isn't representative of your efforts, at least you studied.

best of luck for your hsc everyone,
fantasticbeasts
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Post by: dancing phalanges on October 17, 2017, 09:52:48 pm
17/10

guys... NO MORE ENGLISH EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in that distinctively visual essay, i could've cried because i was so relieved. a subject i've never been particularly good at (except for 2nd in prelims hahaha still don't understand how that happened) or liked and now it's over. finally, i can read books and watch movies without thinking of techniques.

props to the person who i spoke to before the exam, who reminded a couple of friends and i that there would no more quotes to remember, you're funny. try me. modern is on friday.

anyway, it's been a crazy two days. what did you all think of both papers? exam reviews:
paper 1: an absolute shitshow. i went in calm and relaxed knowing i'd done the best i could, but when it came time to do the essay, i freaked out. i had such a good thesis statement in mind during reading time... then BAM. gone.
paper 2:
- module a, distinctively visual: oh man do i wish i studied more for this one. the question was so good, but i only remembered quotes from my prescribed text, and had to make up a ton for the related and they were soooo clearly made up. rip.
- module b, war poetry: daaaaaaammmnnnn this question was amazing. i could've cried, honestly. fit exactly with what i wanted to talk about, and the fact that my teacher had been emphasising imagery all year? so glad i listened in class. a little sad war poetry is over though, that was such a great module.
- module c, exploring transitions: discovery 2.0. i felt like i didn't change my discovery analysis at all. thank goodness the essay question asked for "to what extent" which i realised just before it was time to finish this section and move onto the next one, so i added a few judgements here and there to make it look like i answered the question.

i hope everything went really well for all of you!!! may your timetables treat you well, and remember, no matter what everyone says, cramming works. and even if you think cramming isn't representative of your efforts, at least you studied.

best of luck for your hsc everyone,
fantasticbeasts

I only just saw the Standard texts you guys studied and I'm so jealous. I seriously hate reading but the two genres I do actually like are war poetry and Australian bush short stories and both of them are options!! Glad everything went well! Pumped for Friday now :P
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 17, 2017, 10:31:32 pm
I only just saw the Standard texts you guys studied and I'm so jealous. I seriously hate reading but the two genres I do actually like are war poetry and Australian bush short stories and both of them are options!! Glad everything went well! Pumped for Friday now :P

Wow, we're the opposite! I love reading and would give anything to be an advanced student... the classics in your prescribed texts sound sooooo good.

Gee up for Friday! (Not)
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Post by: dancing phalanges on October 17, 2017, 10:56:22 pm
Wow, we're the opposite! I love reading and would give anything to be an advanced student... the classics in your prescribed texts sound sooooo good.

Gee up for Friday! (Not)

Haha i just love australian bush stuff more than anything, was going to do my ext 2 project on australian self-mocking humour in bush lit before i dropped! just has a real authentic simplicity to it if u get my drift
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on November 02, 2017, 03:55:06 pm
GUYS I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE HSC!!!!!!!!

the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in my indigenous essay... i couldn't stop smiling because it's finally over. now i'm just waiting for my christmas casual orientation next saturday, then i'm kind of back to some sort of schedule!

what do i do now since i have nothing to do? have to go into school tomorrow to return my laptop (sad... can't watch tv shows for a solid 2 weeks) but maybe i can read a couple of books? any suggestions?

congrats to everyone who's finished the hsc today, you've all worked so hard and i'm so incredibly proud of you xxxx here's to the next part of our life journey!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: dancing phalanges on November 02, 2017, 04:07:01 pm
GUYS I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE HSC!!!!!!!!

the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in my indigenous essay... i couldn't stop smiling because it's finally over. now i'm just waiting for my christmas casual orientation next saturday, then i'm kind of back to some sort of schedule!

what do i do now since i have nothing to do? have to go into school tomorrow to return my laptop (sad... can't watch tv shows for a solid 2 weeks) but maybe i can read a couple of books? any suggestions?

congrats to everyone who's finished the hsc today, you've all worked so hard and i'm so incredibly proud of you xxxx here's to the next part of our life journey!

