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TnGn74 my bad man i'm sick and i was kinda out of it on cough meds, didn't mean to act so aggressive. i do appreciate the concern even if it didn't look like it at the time.

Hi everyone! I completed VCE in 2022 with an ATAR of 99.85, as well as perfect study scores of 50 in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematical Methods. In 2023, I was awarded a Premier's VCE award in Biology, and have accumulated over 250 hours of tutoring. In 2024, I will be offering tutoring for VCE Biology and Mathematical Methods.

My lessons will be run with three core principles in mind.
1. A heavy emphasis on understanding and breaking down the nuances and "why's" behind each topic, which I believe is fundamental to answering any application question.
2. Learning clear, step-by-step approaches to tackling difficult "separator" questions i.e. not just understanding the answer itself, but the thought process from initially reading --> answering the question
3. Acquiring high utility, exam-focused techniques and strategies (such as breaking down the marking criteria of ambiguous biology questions, or systematic processes to reduce 'silly mistakes' in methods) that will help you maximise your marks across the various SACs and examinations throughout the year.

Additionally, of course I will be providing:
- Any assistance requested outside-of-class; be it answering questions or marking written responses etc
- Access to all the resources that helped me achieve the scores I did- including my bounded reference for methods and over 120 pages of handwritten notes that completely cover ever inch of the current VCE Biology study design
- Year-long support and advice for dealing with stress, burnout and managing the demands of VCE overall

** Also more than happy to provide mentorship and guidance for my students interested in studying medicine (I myself am currently studying medicine at Monash)

Having achieved amongst the very top of the state for the subjects that I am teaching, I believe that my wealth of knowledge and experience can greatly benefit any student, irrespective of what you are aiming for.

Lessons will be 90mins long and run weekly in extremely small groups of 2-4 students, ensuring that each student's personal concerns and questions can be thoroughly addressed. As such, feel free to bring along a friend or two. Alternatively, I will endeavour to place you with other student(s) of similar learning styles and goals, such that lessons can be better tailored to suit your individual needs

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Entry #13 - 24/05/2023

Phew, it's really Week 5, and it seems that it is officially SAC season. Yesterday I had the first part of my Spesh SAC, surprisingly, it was actually not that difficult! Today I had my Physics SAC on Electricity, Magnetism and Gravity, which thankfully, I studied for it, and found it easy. Tomorrow is the final part of my Spesh SAC, I'm really looking forward to finishing it. Despite my excitement, my calendar is looking bleak. I will be have a SAC every week until the end of the term, and next week will be Methods (yet again, in 2 parts like Spesh, but it's methods, so I'll be fine). On an unrelated note, I'm doing something I know I shouldn't be doing, but I'm watching the LOTR films whilst reading the books, I finished the Fellowship of the Ring and have begun The Two Towers. But I'll finish the book and then continue with the films. Other than that, it seems that I'll have to hit the books.

Tasks

• Revise Complex Numbers and Vectors.

• Annotate Argument Analysis article.

• Begin Methods revision.

Have a wonderful day

Term 2, Week 5

Hi everyone! It seems like forever since I've updated this journal, but it has been only two weeks. I had a lot of things going on. Last week was a blur - I had a pile of tests that I needed to take and etc. I also ended up catching a cold, where my nose has become a fountain of snot, which really didn't make things any better. But since I feel better now, I was thinking that I should start early on preparing for my exams and assessments in the coming weeks. And I've also discovered a passion for drumming!

I don't have any big assessments this week, so I will devote this week to preparing for my assessments early on and planning a revision schedule for the exam.

Here are my goals for this week!

• Finish making the PPT

• Catch up on the subjects I've missed

• Go over the text again - collect quotes/evidence per theme

Take care everyone, and stay warm!

Signing off,
NicoNico

Entry #12 - 16/05/2023

Greetings, apologies for the inconsistencies between entries, but man, it's already Week 4, that's what's so scary, time feels so quick! Other than that, I'll have to summarise shortly what occured during the short hiatus.

• I did my English Text Response SAC.

• I began reading The Lord of the Rings (Highly recommend).

• We have started Logic and Proof in Specialist Maths.

