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When we get homework, I do it. But my teachers are really good with either giving homework that will be useful to us or none at all. EG Modern ... we maybe get homework once a fortnight? English is more frequent, but it's usually "read this" or "prepare for discussion on this". But I dunno, I...

Yeah, it's not very good. I was disappointed too.

I made them for Society because the syllabus was easy to work from but now I only do it for Modern, some key points in EngAdv and MAX2. It works fine if the syllabus is geared towards notes (sciences etc) but otherwise it seems a bit unnecessary. I definitely prefer practice questions (even...

Bonus points, later round offers or a transfer later? You might have a shot ... good luck :).

Re: Top 200 Schools - Daily Telegraph Top 200! Wow, my school has risen about 70 places. I love our 08 class :).

I'm really interested in ours. We were at mid 200s last year (our 07 grade ... not the most dedicated bunch) so hopefully we'll be going up tomorrow.

That looks awesome :). I'm in a class of seven, we've got 6 short stories and 1 critical response. I was going to do poetry to start with but then a short story idea hit me and I couldn't resist. Mine's set in Soviet Russia with the central image of the Trans-Siberian Express and follows...

Yeah, we had one on Complex Numbers and Polynomials in the last week of term. I thought I was going to fail it but instead I ended up with 1st (out of 3). Really happy :):).

I agree with this. OP, if you find that you're constantly looking at the clock or measuring by hours is stressing you out it might be a good idea to forget it altogether. I tried doing 3 hours a night and I was burning myself out, so now I make a priority list (usually really quick on a...

It sounds like a great idea. I accelerated in Society & Culture and had a great time of it and one of the best bits is that in Year 12 I know what's coming and what I have to do and I know there's nothing to be afraid of. Plus I have two units out of the way ... always a relief! I think it will...

This is great :). Totally going to print it and use it next year. Thanks for going to so much trouble.

There are other members on here who could explain this in a lot more detail if you like but I can have a crack at it for you. Basically the BOS takes the ranking list from your school and assigns each student an exam mark corresponding to their position. So for English ADV your internal mark...

I don't really know how long I study for each night or per week - I just work for however long I need to so that I feel alright about whatever's coming up. When I look back after assessments and exams, I don't really remember studying at all, though I know I must have done. Maybe not the best...

Ours does. Only problem is our formerly amazing S&C department got a whole lot worse when one of the best teachers took maternity leave this year and was replaced by an idiot. I'm accelerated (I'm taking the HSC this year) and have loved every second of the class, but practically everyone in the...

With the marking - my English teacher is an Ex2 marker and if I remember her correctly, all the markers will mark short stories first (as this is by far the most popular medium) to gauge the general standard of the group. And then they differentiate and mark different mediums. Apparently there's...

I've actually really enjoyed doing my PIP. The course really wouldn't be the same without it. However, correct me if I'm wrong, but I read the BOS proposals and I didn't see them mention actually deleting the PIP from the course. What I saw was that they want to make it solely an internal...