2023 HSC chat (13 Viewers)

[raspberriesandpears]

seeing myself on the distinguished achievers list this year made me want to see myself there next year , we have a fair amount of state rankers at my school too so i'm honestly interested to see who from my cohort grabs one too

yes exactly! getting a band 6 in maths which was not expected makes my aiming for an all rounder award even more attainable. i'm also just excited to be nosy and see how the people i went to primary school with did lmao

 

[neptoons]

Is anyone else feeling more motivated after seeing the HSC results today? Two people I know got 90+ atars (one got a 99+ and a top 10 state rank for one subject ) and now I'm feeling really competitive & motivated to (hopefully) achieve similarly.

same!

 

[Jos:)]

Is anyone else feeling more motivated after seeing the HSC results today? Two people I know got 90+ atars (one got a 99+ and a top 10 state rank for one subject ) and now I'm feeling really competitive & motivated to (hopefully) achieve similarly.

fr man one of my good mates got a 99.95 today n I saw him work really hard n it has motivated me to invest n stay disciplined for the HSC journey.

 

[watercoloureyes]

Is anyone else feeling more motivated after seeing the HSC results today? Two people I know got 90+ atars (one got a 99+ and a top 10 state rank for one subject ) and now I'm feeling really competitive & motivated to (hopefully) achieve similarly.

YES LOL, screw holidays plans bruh i realised i need to study

 

[Ksalu]

YES LOL, screw holidays plans bruh i realised i need to study

remember to take breaks so you dont burnout or die!

 

[dsakvyilsa]

seeing myself on the distinguished achievers list this year made me want to see myself there next year , we have a fair amount of state rankers at my school too so i'm honestly interested to see who from my cohort grabs one too

congratulations!!!

 

[carrotsss]

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[Masaken]

Yes definitely, especially after seeing my own religion hsc result

I was also shocked to see my school do just as poorly as last year, which sorta serves as motivation to rank well — I suppose this is the opposite of you seeing people with high atars and results

kind of similar sentiment with me - my school is still in the top ten but apparently the cohort this year was weaker than the one before them, i want to do well because if i see my school rank drop after being consistently ranked pretty high (which is a realistic fear among my cohort actually lmao) that would be embarrassing for my grade

 

[graceluvsA's]

Hey! Is anyone doing his ext here? If so do you have your question yet, I kinda don't and I'm freaking out. I wanna do controversies around the Unknown Mayan decline but idk anything. I just wanna do something around ancient south American history because it just really interests me, if anyone has ideas pls tell me.

 

[Masaken]

Hey! Is anyone doing his ext here? If so do you have your question yet, I kinda don't and I'm freaking out. I wanna do controversies around the Unknown Mayan decline but idk anything. I just wanna do something around ancient south American history because it just really interests me, if anyone has ideas pls tell me.

was going to do his ext but ended up not doing it have you asked your classmates or your teachers? mesoamerican history is always so interesting and something not many people touch on. the unknown mayan decline sounds so interesting already, but if you end up not wanting to do it, other mysteries that i've considered pretty interesting are the disappearances of the olmec civilisations and the legends surrounding the toltec empire; the olmecs disappeared around i think 300 BC? and the toltecs are cool because a chunk of what we know about them and their history were spread by aztecs and the myths they told so there's been debate about what parts were true and what weren't, and also debates on just how mayans and toltecs influenced or interacted with eo based on what little historical evidence we have

but yeah the mayan decline sounds really interesting, make sure to ask your teachers if you need clarification on it though

 

[graceluvsA's]

was going to do his ext but ended up not doing it have you asked your classmates or your teachers? mesoamerican history is always so interesting and something not many people touch on. the unknown mayan decline sounds so interesting already, but if you end up not wanting to do it, other mysteries that i've considered pretty interesting are the disappearances of the olmec civilisations and the legends surrounding the toltec empire; the olmecs disappeared around i think 300 BC? and the toltecs are cool because a chunk of what we know about them and their history were spread by aztecs and the myths they told so there's been debate about what parts were true and what weren't, and also debates on just how mayans and toltecs influenced or interacted with eo based on what little historical evidence we have

but yeah the mayan decline sounds really interesting, make sure to ask your teachers if you need clarification on it though

Thanks for replying! The toltecs sound really interesting to me from the little reasearch I just did, I think I might look at the Aztecs histiography of the toltects and yeah the authenticity of their myths around the civilization. Thanks a lot!

 

[raspberriesandpears]

i do history extension!! i guess the thing to keep in mind is make sure you're analysing the creation of history not history itself - like i don't know much about the Mayan decline but you could talk about the proposed theories and the historical evidence behind them and the historians purporting them, i.e. potential motivations a historian might have to back that theory.

i really don't know other than that! not very familiar with south american history unfortunately. i'm doing mine on the boundary between history and fiction, and how we define ancient works, that may be more fictive. my case study is plutarch on alexander the great idk if that helps but my proposal got full marks so i guess it's an okay basis?

 

[imgetting99.96]

yall goats for doing this subjects..

i could never in my life even think about it lolll

 

[aulinia]

i do history extension!! i guess the thing to keep in mind is make sure you're analysing the creation of history not history itself - like i don't know much about the Mayan decline but you could talk about the proposed theories and the historical evidence behind them and the historians purporting them, i.e. potential motivations a historian might have to back that theory.

i really don't know other than that! not very familiar with south american history unfortunately. i'm doing mine on the boundary between history and fiction, and how we define ancient works, that may be more fictive. my case study is plutarch on alexander the great idk if that helps but my proposal got full marks so i guess it's an okay basis?

Im doing his ext as well and i agree 100%! Your topic sounds really interesting, just remember to focus ur research on the four questions -

• Who are the historians? This question is often rephrased as. ...
• What are the purposes of history? Other ways of rephrasing this question would be, for example, ...
• How has constructions of history changed over time? ...
• Why have approaches/interpretations to history changed over time?

And apply them, dont forget that u *need* to come back to these questions (also u dont have to do all 4 lol, just do the ones that apply) in ur essay.

and when i was choosing my question, i wrote up about 5 which focused on the main aspects i wanted to cover, and put them together into one question if that makes sense lol. Also utilise ur teacher for feedback but thats a given

 

[graceluvsA's]

Soz im here again but whos doing VA here. I have an assessment due week 2 when we're back for like major work progress and ive done one painting and a bit of research on an artist. Idk how much im supposed to do to get good marks but anyways im leaving art because it scaled me down so bad in the prelims when I calculated atar for yr 11. Idk what to do in my vapd aswell and my printers ink is busted so I just use my mini printer but the photos r small af and drawings.

 

[synthesisFR]

Bro school ends in 3 terms and im already have existential dread
I love school too much istg

 

[Masaken]

it's kinda sad, because i've been in the same school and roughly the same poeple since year 7, it'll be weird to leave. but i'm also excited, i'm shocked how we've only got 3 terms left

 

[carrotsss]

Damn that never really dawned on me, we only have like 5% of our schooling journey left

 

[thesadghost77~_~]

the thought of hearing the school bell for the last time seems unreal

 

[Masaken]

the thought of hearing the school bell for the last time seems unreal

your pfp accurately describes what i'm gonna feel on that day