Enough about the past, what about what happens next? This week, I have my Electrolysis SAC on Thursday, next week, I have a 4 period Spesh SAC (begins on Tuesday and finishes on Thursday), alongside my Physics SAC. How am I feeling? Uncertain, I feel underprepared, even though I have done enough. Recently, I have been applying some good habits such as: going to bed by 9pm, reading, time management. My parents keep telling me this: "my source of stress is from having no schedule", and I do agree, alongside the benefits of sleeping 8 hours, studying consistently will eleviate my stress. The take away? Studying consistently and doing my homework will definitely ease the sense of uncertainty within me. Well, I gotta get a move on!

Tasks

• Revise Electrolytic Cells.

• Revise Vectors and Complex numbers. Complete practice questions.

• Complete Argument Analysis questions.

Have a good day

It's been a while since I've been back here, but that's because not anything interesting has been going on. I have found a way to be productive though: overstimulating myself!
I'm always tired after school and on the weekends, so I use 2 productive apps on my phone (forest and yeolpumta), I have a tab open of "here.fm" (a studying lobby website), and a tab of loud music blasting in my headphones. And it works! I also use the pomodoro technique (studying 25 minutes, resting for 5, repeat). I guess what also helps is that I genuinely like all my subjects. During my studies, I do most of the "fun" homework, leaving all the "hard" stuff at home, where I can put myself in the productive zone.

Honestly, I get more stuff done during the holidays than I do during school terms. However, an advantage of that is since 2 of my subjects are english, I read and annotate all my novels before school, so I hardly have any homework for those subjects, and I can focus on my other ones.

Also, I've learned that there is a fine line when trying to help out your peers with school work. I've learned now that to avoid plagiarism, just create a separate word doc from your original work, where if it is maths work, put exactly what you wrote (it's fine if people copy and paste that work, as with maths there is only one answer); if it is a worded question, don't write an actual answer! What's better is to point the reader in the right direction- explain certain terms in the question and use dot points when saying how to solve the answer- that way your peers are actually using their brain instead of just copy and pasting. This only applies to weekly/daily homework.

That's really all there is I have to say/rant, have a good day!

Entry #11 - 27/04/2023

Well? It's the first entry of the term. I hope you all had a great break, other than that, things are looking quite rough. Today I had my Differential Calculus test for specialist maths, and only now have we started Differential Calculus in methods. In roughly two weeks is my English text reponse SAC. Next week, on Monday, is the due date for my Chemistry Poster (on Monday, the Further maths students have a day long SAC). On an unrelated note, my current DM said that I would have to DM at least once for a campaign, my social and communication skills are already bad enough. We also started Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields in physics, and my teacher already handed us a ton of VCAA questions, so much paper, I'll tell you. My teachers have been warning me that this term is going to be a tough one, and term 3 will be tougher, I gotta get a move on!

Tasks

• Watch 4F Edrolo for Chemistry

• Do Chapter 4F exercises

• Watch 5A & 5B for Physics

• Do Chapter 5A & 5B exercises

• High Ground scene analysis

Have an amazing day

Welcome back to the term 2! Are you ready for a subject selection rant? No? Oh well, you're gonna have to sit through one, so here we go!
The current subjects year 11/2023: 1/2 English Mainstream, 1/2 lit, 1/2 physics, 3/4 global politics.
Year 12/2023 plan (all 3/4): Mainstream, lit, physics, and psychology (there is room for another subject, but I'm not sure).

Rn I have 5 subjects I definitely know what I want to, and I could pick up another subject. I dropped my vsv subject, I was not fit to thrive in online school, so my last subject will have to be one from school. Best choice is englang, but that means all three english subjects (so one will go automatically to bottom 5/6), and a LOT of writing.
A few years ago I knew that english and science was my main strengths, but I thought both subjects were really boring. Fast forward to now, where I realise those two are the only subjects I actually can survive through. After a lot of thinking, I've realised that I love researching about a lot of subjects like maths and humanities, but that I suck at them in school. If I could choose my atar subjects based if I had to do personal research, it would be humanities and visual arts. I really like social science, and would like to pursue something relating to it in the future, but I really hate the high school subjects- hopefully uni will be different. I know that even though science is easy for me, I would hate to base my whole career on it. I've dropped and picked up so many subjects, and thought that I definitely knew what career I wanted to go to, but I'm very indecisive. I guess I will leave this all to future me.

