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High School
- Thread starter BubbleBelly542
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- 1,248
- Auburn
- PDCrocks
- NiiGokki
I do most of that except for the being better part
You're not to far off the mark: I'm holding my GPA steady at about 3.36-3.4. Thats mostly due to math classes though
- 3,990
- Chicago
- fortbo
- fortbo
Then do that! Also, if you don't already, start dressing nicer, get a good haircut and a nice pair of retro Jordans(Yes Jordans, they can be expensive but look very good) I would also suggest to focus in on one girl, the reason I say this is it can turn into a very bad situation when you are leading multiple girls on. This has happened to me and its not fun.I do most of that except for the being better part
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- Chicago
- fortbo
- fortbo
Check out this site for the Jordans. http://www.flightclub.com/I've needed a haircut for a while anyways
I'm pretty oblivious to that sort of thing normally...
- 1,248
- Auburn
- PDCrocks
- NiiGokki
What? I wear Nike because they're the only brand that fit my feet properly out of the ones I've tried.
- 1,729
- San Francisco
- pdawg731
Most of the time it wasn't really allowed, I would just pull out something else during a PowerPoint Presentation and multitask.
- 11,188
- Central Coast, NSW
- Com_Fox5
- EelX 5
Last year my friends had a DS craze and brought our 3DSs or DSs to school. We mainly played the NSMB Minigames (mostly the Gambling or Action because I dominate the Puzzle ones) and sometimes we had Pokemon matches though adter one match, one of them wouldn't want to play with me anymore
I miss the days on DS and playing together locally now its just texting on phones or pkaying non mulitplayer games on Phones. I don't really like Phones anyway. I have one but I only use it for work
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I miss the days on DS and playing together locally now its just texting on phones or pkaying non mulitplayer games on Phones. I don't really like Phones anyway. I have one but I only use it for work
.Thats the same with my Maths class and even if you finish it all, the teacher gives you more. My other classes are more laid-back though.
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- Houston, Tx
- BigTex097
- SCSTexan
I go back to school tomorrow, and maybe to the school's weight room as well since I decided to return to American Football for my senior year to help out the varsity achieve state championship (They won 1st round in the playoffs this season, but lost badly in the 2nd round.) I haven't been in that weight room since the end of my freshman year (and worked out since), so I'm ready to get my 🤬 wrecked.
- 11,188
- Central Coast, NSW
- Com_Fox5
- EelX 5
We have no weightroom. Though that is likely because our sports aren't as physically demanding as American Football.
I've never really participated in any extra curriculum activities at the school and probably never will, unless they had a Pokemon Triple Battle tournament. I guess over activities just bore me. (All we have is Sports I'm not into, Music, Public Drama performance (but its more dancing :/) as well as School Leadership Program. Those just bore me or I'd hate to do).
I've never really participated in any extra curriculum activities at the school and probably never will, unless they had a Pokemon Triple Battle tournament
. I guess over activities just bore me. (All we have is Sports I'm not into, Music, Public Drama performance (but its more dancing :/) as well as School Leadership Program. Those just bore me or I'd hate to do).
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- Hammerhead Garage
I'm also guessing that the comments you get most frequently in your essays are that your arguments are uneven and inconsistent in their strength, particularly later in the essay.
If I am your teacher, I know what you're doing. I might not be able to see the screen of your computer, but I know what the Alt-Tab gesture looks like.
I usually plan the full lesson. I won't have a minimum amount of work and an extra activity for those who finish early - I will run it right up to the bell.
- 1,248
- Auburn
- PDCrocks
- NiiGokki
Once again, the teacher makes a correct prediction. The other main problem is handwriting for those that have to be handwritten (History)
- 1,729
- San Francisco
- pdawg731
I don't doubt that they knew I wasn't paying attention, they just never said anything about it.
