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- Sep 17, 2023
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I somehow clutched up and my grades for Term 2 aren't as bad as I thought they would be. Here's my termly reflection for all 6 of my subjects. Note that the percentages listed are for the whole semester and not just for this term.
Engineering (92%): I have mixed feelings about Engineering. Although I knew I did well considering that I had just switched from Digital Solutions, I feel that I could have done better. I did not put enough effort into my drafts and checkpoints and hence I did not receive the feedback necessary to get a better grade.
Physics (90%): I'll admit that I completely threw this term. We only had an assignment this term and since its weighting was relatively high, it dragged down my semester grade by an entire 10%. Once again, I was lazy with the draft and only submitted a half-complete draft. Unsurprisingly, most of the marks that I lost were in the sections that I didn't complete in my draft.
Chemistry (87%): Chemistry is that one subject that is basically unpredictable. For my assignment this term, I also submitted a half-complete draft (I know that I'm being repetitive here, but this has been a recurring problem for me this term). I ended up getting full marks for the first section, but dropped marks on the last two sections because of my careless evaluation and identification of limitations and uncertainty. After receiving that mark, I furiously studied for the upcoming data test and smashed that with a 10/10. I'll really need something special next term to save my chem grade.
Math Methods (82%): I really don't want to go into too much detail because I've already commented about my methods situation in another post. I ran out of time on the exam making silly errors and then crossing them out again. I even had to redo entire questions because I was being clumsy with either the math or the interpretation of the question. My goal next term is to SPEED UP my working out and also to not make careless errors.
English (82%): This one really surprised me because I was fully expecting to fail this term. However, I ended up getting 92% this term and combined with the 72% last term, it puts me at what I got for the semester. I wrote my speech in a way that was accessible to the audience instead of being formal like I usually do in essays. As for the speaking itself, I did my best to include pauses, hand gestures, and other features that are present in good speeches. Hopefully I can keep up the good grade next term.
Specialist Maths (71%): I don't want to think too hard about this because I absolutely FLUNKED this term's exam. I had the same problem with specialist as methods, but I made more mistakes this time and attempted even less questions.
lil N Have you received your specialist exam back yet? Hopefully you did much better than you predicted
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I just submitted both my English and my Engineering assignments. I only have a chemistry data test left on Thursday and then I'm done for the term.
This term's results are probably going to be really disappointing, both my math exams were disastrous and everything else is meh.
I seriously hope this won't happen again (especially in year 12).
Oh, and I also have to do my English presentation on Thursday. It'll probably be nice and chill with only 5 speakers/audience members.
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I got my chemistry assignment back at the start of this week. It was a meh grade, not bad but lower than what I would have wanted. There is a data test at the end of the term so I'll definitely be studying for that.
Methods was a different story: I completely bombed that. It wasn't as bad as my specialist percentage, but it was still crap compared to my historical performance.
I time failed both math exams, which definitely contributed to my low grades. I need to start working MUCH faster now, because I skipped 2-3 questions for both exams.
That might be one of my new yearly goals actually. To work quicker in exams and not time fail.
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I was the unfortunate victim of leaving my sunroof open during a rainy night, where my workbook sat for 8 hours. The result was a workbook that was irreversibly damaged. That meant I had to complete all the work (including holiday homework) due to the teacher not regularly checking the coursework.
That stress lead to frequent migraines that were so extreme I couldn’t attend school.
Don't try to redo all the work in a short period of time. Just explain to the teacher that you're behind because of the aforementioned reasons and they likely won't punish you. If you're behind, there is no reason to skip class purely to catch up on coursework. Taking that route is usually suicide because now you're struggling in all of your subjects instead of 1.
Also, who leaves their books in the car? I always put my folders inside my bag or inside my room.
However, I received a letter of incomplete coursework (final warning) from my economics teacher and it had to be completed within 4 days of that email being sent. As I did not see that email, I had no knowledge of that deadline.
Unless your internet didn't work, this is your fault. it is your responsibility to check your emails on a daily basis.
I asked about why I had to wait so long to learn about my ‘N’ they then said that the teacher was extending my deadline to help me finish the coursework (This was not disclosed to me.)
If your teacher hasn't talked to you about incomplete work, keep on doing it. Don't ignore it and do nothing until your teacher gets back to you.
I failed to hand in the medical certificate because I was stressed with both school and work.
Doesn't this take a maximum of 30 seconds to hand in? When I need to hand a form in, I give it to the dean of studies. This takes like 5 seconds. While I understand that you were struggling, remembering to hand the certificate in is a reasonable expectation.
I made a really stupid mistake which I understand. Surely they’re breaching something…
The school's actions seem pretty typical. I can't see anything unusual in your post.
There are many other points which I haven't covered, but I don't think that you have any grounds.
Update: I knew all the content for methods but ran out of time on the methods exam. I'm feeling really down right now.
There's obviously nothing I can do about it but I learnt my lesson and I won't be an idiot next time.
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My specialist grades were released early and I ended up getting them on Wednesday of this week. Needless to say, I was not happy. My main weakness was time management, as I was not able to finish the exam and left a few questions unanswered.
I am confident that if I work on my time management skills, I will not make a blunder this bad again.
On the "bright" side, my overall grade for the year so far is a very low B, so let's hope that it doesn't slide further.
Note: a significant portion of my cohort (probably 30-35%) failed the exam so I'll consider myself lucky and not stupid this time. The mark is still absolutely horrific though.
I completed my specialist math exam today. I did study throughout the term, but no amount of study could have prepared me for what was going to be on the exam.
I choked so hard and I really don't want to talk about it.
Still in an extremely bad mood
My chemistry assignment was due today and I handed it in. It was SO PAINFUL to complete, I literally had to grind for the entire weekend in addition to normally editing it over the course of 4 weeks.
Hopefully I don't choke and get below 50%, but otherwise I'm chilling.
My goal is to get 16/20 or higher. I don't know if I'll actually achieve that because as we all know I'm garbage at chemistry, but one can hope
You cannot square root \frac{-1-\sqrt 5}{2}, as it is less than zero.
After graphing both equations on Desmos, my solution appears to be correct.
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Let x^2=z
z^2+z=1
z^2+z-1=0
Using the quadratic formula yields z=\frac{-1+\sqrt 5}{2} or z=\frac{-1-\sqrt 5 }{2}
Since only the left expression is nonnegative, we only take the square root of that.
x=\sqrt z
x=\sqrt \frac{-1+\sqrt 5}{2}=\pm 0.786
- In English 2023
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I don't do VCE so my knowledge of it may be limited.
However, I do know that different schools have different sacs with varying difficulties. There is no way for me or anyone else on this forum to know how difficult they are.
However, if you do well on your exam then it makes your sacs scale up and therefore you will get a good study score. A 35 SS is 100% achievable with a good exam score.
Your exam is the most important assessment item; your sacs don't matter nearly as much. Don't stress over them.
P.S. Sac RANK is the only thing that matters. VCAA only looks at rank, they don't directly look at your raw percentage.