Goals for Term 2

So... I guess I've spent my holidays quite efficiently. I was able to build up on my English writing skills, and I got some practice done as well, including analysing my text that we're going to be reading this term. But I guess I didn't also do completely well, since I neglected almost all of my other subjects completely. Anyway, since it's in the past, I can't really do anything about it other than learning from my mistakes, and most importantly, moving forward.

This brings to me to my goals for term 2. To be honest, I've always been that person where I would set really high goals, fail to achieve that, and end up procrastinating. Nonetheless, I have gotten better at setting more realistic goals over the years.. And here we are! These are my goals for term 2:

1. Get out of bed immediately after the alarm goes on. No snoozing!

• This goal is a bit vague compared to the others, but I'm going to have to force myself to actually get myself out of bed. It's actually going to be harder since winter is coming, and I can't help but to nestle in my bed during these times.

2. Squeeze in 30 minutes of studying before I eat breakfast.

• Bit of a personal note, but I'm actually preparing for the JLPT examination at the end of the year. And I've got a vast amount of vocabulary and kanji I have to go over. I want to prepare little bit by bit, but also consistently, and not cramming (like I usually do). Here's the plan I devised.

• What am I going to do? I am going to revise the vocabulary, etc. I've learnt the day before. I am going to do look, say, write, cover, check. I am also going to go over 3 sets of JLPT vocabulary.

3. Use my commuting time wisely.

• I have actually wasted my commuting time during term 1. Considering that I need to get a lot of work done now, I need to utilise this time very wisely. Here's what I'm going to do.

• I get car sick very easily. So, I can't really do stuff like catching up on my maths homework or planning for an essay, because I'm going to end up feeling nauseous. Instead, on the way to school, I'm going to listen to the news (specifically economics related) and also NHK. This way, I'll be able to expand my knowledge and improve my listening skills for Japanese.

• On the way home, I'm actually going to use this time to plan for what I need to get done on that day, and use the remaining time to chill, since I'm usually completely worn out by the end of school.

4. Revise, revise, revise! Make sure I go over what I learnt right afterschool, through implementing active recall.

• I think this one is my most important goal. As I mentioned earlier, I used to be, and I am still sort of the person who always ends up cramming for a test or an assignment. Spacing out my revision blocks is a task for the future in the meanwhile, so I'm actually going to try my best to at least get my daily revision done properly.

• Right after I get home, I'm going to dedicate at least 30 minutes to go over what I've learnt during the day and refine my notes if I have to. Then, I'll brain dump everything that I've learnt on that day (through a mind-map, etc.) and identify my missing gaps.

Anyway, that's my goals for term 2! Good luck to me, and everyone out there!

Signing off,
NicoNico

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ʜᴇʟʟᴏᴏᴏᴏ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ, ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ (ᴀɢᴇꜱ ᴀɢᴏ) ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ ɪꜱ ꜱᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴅᴏᴡɴʜɪʟʟ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ʟᴏʟ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ꜱᴛᴜᴅʏɪɴɢ ᴍᴇᴛʜᴏᴅꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪꜱᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ꜱᴛᴜᴅʏɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ɪꜱ ᴇᴀꜱʏ ʟᴏʟ [ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜰɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʀɪɢ ꜰᴜɴ ɴɢʟ.]. ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴀᴛɪꜱꜰɪᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɢʀᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ, ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴘ, ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴀᴛɪꜱꜰɪᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴀᴅᴇꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟʟʏ ꜰʟɪᴘ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜᴘᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴛᴇʀᴍ 2 ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛꜱ, ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ!!!
ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴏɴᴇ

ᴋʀʏꜱᴛᴀʟ ʟᴏɢɢɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ /ᐠ ̞⑅ ̞ᐟ\ﾉ

I commend those reading this- but really, please enjoy your holidays (preferably with limited attention to school)!
My current routine rn unfortunately has been wake up early, sleep again, wake up in the afternoon to do hours of school work, then sleep. At least I'm getting work done?
My school's holiday homework guidelines tell me that 2 hours should be allocated for each subject (excluding reading), but honestly the way I'm going I'll take up 5 or more hours. Hopefully I don't burnout too quickly.
Oh well, it is only the start of the holidays (but oh boy does time like to sneak up on me), have a good one guys!