No need for 'almost' now  ;) Congrats! In terms of suggestions, I'm going out tomorrow night don't even know what I'll do ahah but next week me and a mate are going down to Royal National Park for the day (2 hour train trip haha but definitely worth it) so if you have any nice walks nearby I'd recommend!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: zofromuxo on November 02, 2017, 04:09:23 pm
GUYS I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE HSC!!!!!!!!

the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in my indigenous essay... i couldn't stop smiling because it's finally over. now i'm just waiting for my christmas casual orientation next saturday, then i'm kind of back to some sort of schedule!

what do i do now since i have nothing to do? have to go into school tomorrow to return my laptop (sad... can't watch tv shows for a solid 2 weeks) but maybe i can read a couple of books? any suggestions?

congrats to everyone who's finished the hsc today, you've all worked so hard and i'm so incredibly proud of you xxxx here's to the next part of our life journey!
Congrulations on finishing your HSC! ;D
Were you satisifed with how you went overall?
Book suggestions... hmmm
John Green, um John Green. Did I mention John Green? :P

I guess it depends what your looking for.
For me, I just finished the new Skulduggery Pleasant book called Ressurection which was alright. But I recommend the series as I feel it has a good narrative and great characters. Also Landy has a way of say doing the unexpected You can google some of the character deaths he has done. They caused quite a stir in the fanbase
Our very own good books thread could spark some ideas as well

Enjoy your break though!
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on November 02, 2017, 04:18:51 pm
No need for 'almost' now  ;) Congrats! In terms of suggestions, I'm going out tomorrow night don't even know what I'll do ahah but next week me and a mate are going down to Royal National Park for the day (2 hour train trip haha but definitely worth it) so if you have any nice walks nearby I'd recommend!

oh YEA ahahaha i'll have to change that! thanks for the suggestions :-) i'll definitely go out a bit more especially without the laptop hahah i've got to do something. all the best for the rest of your hsc - when do you finish?

Congrulations on finishing your HSC! ;D
Were you satisifed with how you went overall?
Book suggestions... hmmm
John Green, um John Green. Did I mention John Green? :P

I guess it depends what you're looking for.
For me, I just finished the new Skulduggery Pleasant book called Resurrection which was alright. But I recommend the series as I feel it has a good narrative and great characters. Also Landy has a way of say doing the unexpected You can google some of the character deaths he has done. They caused quite a stir in the fanbase
Our very own good books thread could spark some ideas as well

Enjoy your break though!


thanks! i think it could've gone better, because some exams were difficult for me, but that's alright - it's over.

ahhh john green. i have a bit of mixed feelings about his work - the only one i liked was the fault in our stars (bit mainstream) and i found his other ones to be a bit of a bore. have you read his newest book? haven't heard too much about it review-wise. i've never read the skulduggery series, i don't know but i've never found them appealing... probably personal taste. thanks for the book recommendations link!

thanks, will definitely enjoy my short break :-)
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Post by: katie,rinos on November 02, 2017, 04:19:22 pm
GUYS I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE HSC!!!!!!!!

the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in my indigenous essay... i couldn't stop smiling because it's finally over. now i'm just waiting for my christmas casual orientation next saturday, then i'm kind of back to some sort of schedule!

what do i do now since i have nothing to do? have to go into school tomorrow to return my laptop (sad... can't watch tv shows for a solid 2 weeks) but maybe i can read a couple of books? any suggestions?

congrats to everyone who's finished the hsc today, you've all worked so hard and i'm so incredibly proud of you xxxx here's to the next part of our life journey!
Congrats!!! Well Done!  It's such an amazing feeling isn't it!  ;D
I just brought the new John Green book and I'm reading it tonight so I can tell you how it goes! Have you read Mortal Instruments, that's one of my favourite series! Or, I'll probably just end up rereading Harry Potter again!
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Post by: heids on November 02, 2017, 04:20:35 pm
So happy for you!  Well done, I remember that feeling haha. :D

Totally agree with books and walks and just getting to know yourself a bit now that it's over and you have time to spend with yourself!

