Years 9 & 10 2012 Chit Chat Thread (5 Viewers)

[kat-]

Is anyone here choosing/chose Chinese who is doing heritage? I'm considering doing it but people say it's extremely hard and I'll get thrashed by all the expert background speakers.

 

[RivalryofTroll]

I agree with what you said but I want to give it a chance, if it is much better in years 11 and 12, I might choose it

Choose it if you like it. As simple as that.

 

[Aysce]

^ m8 I got 83 in SC Engrish.

See my pain, sufferings and fatal flaw now?

Ah I remember the good old days. I think I got around 87-89 for SC english surprisingly. A word of advice to you youngings:

Do not do english standard, it is potentially detrimental to your ATAR.

If worst to worst comes and you are doing it, do not worry, go hard out and try the very best you can.

 

[mirakon]

Yeah unless you are particularly weak in english I would choose advanced

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Yeah unless you are particularly weak in english I would choose advanced

+1 I got 83 in sc English and I'm doing eng ext. Therefore, choose at least adv if u r somewhat capable of eng.

 

[Aysce]

+1 I got 83 in sc English and I'm doing eng ext. Therefore, choose at least adv if u r somewhat capable of eng.

I don't know why I was rejected then... By the way, you're home early?

 

[OzKo]

I agree with what you said but I want to give it a chance, if it is much better in years 11 and 12, I might choose it

Have a look through the Preliminary syllabus and see if it fancies you.

If you have got any specific questions, feel free to ask.

 

[mirakon]

I don't know why I was rejected then... By the way, you're home early?

Wait what.....

You were rejected from eng adv? How does that work?

If it was based on ur sc results thats ridiculous as sc is hardly a measure of ur aptitude in hsc english tbh

 

[Aysce]

Wait what.....

You were rejected from eng adv? How does that work?

If it was based on ur sc results thats ridiculous as sc is hardly a measure of ur aptitude in hsc english tbh

Dumb school... I scored around 84-89 iirc. I remember it being relatively high band 5. Wowzers

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Dumb school... I scored around 84-89 iirc. I remember it being relatively high band 5. Wowzers

Poor Aysce

 

[saysesame]

How good does one have to be at Chem & Bio (preferably) to do them in Yr 11 & 12?

 

[EpikHigh]

How good does one have to be at Chem & Bio (preferably) to do them in Yr 11 & 12?

Just be able to understand what you learn in year 10 science?

 

[Aysce]

Year 11 and 12 is a whole new game, so just give it a go!

 

[deswa1]

How good does one have to be at Chem & Bio (preferably) to do them in Yr 11 & 12?

At the start of Year 11, I couldn't properly tell you the difference between an ionic bond and a covalent bond. In year 11, I came 4th in chem and now I'm coming first in Year 12. This is at a selective school. Moral of the story, they teach you everything you need for chem in year 11. Having said that, if you try hard in year 10 and still find it hard, maybe you'll find prelim chem hard (I still recommend giving it a shot) - I didn't pay any attention at all which is why I could make a rapid improvement.

 

[Demento1]

At the start of Year 11, I couldn't properly tell you the difference between an ionic bond and a covalent bond. In year 11, I came 4th in chem and now I'm coming first in Year 12. This is at a selective school. Moral of the story, they teach you everything you need for chem in year 11. Having said that, if you try hard in year 10 and still find it hard, maybe you'll find prelim chem hard (I still recommend giving it a shot) - I didn't pay any attention at all which is why I could make a rapid improvement.

I think it is important to listen to what this person is saying.

 

[kev-kun]

You sound just like my brother. He's doing coastal management as well... I used to hate Yr 10 Geo as well (I think its a common theme statewide). Did you like junior geo though?

Haha is that so? Yeah I did like junior geo, even year 9 geo was good, just hate this year's... Hopefully Australian links is better than issues ~_~

BTW in terms of Standard and Advanced English, if your somewhat decent in English should you go Advanced? Because our school is complaining that most people drop advanced to standard...

 

[iRuler]

I dont know if you've seen this or not, but here's a thread full of delicious notes etc... (most I'm assuming are for year 10) and I did a big cleanup on this a couple of weeks ago too so most notes appear on the front page (which they do).

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=228576

All the best with Year 9 & 10 guys.

 

[kev-]

Don't know why this thread suddenly stopped...
but it is true that you only need to signup for English Advanced in Hurlstone Ag and you're in? I find that hard to believe.

 

[theind1996]

Don't know why this thread suddenly stopped...
but it is true that you only need to signup for English Advanced in Hurlstone Ag and you're in? I find that hard to believe.

Most selective schools do not offer Standard English for a variety of reasons (VERY BAD ALIGNING MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A BAND 6 and HIGHER QUALITY OF STUDENTS). I'd assume it'd be the same with Hurlstone given its selective nature, which would explain how you automatically get in.

I go to a selective school with the same "minimum English Advanced system" and you don't have to sign-up for it or anything, since that's the only level of English you can choose, so there's no choice involved. However, you can CHOOSE to do English Extension 1 if you enjoy English, for which there is a "sign-up and they check your English ability" and only then you're in.

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Don't know why this thread suddenly stopped...
but it is true that you only need to signup for English Advanced in Hurlstone Ag and you're in? I find that hard to believe.

I think so...

I doubt there's any cut-off mark lulz... Or is there?