- 11,188
- Central Coast, NSW
- Com_Fox5
- EelX 5
@prisonermonkeys I wish we had teachers like that. I'll admit, I'll do it myself when the thing we have to do is short and there is nothing to do but I feel like its something our school (and I ) needs. Especially a friend of mine who has a major problem with Phones and Laptops yet he gets away with it constantly. I'm not trying to sound like a horrible friend, but I'm worried he won't succeed well in Senior Year with all of those distraction and he wants an ATAR (something in Australia that gets you into Uni). I try to get him to stop at times but he is very ignorant when you think imposingly of him.
) needs. Especially a friend of mine who has a major problem with Phones and Laptops yet he gets away with it constantly. I'm not trying to sound like a horrible friend, but I'm worried he won't succeed well in Senior Year with all of those distraction and he wants an ATAR (something in Australia that gets you into Uni). I try to get him to stop at times but he is very ignorant when you think imposingly of him.
- 33,155
- Hammerhead Garage
Why do you think that is? I'll give you a hint - I am not one of your teachers who has secretly figured out that you are one of my students. In fact, I live half a world away and teach in a completely different school system.
Essays need structure. Structure comes from drafts, because you can trace how the essay has evolved with subsequent rewrites and you can start to identify the gaps in your arguments.
If I can't read it, then I can't mark it.
My experience is that students tend to wise up going into Year 11. It's unfortunate, but sometimes a disappointing mark is what's needed to shake them out of their reverie. We do push pretty hard during the Prelim course, but my experience is that no-one - not even the students who will go on to get a 99.95 - can truly say that they were prepared for the HSC until they're neck-deep in it. And that's why we push during Prelim - to get you used to it.
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- Hammerhead Garage
@RESHIRAM5
I know we hype ATAR up a little bit, but at the end of the day, think of it like this: it is a key that opens a door. It is not the only key, and in the same way, there is more than one door. And once you have used that key, you have no further need of it. I have no idea what my UAI/ATAR was. Once I got to university, nobody cared. Lecturers and tutors don't ask what your ATAR is. Employers don't ask what your ATAR is. And I have seen students who got an ATAR of 40, but got a place at university through the Principal's Recommendation Scheme, and went on to get a PhD. Likewise, I have seen students who got an ATAR of 80 or 90, and then throw it all away once they got to university.
That said, I don't think that we are wrong to place such emphasis on ATAR. What it really represents is the easiest way to get the future that you want. So yes, there is pressure. And it's important to be wary of that, because the alternative is to be blasé, and I would much rather that you be the former.
There are five things that are going to get you through the Prelim and the HSC, and your ability to recall facts and figures is not one of them. In no particular order, they are:
1) Time management - know what is due and when it is due and plan accordingly. Structure your study regimen around your strengths and weaknesses; if you are good at maths, but not at English, then don't spend two hours on each - spend ninety minutes on maths and give yourself an extra half-hour for English.
2) Physical wellbeing - you need to eat well, and sleep well. The temptation is there to become a caffeine addict or splurge on sugar or put pressure on yourself (or any combination thereof, and countless more), and all you are going to do is burn yourself out. A girl in my grade worried herself sick in the first term of the HSC, missed eighteen days of school, and never caught up. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
3) Emotional stability - you need to get along with everyone around you. Not just classmates and teachers, but at home as well. And if you are the first in the family to do your HSC, chances are that your family won't know the full extent of what you are trying to do. One of my favourite stories to tell senior students is the way my little sister went through her death metal phase when I did my HSC. And since she was thirteen years old, she had no appreciation of what I was doing. We didn't get along, and it created unnecessary tension. The moral of this story is that life must be as normal as possible. Maybe even moreso.
4) Mental health - the ability to write the greatest essay in the world is a wonderful skill to have. You will, however, find it to be completely useless if you are a blubbering wreck when it comes time to write it. You need to learn how to manage stress. You need to learn to recognise your limits. And above all else, you need the ability to walk away. A study regimen is all well and good, but if you find that you can't concentrate one Saturday morning, don't try and force yourself to. Go to the beach, watch a movie, go to the gym; do what you need to do to take your mind off it. This is not an excuse to procrastinate, but it's a means to give yourself some space. It will keep you sane.
