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  1. gibbo153

    Did You Make It To Selective Schools?

    i made it to caringbah high school on reserve list. i didnt really want to go at the start haha. but its really good =]
  2. gibbo153

    Want to brainstorm the concept of belonging with me?

    yeah a lot of people have said stuff about needing to consider the inverse qualities of belonging as well. last year our year did 'the outsider' as the basis for our preliminary work. which was a pretty big help to understanding belonging from that perspective
  3. gibbo153

    Is sport compulsory?

    i go to a public high school. since term 2 of year 11 we have been able to not go to sport =] the bored requirement is only compulsary PD/H/PE for years 7 - 11 and after that it isnt compulsary if students already participate in a reasonable amount of sport outside school time. thats what we...
  4. gibbo153

    Uni Possible?

    agreed with all previous answers. the person who told you that is an ignorant fool not only is it highly possible (and probable) that you will get the marks.. there are MANY MANY MANY ways to get to uni other than beating the UAI cutoff. especially at wollongong, things like interviews and...
  5. gibbo153

    Study Discussion

    Re: What is next for the 09er's? haha agreed. hope we can stick to it. nah i reckon we'll be able to and that way we'll be a lot more organised and less stressed =]
  6. gibbo153

    Future Plans: What ATAR/course/job are you aiming for?

    Re: Future Plans: What UAI/course/job are you aiming for? im hoping to get like 90 - 95 and depending on what i get id probs go to wollongong and do LLB with G. Dip in Legal Practice which is 90. but i can get it for 87 with sutherland shire bonus and possibly for 84 with legal studies bonus...
  7. gibbo153

    2009ers: Year 12 Jerseys

    im gonna put 'twans' which sort of means no. but has to be used in a certain context which i say to teachers sometimes. eg teacher - "hey ben would you like to hand out these sheets to the class?" me - "twans?"
  8. gibbo153

    does your family encourage you to finish year 12

    my parents are mad stressheads. mainly mum. dad is as well but he tries to hide it heaps. i go to a selective high school but im pretty run of the mill. im not asian. (im not meaning to be racist in mentioning that) but yeah. just clarifying haha. since year 8 my marks have progressively...
  9. gibbo153

    FAQ: Passing at UoW

    hahaah but theres a great art to the choosing/exploiting of 'freinds' during school or uni, a necessary part of educational progression.
  10. gibbo153

    FAQ: Passing at UoW

    funny story completely unrelated to the thread - when my father was studying optometry, during a lecture a boy in the back row threw a paper plane which slowly glided all the way down the lecture hall, everyone watching in silence, to land on the lecturers desk. the hall erupted with laughter...
  11. gibbo153

    schoolies 09 plantation island

    who's going and what week?
  12. gibbo153

    Law in University

    from all the courses ive looked at, any two units of english are "assumed knowledge" but a great deal of unis consider advanced english as "recommended knowledge" while its not necessary, advanced would certainly give you a better preperation for any essay or other writing component of a...
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