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powlmao

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Today was my half-yearly for english and i usually get 70-80 for english Standard but today i thought i did really well.

Does anyone get this??

I think i fucked my maths exam too
 

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Today was my half-yearly for english and i usually get 70-80 for english Standard but today i thought i did really well.

Does anyone get this??

I think i fucked my maths exam too
You will have downsides during your Preliminary journey, I think it's better to make mistakes now rather than the HSC. Learn from them. Hassle your teacher and ask what you didn't do well in. We have a speech on Monday. :-(
 

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overconfidence in English always fucks me over
 

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Totally agree with Spiral.

English is like the biggest WTF for me. When I think I've done well, I fail. When I actually think I've failed, and give up, I get a band 6 mark.
 

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overconfidence in English always fucks me over
i have underconfidenece

I always think, okay english is my bad subject so try for high 70's

realistically that makes me go bad, but i think i did pretty well today.

Only problem is i need all my subjects to get ~85 in the HSC exam to get in my uni course with ease
 

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During my time, I have found that people who generally hate English have never or hardly written before. I dare you to write and get some feedback. See the massive improvements, certainly worked for me this year.
 

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During my time, I have found that people who generally hate English have never or hardly written before. I dare you to write and get some feedback. See the massive improvements, certainly worked for me this year.
I actually hate english because i like maths..(weird but usually true) but im good at english, i just had a bad teacher for the last two years and also i really hate the topics
 

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I actually hate english because i like maths..(weird but usually true) but im good at english, i just had a bad teacher for the last two years and also i really hate the topics
Take the pain and write lots and lots. Hassle your teacher, go to his/her house at midnight, email your teacher, bother your teacher.
 

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Take the pain and write lots and lots. Hassle your teacher, go to his/her house at midnight, email your teacher, bother your teacher.
hahaha she is getting married in december lol i might hassle her at her wedding :p

nah i will and i do she said i write great but need vary paragraph lengthns
 

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hahaha she is getting married in december lol i might hassle her at her wedding :p

nah i will and i do she said i write great but need vary paragraph lengthns
A student's education is more important than some silly ceremony where two couples tediously re-announce their love for each other.
 

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My English is very temperamental. Sometimes I do really well, sometimes not, curse its subjectivity! (English was my worst half yearly percentage wise isn't and I'm pretty sure rankwise too). I'll need to redeem it with my assignment, but I have my doubts...

Yr 11's all learning curve for Yr 12 though.
 

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guys, marks aren't as random as you might think. Although marking is ultimately subjective, there is a basis for quality. For example:

Good essays tend to have a structure with much more flow, the points link together coherently rather than a blocky STEEL approach. The language is sophisticated, and the technical analysis is not overbearing, but sufficient and related to deepr conceptual analysis.

Good creative pieces are in short- imaginative and original. The number of people who think they are original when they right some depressing shit with suicide is astounding, don't do this. Try to be truly original and have a story that explores the stimulus directly, not a prepared one with a vague brush of it.
 

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