Rey's VCE journey into year 12

My English teacher came up to me in class to congratulate me on my score so I now know I'm tied rank 1 which I'm very happy about!

FH That would be awesome and thankyou so much!

Had my hospitality excursion today, we went to a 5 star hotel, got to eat from their buffet which was incredibly delicious and my class was honestly awesome, I've become really good friends with one of them so we hung out all day as well as with some others from the class and it was just so much fun! Not too much to say but like that was one of the best excursions I've ever had.

PERSONAL UPDATE BUT LIKE IM SO EXCITED BECAUSE ONE OF MY COSPLAYS FOR COMIC CON CAME IN.
Tried it on and my friends say it's super pretty and like it's such a vibe but I need to fix some stuff to make it fit better (expected) and style the wig to make it fit comfortably/look right but yeah. The other cosplay is waiting at the post office so I'm super excited to get that as well and then figure out if/what adjustments are needed to get them ready for comic con.
Anyways hope everyone is going well

chloechristos It's a genshin impact one

_risa_ Thankyou so much!
Honestly when it comes to analytical pieces I think 3 of the biggest things I focus on are imbedding of quotes, author intent and my vocabulary.
Once you have your 3-4 ideas for the body paragraps (I normally go 3 but it's up to you and how much you think you can write), the important part is having textual evidence (quotes/key scenes) to back it up. So having a few basic quotes memorised is important, even if it's just single words/short phrases. So an example of a sentence from my essay is: 'This deep-seated fear likely is a result of the social reprecussions she faced during the trial for her family's murder, as the town despises the Blackwoods for the deaths and their non-conformitive nature, going so far as to taunt them about the passings by chanting rhymes about how "Connie" sent the Blackwoods "down in the boneyard ten feet deep". '
Then it's important to mention author intent, whether by saying the author intends to or by mentioning how the specefic literary technique/quote/scene supports their overarching message, or if it suggests something to audience.
Essentially the quotes are the what and the author intent is pretty much the why from my understanding.
When it comes to language I try to have a few synonyms/similar words available for key words (e.g. isolation, ostrasization, social exclusion etc) to diversify language choices, also adding in some other 'fancier' words like juxtaposition, catharsis or malleable. Additionally having a variety words to convey what the author is doing (presents/reveals/demonstrates/depicts/exemplifies/suggests/implies etc) is something I've had to work on a little.
The specefic feedback I got on my piece was to use certain terms prefered by my school (e.g. anti-semetic) and to add in maybe 1 or 2 more key scenes to go with the quotes.
Honestly when it comes to the timed conditions the only advice I can give is practice under timed conditions, and when it comes to essay planning in the time, do what works for you (so like I don't do detailed plans, I'll jot down my 3 body paragraph ideas and that's kind of it, maybe a relevant quote/word I don't want to forget but normally not. But I know a lot of people work better with detailed plans so it's about trial and error and choosing whatever works for you).
If you have any specefic questions or stuff I can help with I'm happy to try and answer anything, hope that was at least slightly useful

Not too much happening in my school classes at the moment, I did get a 92% for part 1 of my hospitality SAC which is nice and I should be getting my business results soon-ish.
I'm currently meant to be working on my essay for HES psychology (I kinda am not entirely sure what I'm doing so it's a bit stressful and I won't do great but theres not much I can do besides write what I can and turn it on time). Should be getting the results for the group project oral in a couple days tho which will be good.
I've also talked to my school with a friend and we're going to be giving a presentation to people about CHES and it's programs to try and get more people signed up for next year because our school's communication and information about it last year were... minimal.
Interestingly though, this same friend now know's who I am (they found this account/diary lol) which was something I wasn't particularly expecting so that was kind of funny. Turns out another account I've talked to a few times on here is one of their friends so they discovered it based off the conversations we had on here lol. TBH I haven't exactly hidden much about the school's subjects/my classes because I figured majority of the people at my school are probably not the sort to visit ATAR notes discussion page at all, and the ones that are likely to aren't really the type to judge me.
Oh and just another personal life update, my 2nd cosplay (also a genshin cosplay) is here and fits me well which is so exciting, just need to do a few things here and there for both cosplays and I'll be comic con ready.
Anyways, hope everyone is going well!

g4rl1cg1rl yep lol

Just got back my first ever uni assignment results (group oral) and I got 8/10! The section I was in charge of got top marks and we did frigging awesome, I am so happy with the results lol.
Don't have anything else to say so hope everyone else is going well!

FH Thanks lol

Another small update: no new results but I worked my first shift at the school cafe today and the people I was on with were really nice, I also recognised way more people going there than I thought I would, it's more popular than I realised and we were busy but not like super busy which was awesome. Oh and I ended my shift by making myself a babychinno with the leftover milk foam (highly reccomend lol).
Anyways hope everyone's going well!