Rec: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (I always recommend this ;))
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: zofromuxo on November 02, 2017, 04:24:20 pm
oh YEA ahahaha i'll have to change that! thanks for the suggestions :-) i'll definitely go out a bit more especially without the laptop hahah i've got to do something. all the best for the rest of your hsc - when do you finish?

thanks! i think it could've gone better, because some exams were difficult for me, but that's alright - it's over.

ahhh john green. i have a bit of mixed feelings about his work - the only one i liked was the fault in our stars (bit mainstream) and i found his other ones to be a bit of a bore. have you read his newest book? haven't heard too much about it review-wise. i've never read the skulduggery series, i don't know but i've never found them appealing... probably personal taste. thanks for the book recommendations link!

thanks, will definitely enjoy my short break :-)
Fair enough, I disagree with your assessments on Landy's book, but I won't hold it against you. As for John's new book. I haven't read it yet, I ended up buying it due to some of the users reading it Coffee and Insanipi. I blame them for this :P. I too have mixed feeling with John's books. I haven't read The Fault in Out Stars. I have read Paper Towns and Looking for Alsaka and couldn't help but notice the similiarities between them both. I thought I was reading the same book for each of them just with a changed plot and characters.

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Post by: K888 on November 02, 2017, 04:32:45 pm
Congratulations! ;D

If you can't watch TV shows for a bit...do some puzzles, read some books, go exploring around your area, catch up on sleep, or just sit on the couch doing nothing haha.

For books, depends what you're interested in. What's your favourite sort of genre?
When I finished last year, though, I re-read the Skulduggery Pleasant series (one of my favourites, but obviously it's all personal preference haha), all of Cassandra Clare's shadowhunter books, the Inheritance Cycle, and the Assassin's Creed books I think. :)
If you want something different from fiction, maybe Milk and Honey (and I think Rupi Kaur just recently released her 2nd book)? I bought that for something different and don't mind it! Essays in Love, also - I haven't finished it but it's pretty cool.

Otherwise just binge watch movies
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Post by: paigek3 on November 02, 2017, 04:45:16 pm
GUYS I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE HSC!!!!!!!!

the amount of relief i felt after writing that last word in my indigenous essay... i couldn't stop smiling because it's finally over. now i'm just waiting for my christmas casual orientation next saturday, then i'm kind of back to some sort of schedule!

what do i do now since i have nothing to do? have to go into school tomorrow to return my laptop (sad... can't watch tv shows for a solid 2 weeks) but maybe i can read a couple of books? any suggestions?

congrats to everyone who's finished the hsc today, you've all worked so hard and i'm so incredibly proud of you xxxx here's to the next part of our life journey!

Congrats again! <3
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Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on November 02, 2017, 04:54:33 pm
Congrats!!! Well Done!  It's such an amazing feeling isn't it!  ;D
I just brought the new John Green book and I'm reading it tonight so I can tell you how it goes! Have you read Mortal Instruments, that's one of my favourite series! Or, I'll probably just end up rereading Harry Potter again!

yay!!! congrats to you too! it feels great hahaha now that i can do whatever i want, just without the guilt

oooh okay sure, would really love to hear how you liked it. yes, i have read the mortal instruments - it's a great series! my friend gave me the bane chronicles ageessss ago but i haven't read it... maybe i should. have you read it? omg YEA i have to reread harry potter again - haven't done that in a while.

hope you have a great break!

So happy for you!  Well done, I remember that feeling haha. :D

Totally agree with books and walks and just getting to know yourself a bit now that it's over and you have time to spend with yourself!