5) Learn how to manage your emotions - at some point, you will probably be disappointed in one of your marks. Maybe you missed by an inch; maybe you missed by a mile. But the temptation to double down and push yourself harder will arise. This is a mistake. You need to learn to recognise your emotions for what they are, and learn how to process them. If you're disappointed, you need to find a way to work through it. Bottling it up inside, pretending it means nothing and putting pressure on yourself is not healthy. One extra night of study will not make your HSC - but it can break it.
Now, I'm going to be pretty brutal here: if your friend is getting distracted, then that's not your problem. You can support him, but you cannot help him - you cannot spare the time. You have your own HSC to worry about, and if you take it upon yourself to worry about someone else as well, then all you are going to do is give yourself an ulcer. I cannot put this any other way: the Prelim and the HSC are going to suck. How much they suck is up to you. You will have a time when you throw down your pencil in frustration and announce "this sucks!" and if it only happens the once, you can consider yourself lucky. We will ask more of you than your teachers have before, and while we will drag you by the hair, kicking and screaming, to the exam room door if we think it will help, things generally go better for all involved if you work with us. But worrying over someone else is not your place. If your friend genuinely wants an ATAR but is getting distracted, then sometimes the best cure for that is a good swift kick in the pants. It's not your responsibility to deliver it, though. He needs to come around on his own.
And let's face it - you have your own HSC to be getting on with. Every day that you spend trying to bring him to his senses is a day that you could have dedicated to your own studies.
I know we hype ATAR up a little bit, but at the end of the day, think of it like this: it is a key that opens a door. It is not the only key, and in the same way, there is more than one door. And once you have used that key, you have no further need of it. I have no idea what my UAI/ATAR was. Once I got to university, nobody cared. Lecturers and tutors don't ask what your ATAR is. Employers don't ask what your ATAR is. And I have seen students who got an ATAR of 40, but got a place at university through the Principal's Recommendation Scheme, and went on to get a PhD. Likewise, I have seen students who got an ATAR of 80 or 90, and then throw it all away once they got to university.
That said, I don't think that we are wrong to place such emphasis on ATAR. What it really represents is the easiest way to get the future that you want. So yes, there is pressure. And it's important to be wary of that, because the alternative is to be blasé, and I would much rather that you be the former.
There are five things that are going to get you through the Prelim and the HSC, and your ability to recall facts and figures is not one of them. In no particular order, they are:
1) Time management - know what is due and when it is due and plan accordingly. Structure your study regimen around your strengths and weaknesses; if you are good at maths, but not at English, then don't spend two hours on each - spend ninety minutes on maths and give yourself an extra half-hour for English.
2) Physical wellbeing - you need to eat well, and sleep well. The temptation is there to become a caffeine addict or splurge on sugar or put pressure on yourself (or any combination thereof, and countless more), and all you are going to do is burn yourself out. A girl in my grade worried herself sick in the first term of the HSC, missed eighteen days of school, and never caught up. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
3) Emotional stability - you need to get along with everyone around you. Not just classmates and teachers, but at home as well. And if you are the first in the family to do your HSC, chances are that your family won't know the full extent of what you are trying to do. One of my favourite stories to tell senior students is the way my little sister went through her death metal phase when I did my HSC. And since she was thirteen years old, she had no appreciation of what I was doing. We didn't get along, and it created unnecessary tension. The moral of this story is that life must be as normal as possible. Maybe even moreso.
