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  1. Pyrokinetic

    Parents reaction to you not making it?

    I think im going to meet my parents expectations but im scared that they'll exploit it and force me to do something that i have no passion for. My desired course doesn't require a high atar cut off at all. My parents don't understand the whole pursuing your interests and following your...
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    ATAR guessing Game

    Yeah i know right, i dont want to get too excited either >< Those calculators are firing up my expectations. But anything can happen.
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    Belonging related texts...novels

    Yeah try not to use My Place. Otherwise these are quite good: - Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (good for discussing issues of post colonialism, possession/dispossession of a place and sense of identity) - Catherine Ryan Hyde's Pay it Forward (common humanity/connections to the wider world...
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    Is anyone going to miss english?

    Guess im the odd one out. I loved English as a subject. But the class, not so much.
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    Ranks get released at 5pm today whos excited? :D

    This can happen?? Is it a pleasant mistake in the system, or legitimately possible? :S
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    ATAR guessing Game

    Guess: 97-98.5 Actual: We'll see..
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    Is the School for excel;lence overrated?

    Yeah their notes are really good and detailed but not worth the amount they charge per lecture (~$60) at all. I've been to their English, Maths 3u, Bio and MH lectures and still have their notes, i lost my Bio ones but still have the rest in good condition. I'll sell their (really thick)...
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    Who hasnt made up their mind?

    Theres last minute STATs???
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    Terry Lee Solutions 3U

    fucking lol
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    Tips, Tricks and Advice for the HSC

    Lies. Don't listen to any of that. Keep a diary (school diary or whatev), have a to do list everyday for your immediate tasks - ie homework. For larger tasks such as assignments or preparation for an assessment task; break them up into daily goals. Distribute these on your to do lists for each...
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    Genre theory - why?

    Genre theory is quite interesting its just that most teachers don't know how to handle it properly and can make learning it seem like a burden. Its mostly about the concept of a generic corpus and its symbiotic relationship with mass media. How the interplay between the 'conventional form' and...
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    General Thoughts: Modern History

    More so with the practical application of Bolshevism into Russian polity & Stalin's rise to power though, but yeah the study of Trotsky forms the backbone of the USSR syllabus. Although don't see why there would be a need to learn another personality in MH especially if you did the USSR topic...
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    General Thoughts: Modern History

    There were people who studied more than one personality? o_O
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    Q14, mc

    It was clearly Punctuated Equilibrium. Multiple Choice answers are always about the 'most correct' option; sure the diagram shows divergent evolution, but it also provides us information regarding the numerous generations that the orginal species remained unchanged for, as well as indicating...
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    Are you looking forward to getting your HSC results?

    I don't feel like I gave the HSC all I had... & I know that i've performed below my personal standards, but am anxious for results nonethelss :D
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