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Re: What absurd things have people done in your school due to competition and rivalry o_O

nope, im a skinny bitch. only started eating properly recently EDIT: if you wanna be reallly creepy about it, there are pics of me at the first-in-state ceremony on the boardofstudies site.

a bit more well-rounded today. less protein, plenty of complex carbs. woke up at midday so i had to cram all my food into about 10 hours X( espresso, no sugar 3 eggs 3 slices wholemeal toast 1 cup orange juice 1 banana 1 mango 1 nectarine 170g mango yoghurt handful of mixed almonds/pistachios...

You're missing the point of what we've (or at least, Sy and I've) said. We don't believe that rote learning is learning. We think that the fact that exams reward -- or even permit -- rote learning is fundamentally problematic. I am bitter that a system that filters students for university...

Rote learning takes a lot of work, but in my opinion it's not work that should be rewarded. I could be really good at push-ups, but I wouldn't expect to get higher marks for doing 1000 push-ups every day. Marks are not intended to reflect generic effort in any area, they're intended to reflect...

I disagree. IMO, the best way to be successful is to make yourself enjoy the things that take hard work. A large part of this is choosing subjects that you enjoy. Also, if you ensure that you understand the basic principles underlying your subjects, you only have to do a minimal amount of study...

Re: What's difference between - B Science(Computer Science)/BMedia Arts and just the. FTR, computer science is a mathematical discipline (not a science at all) which doesn't have anything to do with computers. In a computer science degree, you'll be doing a mix of this purely theoretical...

yesterday. today should be a bit more reasonable, we'll see...

espresso, no sugar 3 eggs 3 pieces of toast glass of orange juice 60g whey protein w/ 250ml almond milk handful of pistachio nuts 150g chicken breast 100g broccoli 100g green beans spoonful of natural peanut butter tomato, cucumber and lettuce salad 200g shaved turkey 200g scotch fillet 100g...

Here is my major project from 2012: http://danielgoldbach.com/files/bin-release/Main.html It's like worms or tanks, but with mathematical plots on the Cartesian plane. It's conceptually simple but was very algorithmically interesting to implement.

Based on this year's HSC, it seems there's a strong push toward algorithms. Just make sure you study those well.

I agree with InfinityBlade -- do something fun. I made a game that I really wanted to make anyway, and it barely felt like work (except for the documentation -- ugh).

In my opinion, teaching critical thinking should be the whole purpose of a school education. Admittedly, this isn't compatible with our current system that's designed to allocate university admissions, because people who are less gifted critical thinkers don't deserve to be overlooked. I think...

There's no contradiction there -- you can hold a belief about an objective matter. I might also believe that God exists, or that the roosters are better than the sharks (disclaimer: I actually know nothing about sport).

Good. The whole idea of selecting students for different courses based on the same ranking measure is outdated anyway. If anything, faculties should give out even more bonus points for academic achievements in specific areas.

99.90... so close lol.

Controversial opinion time: I believe MX2 is objectively the hardest course on offer, in terms of the level of abstract thinking required, and students who perform well in it are more deserving of a high ATAR than students who do well in a humanities subject. *shields head*

I think it's problematic that memorising an essay can guarantee a safe mark in the first place. This is a gripe with the HSC exam format itself (and more generally, the exam-based paradigm of modern education), not the students or teachers. By asking for 3 essays in 2 hours, the BOS is...

Knowing stuff is important, but knowing stuff is distinct from rote learning. I know that 6x8=48, but that knowledge does not hinge only on repetition and reinforcement -- it's cached in my memory for quick access, if you will, but I can still have the understanding that backs it up. In the same...

But that's not what science is about, it's what HSC science is about.