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what were some regrets u had in high school
« on: March 27, 2021, 05:07:00 pm »
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for me: (currently in yr11)
- not participating in leadership roles
- In yr7 I did not care about study and would be the student that talked every lesson and laughed with my friends (soz classmates and teachers)
- not reading enough books (man.. now I finally know how important english is)
- cuz of covid our school had to cancel work experience (i was looking forward to it :( but I got a part time job rn so meh)
- not looking after my ipad (cries in broken ipad... i miss my ipad haha..)
- ahh... also last yr.. bruh literally gave up on school. When we had remote learning all I did was watch drama and yt and play games. I shouldve tried my best in chinese and methods 1/2
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2021, 05:21:16 pm »
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Graduated in 2019, only just starting to emerge from my period of hibernation. Wow seems like centuries ago.

- Picking Methods (clearly I overestimated my ability to do maths)
- Picking Chemistry (what was I thinking? Was I really going to do science at uni?)
- Not choosing History (it would've given me a break from the science subjects at least)
- Not putting enough research into my uni decisions (still feeling the effects of this)
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2021, 06:21:27 pm »
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current year 12 for reference!
even thought these are technically "regrets" i'd like to say experiencing these things did help me grow and make me a smarter person who knows how to handle things now 🤷‍♀️

– focusing too much on vce and university while I was in my junior years of highschool and not enjoying the easy days to the fullest
– involving myself in friendship-related drama which felt so important back then but in retrospect, was silly and childish
– not taking french in year 7, 8 and 9
– being afraid to ask for help with my studies or my mental health
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2021, 07:35:48 pm »
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2020 grad here!

I don't have too many regrets but:

- Not doing food studies 3/4 in year 11 so I could do 4 subjects in year 12, so six in total.
- Not doing Methods online
- Wish I had english langauage as an option
- Wish I choose a language
- Should not have taken so many pointless notes
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2021, 08:28:24 pm »
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Not working hard enough in my year 11 3/4, HHD, which I got a raw 31 for. I simply didn't know how much I'd need to work. Which was kinda my own fault. Ah well.
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2021, 02:55:03 pm »
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Not working hard enough in my year 11 3/4, HHD, which I got a raw 31 for. I simply didn't know how much I'd need to work. Which was kinda my own fault. Ah well.
Not independently researching subjects to do in VCE since I hear of a lot of really interesting ones now that I never knew of.

Relate dude. Im just doing subjects that scale but I wish I did some research in the difference between english and eng lang cuz now I wanna change to englang.. but.. too late whoops. I also wish I tried rly hard chinese (got a 40 raw but srsly I feel like if i tried i couldve gotten 45... like i barely wrote any essays and memorised everything a week before my oral examination)

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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2021, 06:22:45 pm »
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I definitely think I made some bad choices with my subjects. I really enjoyed them all, deep down, but I felt like I could have gotten more out of doing other subjects
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2021, 06:43:09 pm »
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I don't think I have any regrets from high school itself. Ultimately, the end goal for my VCE was just to get into my first preference — while I certainly had room for improvement both from an academic and extracurricular standpoint, I still got into my first preference, so I can't fault that year.

Additionally, if I did much more, it's possible I would've had a bit of a burnout and then the outcome would be different. So definitely no regrets. Fingers crossed I can say the same thing after finishing university 🐢🐢
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2021, 08:17:27 pm »
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I already have regrets this year and I am only currently in year 12.
Regrets:
1. Doing chemistry which I suck it (did it for the scaling) BIG MISTAKE.
2. Not getting 100% on my first economics SAC, but intend to score full marks on every SAC.
3. Not doing well in some subjects in general.
Luckily for me I don't have much regrets now, but if I don't smash this remaining SACs and get a 40 study score I sure will.

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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2021, 10:06:01 pm »
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I already have regrets this year and I am only currently in year 12.
Regrets:
1. Doing chemistry which I suck it (did it for the scaling) BIG MISTAKE.
2. Not getting 100% on my first economics SAC, but intend to score full marks on every SAC.
3. Not doing well in some subjects in general.
Luckily for me I don't have much regrets now, but if I don't smash this remaining SACs and get a 40 study score I sure will.

Wish u get 50 raw for eco man hahaha. YEH I KINDA WANNA DROP CHEM NOW CUZ EVERYONE SAYING 3/4 IS JUST TOO HARD but honestly... idk what to change to... like im not good at art or music or food or anything (and no way im doing another english subject aka cries in mainstream)

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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2021, 10:33:50 pm »
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For the most part, our old-selves weren't thinking 'am I going to regret this', but more so if the decision/s 'gonna help me big time' or 'I have no choice'.