Rec: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (I always recommend this ;))

thank you!! it is a pretty amazing feeling :-)

oooh i've read perks before, but as a related text for school... might give it a reread!

Fair enough, I disagree with your assessments on Landy's book, but I won't hold it against you. As for John's new book. I haven't read it yet, I ended up buying it due to some of the users reading it Coffee and Insanipi. I blame them for this :P. I too have mixed feeling with John's books. I haven't read The Fault in Out Stars. I have read Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska and couldn't help but notice the similiarities between them both. I thought I was reading the same book for each of them just with a changed plot and characters.



ah okay tell me how the JG book goes! i'm definitely welcoming a heap of reviews :-) i thought paper towns was the better one out of the two you mentioned - i think i found the characters more relatable, but then again sending a bunch of people on a wild goose chase across america isn't so relatable?

Congratulations! ;D

If you can't watch TV shows for a bit...do some puzzles, read some books, go exploring around your area, catch up on sleep, or just sit on the couch doing nothing haha.

For books, depends what you're interested in. What's your favourite sort of genre?
When I finished last year, though, I re-read the Skulduggery Pleasant series (one of my favourites, but obviously it's all personal preference haha), all of Cassandra Clare's shadowhunter books, the Inheritance Cycle, and the Assassin's Creed books I think. :)
If you want something different from fiction, maybe Milk and Honey (and I think Rupi Kaur just recently released her 2nd book)? I bought that for something different and don't mind it! Essays in Love, also - I haven't finished it but it's pretty cool.

Otherwise just binge watch movies

thank you!!

i lean more towards fantasy, YA and anything historical. i'm open to other genres, just not horror ahah i don't fare well with that. thanks for your book suggestions too - i was going to read milk and honey, but sometimes i think it's overhyped? will give it a go though.

yes, definitely going to watch movies - haven't watched many lately and it's probably time to do so :-)

Congrats again! <3

thank you, right back at you!!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: beatroot on November 02, 2017, 04:58:35 pm
CONGRATS ON FINISHING WOOOOO!!!!! This is super exciting!!!!!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on November 02, 2017, 05:02:05 pm
CONGRATS ON FINISHING WOOOOO!!!!! This is super exciting!!!!!

thanks!! it is, don't think i've been so relaxed since finishing trials :-) good luck for art tomorrow - then you're finished!!!
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is almost over!
Post by: katie,rinos on November 02, 2017, 05:11:34 pm
yay!!! congrats to you too! it feels great hahaha now that i can do whatever i want, just without the guilt

oooh okay sure, would really love to hear how you liked it. yes, i have read the mortal instruments - it's a great series! my friend gave me the bane chronicles ageessss ago but i haven't read it... maybe i should. have you read it? omg YEA i have to reread harry potter again - haven't done that in a while.

hope you have a great break!
Thanks!! So ready for the break!  Hope you have a great one as well! ;D

Yep, I've got the Infernal devices, Mortal Instruments, Bane Chronicles, Shadowhunter Academy, and Dark Artifices series!
Still haven't read Lord of Shadows though-started but stopped because of HSC. From what I remember, Bane Chronicles was pretty good, although I did read it late last year.
I've read Harry Potter at least 5-6 times but still want to reread it agin! 

Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 06, 2017, 08:27:54 pm
end of hsc to now, 06/12

it's been a while since i've updated this, but post-hsc has been great. it's really strange not having to wake up early, or have a set routine for the day (even when studying i had some sort of routine!) - so everything has been pretty chill. here's a quick rundown of what's been going on:

