I finished a book yesterday! It took me two lunches, two recesses and 15 minutes of homeroom. Since I'm still worried about people irl recognising me, I won't tell you the title, but I will tell you the next one on my list. It's called Prelude to Foundation and all I know about it is that it's sci-fi and written by a popular author. I'm just stealing books from other people's shelves. The dust on them makes me sad.
We have a whole bookcase full of Greek/Roman stories and a little bit of linguistic stuff and I honestly don't think they've been touched since we moved into this house.
Anyway, this is a VCE journal so I'll stop rambling. I don't know how
I went on the Methods SAC but I don't think I did well.. the class as a whole seems to have disappointed the teacher so I'm willing to bet I got below 70%. How embarrassing. Still, the next one is coming up and I know exactly what to study for that. This test had an extra concept that slipped my mind, so I didn't brush up on it beforehand.
I have a Physics SAC coming up Soon™. I know my teacher explained what was going to be on it, but I didn't write it down and now I can't remember what she said! I'm happy I remember that I've forgotten something, but I'm also upset because I can't claw it back to the front of my mind. I'd almost rather not know at all. (Having a mind like a sieve is so frustrating, you guys. Even writing things on my hands, where I'm sure to see it, isn't enough. It's as if the thoughts just float out of the top of my head like bubbles.)
In English Language we learnt about positive and negative face. I learnt a lot.
(Positive face is the need to be affirmed and reassured that you are valued and appreciated, whereas negative face is the need for personal freedom and autonomy. So if I say "you, lurker, vote up on all my posts," I'm not taking care of your negative face needs. But if I ask you politely for a vote then that's okay, because I'm not ordering you to do it.) I'm already minding people's positive face needs, but I had no idea about my own negative face needs. It's food for thought. I hope the course has more content like this.
I forgot the specifics of my homework 5 seconds after the teacher told us (I had
just put pen to palm when it disappeared
) but I've made an educated guess and set myself some textbook questions to do and videos to watch. I wrote my list down in my diary so that I can't lose it. I also downloaded a timetable app to put my homework into and allocate time for studying, so I'll let you all know if it works.