about me

hi! frequent lurker, first time making an account and posting! my (online) name is velvet, she/her, i'm currently in yr 10 and decided to start a journal to keep myself accountable and what-not! i know journals are normally a vce thing but i plan to start a seperate journal for yr 11 and 12. plus, it'd be fun to compare yr10 me vs senior me, i think.

i've been obsessed with reading journals (esp. @possible_to_return_passport and @FH's journals) n feel like having a little account of my life somewhere out there would also help my mental health.

i've always been a good student but i've been really struggling with my mental health since year 7. i also had a major falling out with a close friend last year n my grades took a dip because of it. i've been hoping to get back on track but my term one scores really weren't it up to my regular standard. i've seen how positive journals can be and i feel like having my own and people to talk to about school would be great as most of my friends are older than me (yr 11+) and are really busy rn 🙁
now that the more important stuff is out of the way, here are my classes and future plans!

classes

i'm currently taking..

legal 1 & 2: i absolutely love legal and my teacher, but the workload is crazy. tbh, i should've expected it, but its really been getting to me. HOWEVER i did score great on my last sac so i have high hopes
enhanced english: i really hate my class but my teacher's alright. i've always been excellent in english (at least 2-3 years above my peers according to my last report) but i have a bad habit of experimenting with structure ON MY TESTS because i basically just see it as a personal writing task (which its not). its a habit i really need to grow out of it.
math pre-methods: i hate my teacher but my score has been improving. mostly due to tutoring + some all nighters.
religion: i do really well and i love my teacher. i might do religions and societies at VCE level if i don't do VSV philosophy, but thats a maybe.
accounting (mandatory yr 10 elective): its alright. my teacher's amazing and he's so fun but the topic itself is really bland. its just excel 101.
japanese: love my teacher and love the subject. i'm definitely doing it at VCE level. i get alright grades, not the best, but its such a fun class that i don't mind.
english literature (yr 10, elective): haven't taken it yet. its been shifted to sem2 because our teacher left and they couldn't find a new one in time.
science: i also haven't taken it yet because its a sem2 class.

future plans

i..really don't know. i 100% know i want to study bachelor of the arts at melb with a philosophy + english major and screen and cultural studies minor. i love movies and i was considering film school, but i want something more stable, so i'm also considering a career in research or even law.

what i'm doing right now

holidays are in 2 days so im just swimming through school. we aren't doing much in any of my classes except legal and pre-methods (grr). obv i have a lot of holiday hw which is a bit annoying because my cousins are travelling from my country of origin to here over the term 1 holidays. its going to be so hard to get hw with them around but ill manage. probably.

expect updates at least weekly!

    velvet hii!! im glad i am of inspiration 🙏. having a journal has its benefits for mental health- it is quite interesting to reflect on earlier entries later in the year and see what growth you have had.
    i myself have had ups and downs with my mental health over the last few years. if you ever need someone to talk to, or even want a few tips on how to prioritise your mental health and achieve well academically, i am more than happy to do either or both!!

    all the best with the holidays and next term/the year!!

      Hiii!

      It’s nice that you’ve started your own journal!! Let’s stick together đŸ’Ș

      I’ve also had lots of issues with family and fair share of struggles to maintain a work-life balance. And I think over the past few years, small things like rashes on my body to catching colds + 40-degree fevers frequently can be attributed to dealing with large amounts of stress. It’s important to take breaks in Year 10!

      For English, it depends on the writing task, but you’ll have a lot more freedom/autonomy to do what you need to do to answer every part of the question for the creative essay. I’m sure you’ve got it in the bag!

      If you plan on continuing to Year 11 Japanese, you should cover VCE Kanji before VCE actually starts. That’s because you’ll have much bigger fish than Kanji to fry (text-type structure and approach, oral SACs, new grammar just to begin with).

      And it’s ok to not know what you want to do in the future. I don’t really know either, and I’m in Year 12 lmao.

      We can do this!

      Yo, Velvet!
      Seems like you have a good selection of subjects. Something important to remember is that you can finish high school and still not know what you want to do. There's plenty of time to decide
      Have you decided if you want to do a VCE Science? If so, what subject?
      Would you consider VCE Maths, Accounting, or Literature? They can be tricky, but helpful if you choose to go to uni. Best of luck for the year!

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