- not long after the last hsc exam, i went to the AN meet up. it feels so long ago - like maybe half a month ago - when really, it's been just under a month. time really does fly.
- started my christmas casual job, with my first actual shift today. i officially don't really like retail.
- started teaching a few kids piano, which has been really fun.
- changed my uac preferences a lot. the biggest change is moving 2/5 of my preferences to primary teaching, instead of having single degrees for media as my "last resort" preferences (the other 3 are combined international studies/media).
- procrastinated doing the personal statement for teaching. now i'm running out of time to do it. the other day, sydney uni sent me an email saying it was due on december 15, but uac's email said december 10? which due date do i use?
- going to the australian catholic youth festival tomorrow!!! very very very very excited, it goes for 3 days. i'll be seeing some friends i haven't seen in a while, so wooooooooo
- season 2 of the crown is coming out on FRIDAY GET EXCITED

hope you all are having a great time post-exams!!!!!

all the love,
fantasticbeasts
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: zofromuxo on December 07, 2017, 08:32:57 am
- started my christmas casual job, with my first actual shift today. i officially don't really like retail.
- procrastinated doing the personal statement for teaching. now i'm running out of time to do it. the other day, sydney uni sent me an email saying it was due on december 15, but uac's email said december 10? which due date do i use?

Nobody "loves" retail jobs, but it has it perks (If you know where to look :P)

As for the due date, I would assume it is the 10th as it is the safest option for both cases. You don't miss the deadline at all.
If you assume it's the 15th and it is the 10th, Welp you now missed the deadline.
Title: Re: faaaaantastic, the journey is over!
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 19, 2017, 08:26:10 pm
19/12

hello everybody!

there's two days until december round 2 offers are released :-O time really has flown this year. it's almost christmas too!!!! i love christmas. no one can stop me wearing a santa hat tomorrow at work. spread the christmas happiness and cheer!

results came out last friday, and i guess i did okay.

results here ha ha ha
business studies: 85. this was such a surprise! my bad rank brought the mark down a tad but this is a huuuuge improvement from the beginning of the year, yay!
english (standard): 87. i was sooo shocked about this one, especially considering i didn't feel confident coming out of both papers. such a relief.
legal studies: 91. i cried when i saw legal. if only my rank was a bit higher, i would've gotten a better overall mark. but but but i got told on friday at the post-hsc morning tea at school, that i got the highest mark in my cohort!!!!! crazy because there were so many people who were better than me, but i'll take what i can get
mathematics: 74. i was definitely expecting a lot worse - i'm no good at maths. i thought it would be nice to scrape a 70, and i did so yay!
modern history: 88. so disappointed with this one. i kept making excuses for not studying as much for this exam, because i was sick during week 1 of exams, and it's really come to haunt me. i guess it's over now, but i'm really annoyed i didn't study as much because i definitely would've gotten a band 6.

the marks themselves were okay, however, the atar is another story. i was super happy at first, but then realised i was 0.55 off my first preference's guaranteed entry. ugh. and that's after bonus points are added. so annoying.

on saturday, i went to the info days for both unsw and uts (my top 2 preferences which are pretty much the same course) and decided that no matter which university i end up at, i'll be happy because i'll be doing what i want. every time i go to either uts or unsw, i get good vibes from both so i'm veeeeery undecided - i'm going to wait until january round 1 to see if i get an offer from unsw, then i'll decide. even after making a pros and cons list for both i ended up with the same amount for each so like... ssiofsoifjsoifjs;ofjsofj

hope you're all doing well, and your marks were super awesome! as long as you get to do what you want, it's okay :-)

all the love,
fantasticbeasts

Spoiler
ALSO i finished season 2 of the crown yesterday!!!!! the ending made me cry so much and i reckon it ended decently, especially because the last season kind of ended on a cliffhanger. i felt like the timeline of this season was a bit hard to follow, but i still really loved the entire season. i'll be sad to see this cast go, they were really great.

Nobody "loves" retail jobs, but it has it perks (If you know where to look :P)

As for the due date, I would assume it is the 10th as it is the safest option for both cases. You don't miss the deadline at all.
If you assume it's the 15th and it is the 10th, Welp you now missed the deadline.


why didn't i see this earlier ahhhh

the job is actually kind of decent now, since i've gotten used to it. and i did end up submitting statement about an hour before december 11 hit, thank goodness.

thanks for your message!