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I left school in 2008 (yr 12 take one) because of panic disorder/anxiety/depression. It's pretty common for hsc kids to experience a panic attack every now and then. The difference is, mine was a chemical imbalance - and I totally get how you ask "how can a doctor tell the difference bla bla...

I've repeated year 12 for health reasons. It was a surprisingly easy decision to make, because at the time I was so sick that I'd only go to school once or twice a week, and then most of that time was spent in the sick bay or leaving home early. Not only was it taxing on my health by staying at...

Also, the whole point of access is to provide equality to those at a disadvantage...if an employer where to say a person was unstable for a job because they applied for access is counterproductive and discriminatory. Though it is confidential :D

I'm doing Pathways this year, except I'm doing all my subjects in my second year (left school last year for health reasons but its still considered pathways). Its incredibly hard to be accepted into a pathways program, or at least, for your school to agree. Ultimately it is your decision, but...

apparently submitted works for drama only went in to the bos on the 14th of sept... if drama submitted is anything like the PIP marking, marking will be on for the next two weeks. So, I think we'll be told early october? Maybe at the start of next term?

my cousin goes to an all girls school, and she says there have been discussions (particularly after watching OnStage) where they feel at a disadvantage compared to co-ed schools, because they don't have guys in the group performance to help with extensive movement and play male characters. She...

Awesome! Started worrying after the performance people got notified already. I thought it was a bit soon...I think it's before the end of term though, isn't it?

Hey guys, has anyone received a writer's onstage/onscreen nomination yet? Or heard of one? Seriously wondering when they come out/if they've already come out and I've missed my chance!

Your script should be between 15 to 25 pages long, or 15 minutes running time. It should be double spaced, but I did 1.5 because double looks ridiculous. Should kind of look like this ... CHARACTER: <------- With a space between the name and dialogue. I just did about 1.5cm tab space between...

Hey - well, the resource and appendix list isn't included in the word limit, so that's fine. At the moment, mine's 4500 but I need to cut my chapter five, so I can add more extensive reflection points. I'm aiming for 5500 ... 500 words over is ok, right?

Mine's 94 pages at the moment... and couting. But then, my actual PIP is only around 30 pages. My focus group is 38. I figure, it took me ages to type up all my primary methodologies, so why not show it off?

So, if you are in a situation completely out of your control (ie. you're seriously ill, be it a life-threatening disease, or a mental illness) you are intellectually inferior to other students in your year? Despite the fact that you may be one of the top ranking students at your school, that is...

That's complete crap - a completely bigoted view if I've ever seen one. Being an older student while completing the hsc is an advantage not a hindrance, particularly if you do humanities subjects like myself. By being older I have more personal experience, and a greater sense of self - it...

There are a lot of students in my original year 12 year (2008) at my school who are doing pathways. I'm also doing pathways, although I don't consider it as such. I left during my first HSC year (08) and took 7 months off due to health reasons, term four last year I returned to the same school...

Thanks heaps!

As someone who has personally experienced anxiety and depression during the hsc, and who chose to leave school and return for the following year, all I can say is putting your health first is definitely the most important thing to do. I spent a relaxing 7 months off from school, where I lived...

Hey, I had a quick question - with this ATAR fiasco, it says we are being compared to the year seven students we began high school with. I repeated year 12, so that means I started year seven in 2003. The rest of my age group, therefore, graduated last year with UAIs instead of ATARs. Does...

You know how its like "you get ranked with the year 7's you began high school with" ... I repeated year 12, my year graduated last year with UAIs instead of ATARs. What does that mean for me?

What sort of action can I take if my employer repeatedly does not pay me on time (or if at all), and sends me pay slips (via email and I've only received 3 out of 7 expected slips) but never sends the transaction into my bank account? Short of resigning (which I will be doing as soon as I get...

Hey - I'm also (kinda) repeating year 12. I left just before the mini-trials in term 1 this year. I never "dropped out" as such, the plan was to "take time off" (I was told I had to think of it this way as "dropping out" has negative connotations) and then return to complete year 12 in 2009...