Of course you can't brainwash yourself into thinking it was all perfect.

Be brutally honest with yourself.

Whenever I need to reflect on something, atm I would consider the following:

- Was I a different or whole different person? If so, how different exactly?

- Do I still think it's that way?

- Do my needs at this moment of time, correspond to the needs I had during those times?

If they don't align with your current self, then you probs shouldn't worry about them.

So, how do you refrain yourself from making such decisions... during the dreaded decision-making phase?

Bluffing it out and thinking I will. Won't help a bit.

Instead, think of it this way: some if not most of our decisions (in some shape or form) reflects the decisions we made in the past. Only in a different context or scenario.

Whenever possible, try to compare and contrast the decision you're about to make to the decision you made in the past (just like how you'd do text comparisons in high school English ;))

Find the underlying theme trend and steer it to what you reckon is the best path to take.

At least by doing this, you know you've made the best decision possible (relevant to how apt you were at the time), and hence less of a regret.

Fyi: this can vary b/w person to person. To apply anyone's subjective experiences to your own. Is something that should be avoided imo (period).
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2021, 10:51:52 pm »
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Wish u get 50 raw for eco man hahaha. YEH I KINDA WANNA DROP CHEM NOW CUZ EVERYONE SAYING 3/4 IS JUST TOO HARD but honestly... idk what to change to... like im not good at art or music or food or anything (and no way im doing another english subject aka cries in mainstream)
Thank you I hope you do well too. Yeah chemistry is a very hard subject in my eyes, my cohort average is under 50% with many students failing. As much as I want to get out of that subject I can't at this point in time as its pretty late into the year. I too am not good at other subjects except commerce subjects, I feel like I should have not picked chemistry in the first place.

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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2021, 08:55:41 pm »
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2020 grad here!

I don't have too many regrets but:

- Not doing food studies 3/4 in year 11 so I could do 4 subjects in year 12, so six in total.
- Not doing Methods online
- Wish I had english langauage as an option
- Wish I choose a language
- Should not have taken so many pointless notes

Oh man yeh languages...  adds a HEAP (if ppl didnt know). I shouldve done latin or smt in y7 haha..
 
Relate so much for the 'useless note' part. This happens to me a lot for bio. cuz bio is just SO BROAD so i end up take notes for EVERYTHINGGG instead of actually grasping the ideas etc. (causing my 75% on my first sac..)

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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2021, 07:55:41 am »
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Graduated Year 12 in 2014 for context. (Yes, that was ages ago. I know I’m basically a relic of AN by now.)

I tried not to regret much from high school, so I have few regrets:
- I wish I had done more practical subjects in Year 8-9 e.g. Food Tech, Health. (I was very biased back then.) 
- If I had room and had known the future, I would’ve done VCE Biology. It probably would’ve helped a lot.
- I regret giving up during the Year 12 exam period, but I was also burning out simultaneously so don’t think I physically could’ve done better. 
- I wish I had done more research about uni courses but I don’t think it would’ve changed the degree I did in the end.

YEH I KINDA WANNA DROP CHEM NOW CUZ EVERYONE SAYING 3/4 IS JUST TOO HARD but honestly... idk what to change to...
Although Chem is hard, I actually found it to be probably the most useful VCE subject I did. I went on to minor in Chemistry (and actually performed decently well, despite my VCE scores) and use that knowledge on a daily basis now at work. Besides biology (and maybe health and physics?), it’s probably the most practical subject you could do if you’re interested in the healthcare industry e.g. everything from doctors, nurses and allied health to medical research and lab techs. (And occasionally it’s a prereq for these courses anyway.)

While I hated and struggled heavily in VCE Chem then (talking often nearly failing SACs), I don’t regret my choice of doing it in hindsight, as it built up the foundations for a lot of other biological and chemical concepts/ techniques. Like a bandaid, it was something that I simply needed to rip off quickly (well, as quickly as VCE can get) and then enjoy the rewards later.
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Re: what were some regrets u had in high school
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2021, 09:29:15 am »
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- I wish I had done more research about uni courses but I don’t think it would’ve changed the degree I did in the end.

Ive been researching since like.. yr9 till now (yes. im still finding one). Ive been to these uni open days (melb, monash etc) but idk man. None of them interest me (commerce does interest me a bit but its so competitive so i dont wanna do it).... so ive basically been thinking about my course for A DAM LONG TIME but still havent decided