Entry #10 - 5/04/2023

Wow, this term went by really quickly, but I do have to say, I HAVE TONS OF TO WORK TO COMPLETE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. I guess that's fine because I have time, but I just have to hope that it doesn't obstruct my plan to study ahead. Today was the last DnD session of the term, my character (who's name is Sergev) was knocked unconscious, hopefully RNGesus will grant me good rolls for my death saving throws. Also had my Physics SAC, actually wasn't as hard as I thought it would turn out to be. Recently, my motivation to get a high ATAR has increased, and now I'm developing a plan to get one, and it seems that the plan is better started now than later, I'll push forward, full steam ahead!

Tasks (for the holidays)

• Physics

• Finish logbook and poster

• Work on practice VCAA questions booklets

• Chemistry

• Finish logbook and poster

• English

• Rewatch High Ground, make timestamps, and do practice paragraphs.

• Spesh

• Finish set exercises

• Do practice complex numbers and vectors questions

• Methods

• Finish set exercises

Have a good day (and a relaxing holidays)

Entry #9 - 30/03/2023

Do you hear it? It sounds like the end of Term 1 is approaching! It's really shocking to me how quickly this term went by, and now I'm already a one-third of my way in this year (Term 4 isn't really counted as a term). Well? I haven't been making entries since Wednesday last week, so what has been going on? I did my Chemistry Practical for the Practical Investigation assignment on Tuesday, and today we started Circular Functions on Methods and Integral Calculus in Spesh. Oh, and DnD, we continued from last week (my group was sent to Nightstone to due to a goblin raid), and it turns out I'm really good at rolling. The Galvanic Cells SAC was on Monday, and I actually think I did really well, I could answer all questions with confidence, considering the fact that a few weeks ago I couldn't identify what was the anode or the cathode. Although the term is coming to an end, I shouldn't be relaxing. I got work to do!!

Tasks

• Complete Checkpoint 2 on Physics logbook.

• Write two TEEL paragraphs for English

Have a great day

Entry #8 - 22/03/2023

Apologies to the infrequent entries, but I do have to say, things are going quite well for me (other than the fact that I have to do 2 practical investigations at once), things seem to be favourable. Today was the beginning of the DnD campaign, the one I have been waiting for and it was fun. I also got my SAC scores for English, Chemistry and Physics. 56, 79 (surprising cause I winged it) and 78 (the Motion part was absolutely cooked) for each subject respectively. I feel disappointed, but I also imagine this as a lesson to prepare for future SACs, although, the Creative SAC only counts to 7% of the study score. I have a Methods test tomorrow and a Chemistry SAC next week on Monday, which I have been studying for. In other good news, the Chemistry teachers are preparing for an excursion in University of Melbourne .

Tasks

• Finish Checkpoint 1 of Physics logbook

• Make methodology on Chemistry logbook

• Send character sheet pdf to DM

• Make Methods bound reference

Have a splendid day

Entry #7 - 15/03/2023

Seems that good things are coming, I just did the first part of my physics SAC (and I think I did really well), the second part is going to be on Friday, so I'll make sure to study well for that, and most importantly, we had our first Session Zero in the DnD club, we'll be playing in a land known as Faerun, so it looks like I'll have to do some reading of the Faerun lore (also sending my DM my character sheet to make my character compatible with the lore). Differential Calculus is fun, and we also started Exponentials and Logarithms, to be fair, spesh and methods are really chill subjects if you enjoy doing maths. I'll be having my second Chemistry SAC on Galvanic Cells on week 9, so I'll definitely put effort this time.

Tasks

• Start Differential Calculus exercises.

• Finish Chapter 4 in Methods

• Watch Galvanic Cells on Edrolo

Have a good day