4) Mental health - the ability to write the greatest essay in the world is a wonderful skill to have. You will, however, find it to be completely useless if you are a blubbering wreck when it comes time to write it. You need to learn how to manage stress. You need to learn to recognise your limits. And above all else, you need the ability to walk away. A study regimen is all well and good, but if you find that you can't concentrate one Saturday morning, don't try and force yourself to. Go to the beach, watch a movie, go to the gym; do what you need to do to take your mind off it. This is not an excuse to procrastinate, but it's a means to give yourself some space. It will keep you sane.
5) Learn how to manage your emotions - at some point, you will probably be disappointed in one of your marks. Maybe you missed by an inch; maybe you missed by a mile. But the temptation to double down and push yourself harder will arise. This is a mistake. You need to learn to recognise your emotions for what they are, and learn how to process them. If you're disappointed, you need to find a way to work through it. Bottling it up inside, pretending it means nothing and putting pressure on yourself is not healthy. One extra night of study will not make your HSC - but it can break it.
Now, I'm going to be pretty brutal here: if your friend is getting distracted, then that's not your problem. You can support him, but you cannot help him - you cannot spare the time. You have your own HSC to worry about, and if you take it upon yourself to worry about someone else as well, then all you are going to do is give yourself an ulcer. I cannot put this any other way: the Prelim and the HSC are going to suck. How much they suck is up to you. You will have a time when you throw down your pencil in frustration and announce "this sucks!" and if it only happens the once, you can consider yourself lucky. We will ask more of you than your teachers have before, and while we will drag you by the hair, kicking and screaming, to the exam room door if we think it will help, things generally go better for all involved if you work with us. But worrying over someone else is not your place. If your friend genuinely wants an ATAR but is getting distracted, then sometimes the best cure for that is a good swift kick in the pants. It's not your responsibility to deliver it, though. He needs to come around on his own.
And let's face it - you have your own HSC to be getting on with. Every day that you spend trying to bring him to his senses is a day that you could have dedicated to your own studies.
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- Central Coast, NSW
- Com_Fox5
- EelX 5
Wow, that's pretty deep. Thanks.
- 1,248
- Auburn
- PDCrocks
- NiiGokki
I had meant that you, like most teachers, have experience with lazyish students and have been teaching for long enough that you know what problems those students have, and what they could do to fix it.
Thanks for the advice 👍. I'll keep it in mind next time I have an essay to write.
- 5,000
- United States
- GTP_Johnny1996
I've gotta say, today was a good day for me. The school had a two hour delay, and so did Votech since they work in conjunction with the high school.
Now, it wouldn't be the life of a high school student without a few minor blemishes in the day. First, Votech was rather unprepared for the new two hour delay schedule. Then the second minor issue was on the way back to the high school, when someone drew a male-specific body part on the bus window and got caught. No one got in trouble more than the bus driver yelling at them, at least not yet.
Anyway, good day today, and I'm ready for it to happen again, or even have a better day, tomorrow.
Now, it wouldn't be the life of a high school student without a few minor blemishes in the day. First, Votech was rather unprepared for the new two hour delay schedule. Then the second minor issue was on the way back to the high school, when someone drew a male-specific body part on the bus window and got caught. No one got in trouble more than the bus driver yelling at them, at least not yet.
Anyway, good day today, and I'm ready for it to happen again, or even have a better day, tomorrow.
- 6,272
- Tecumseh, MI
- I_Fail_At_FPS
My college doesn't start until the 12th. Here in town, school started up yesterday. I saw the school buses (which include high school students) go by my house, and I saw the face of what looked to be a dejected middle schooler that probably didn't want to go back to school.
- 2,798
- Arizona
- Will1amC
- killvvill
So my English homework tonight is to create my own version of Hell complete with punishments. Needless to say this is one of the most interesting assignments I've had in a while.
We're about to read Dante's Inferno, btw.
We're about to read Dante's Inferno, btw.
- 1,248
- Auburn
- PDCrocks
- NiiGokki
I haven't had any sort of creative writing assignment since the 9th grade. What do you have in mind for the punishments?
- 8,847
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
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