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  1. kami

    Important - Please Read

    It was so amusing today, lol, to see how many people Lynn knew. It was as if someone was saying "Hi Lynn" every ten metres :p
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    A crime to be cliche?

    You have really answered your own question right there, don't write a cliche, but write a new perspective, for a cliche is merely something that has been done so many times that it is clearly obvious and repetitve, a fresh take would not be a cliche so if you are writing something that you think...
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    How many assessments do u guys have?

    For advanced english last year, I had an exam/essay on journeys, a take home portfolio in which we had to analyse our texts for journeys, a take home article on Pardoner's Tale and a Simple Plan, an exam/essay on King Lear with a listening task, a speech on Frontline and the trials. This years...
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    What's your campus like?

    Indeed it is horrible, most of the travelling has to be done at night too which really sucks :chainsaw: but sacrafices sometimes have to be made if you want to get what you want, and I am extremely happy with my subjects as they were my second to favourite selections and Extension English is...
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    What's your campus like?

    Well since I do my HSC at several campuses its gonna be a little complex....but here goes: GYMEA-PROS Easy to get to Great humanities teachers Good Library Good Maths Teachers(except one) Relaxed Atmosphere the ILC GYMEA - CONS Bad Science Teachers(except one) Bad Canteen(I mean really...
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    Fantasy?

    My favourites of fantasy are: Sara Douglass' Troy Game quartet. A brilliant set of books which displays how much she has grown as an author, it is set at first in ancient greece but later moves to albion aka ancient england. China Mieville's Bas Lag series. The first one known as Perdido...
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    Origins and History: The Modern Greeks

    Well it is evident that you have researched this subject with great depth, I think this critique/essay would benefit from more comment from anthropological viewpoints, perhaps it would be better if you enlisted the aid of any really really bored (or interested) history students in this...
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    holidays

    well, I'm going to Tafe and my holiday begins after the end of this week and goes for two weeks but I'm doing HSC at Tafe, so it may be different.
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    Creative Writing Stories and Frankenstein Essays

    you should have a decent description of environment, you need to make each of your characters distinct, limit the amount of characters you introduce if its for advanced, have a very simple plot which is preferably not about teen angst or teen romance and make sure it has some sort of relation to...
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    Creative Writing Stories and Frankenstein Essays

    He means "one word". And with a Frankenstein story just play with the monster within and without idea, in your stories or use a gothic setting if thats your module, in such a way that it makes a rudimentary comment on society.
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    My Guide to HSC at TAFE.

    under a certain age so that you recieve youth allowance, i think
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    My Guide to HSC at TAFE.

    Yes, it does cost that amount but you'll also find that the majority of people applying are entitled to exemptions from the fees due to either being full time students, underage, disabled or other various reasons.
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    My Guide to HSC at TAFE.

    General Information: In 2005 if you are doing no more than 4 subjects, the fee will be $306 for the year along with an additional materials fee of $50(this was the materials fee at my TAFE at others they charged different amounts all roughly equalling $15 materials fee per subject), amounting...
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    Link Database for writing & research

    Here are a few links that I have amassed in my research and I thought I would share them. http://www.sfwa.org/writing/mistakes_allen.htm This is an article called the standard deviations of writing and focuses on some of the classic mistakes some short stories make...
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    Important - Please Read

    Hello, Special K! :D
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    Wat 4U book do u use?

    I use Patel and Cambridge for Extension 2 and for Mathematics + Extension 1 I use Fitzpatrick and Grove. The Patel and the Fitzpatrick are much better than the other two in my opinion
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    Tafe - apprenticeships

    I *think* (with think being the operative word here) that you get taken on as an apprentice and your employer works out a contract with a VET provider such as Tafe for you to do specific modules. Here is a link: http://www.tafensw.edu.au/applying_and_enrolling/apprentice.htm hope it helps
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    Pardoner's tale & Simple Plan

    You are more than welcome :) , I also would advise that you be careful with translations though as you need to learn the quotes in middle english for your exams and you don't want to be learning the quotes minutes before a test (like someone in my class did) because they had done everything...
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    economics Extension

    Economics Extension was a course in the old HSC, however when the syllabus was altered the course was discontinued and is taught no longer.
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    4 unit english 4 unit maths?

    You are technically allowed to have an unlimited number of units in your HSC. The question is how much you can handle though, for alot of people that threshold is 12 units but there are some people who have taken 17 units and survived, so it all depends on you. For example say I wanted to follow...
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