Agriculture (1 Viewer)

[chelloveck]

Just curious if there is anyone doing ag next year. I'm doing it, but i think my teacher is a bit of a nut, so i was just wondering what you've done last term and if that major assignment that's marked externally.

 

[kimmeh]

my friends did agriculture in year 11 and they loved it. i think you shouldnt be turned away from a course because your teacher is a nut. usually teacher turn out so much better in the senoir years than the junoirs. plus, if the teacher cant teach, then it is up to you to self teach and learn things your self (that is, if you're a keen and conciencous stduent). there is so much satisfaction when you're teaching yourself and you do really well
i assume that agriculture's assesments are set out like every other sceince. most schools science faculties set out their assesments so that they form a pattern and that theyre usually bunched and set up like the other sciences. usually you will get spread out over the course of the year. whats your school decide to do between half yearlie exams/pracs and yearlies exams/prac is up to them. my school had hand in assignments (usualls 3 dot points and worth 5%) and assesable pracs. my new school has speeches and presentations. major assignments are really how your school sets out their assesment schedule.

 

[chelloveck]

mmm...i know what you're saying with the 'self-teaching' stuff, but it's kinda a bit harder with ag cause you don't have an excell to go out of and there's barely any other resources cause it's not a very common course...but, i'm not stressing over it heaps, i just wanted to compare what we've done so far with other people...but thanks anyway for the advice

 

[kimmeh]

you're right. there arent many agriculture textbooks at all.. if not any!
ohhh your and 04er?

 

[chelloveck]

yup...and no one is replying to this dammit. i wish they had an ag fourum...lol that sounded a lot less stupid in my head than when i wrote it

 

[kimmeh]

will do
www.hsc.csu.edu.au is a good site for everything.. i came across an ag site before.. lemme find it..

 

[chelloveck]

woah the ag site here is pretty extensive...which is unusual. thanks heaps, that'll be handy

 

[kimmeh]

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/basshigh/links.htm
http://www.nrg.com.au/~jennyr/aglinks.html
http://www.xaviercollege.nsw.edu.au/sublink/Agric.html

also, check the main page of this site

edit: // yup the HSC online is like the best.. you go there if ur ultimately stuck for a certain dot point summary

 

[chelloveck]

wow thanks, that's really nice of you

 

[kimmeh]

no probs
what other subs do you do? i can help with science links

 

[chelloveck]

um well i do mod hist, maths 2 U Eng Adv, Bio and SOR, but i'm pretty much right for all them. got sooooooo much on bio and hist. SOR maybe if you know anything?

 

[kimmeh]

youre a lucky person i used to do religion
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~emeryrg/serv02.htm
http://www.tcc.nsw.edu.au/ -> click on links then religion KLA
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ - catholic encyclopedia
and not to forget the main page of this site

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by kimmeh
i assume that agriculture's assesments are set out like every other sceince.

But you said that agriculture wasn't a science

Oh and why are you doing agriculture next year if youre an '04er.

 

[chelloveck]

is that a question for me? uh... i mean this year as in 04 if that's what you mean...

 

[Xayma]

yep, I was just curious if it was a mistake or something.

 

[chelloveck]

yep, it was a mistake...sorry

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by chelloveck
yep, it was a mistake...sorry

No need to apologise, but if you do it in June Im afraid Ill have to have you killed.

 

[chelloveck]

ok, that's fair

 

[kimmeh]

Originally posted by Xayma
But you said that agriculture wasn't a science

jeepers. stop it already ..

 

[picaresque]

Agriculture is simply the best subject ever in terms of no work required. I did it accerlerated in yr 11 and I slept (or did other homework) in all my classes and my HSC result was a pretty good Band 6 mark. So relax about your wacko teacher.

Self-teaching - just go through the syllabus and summarise your class text book. Agriculture is all about two things: common sense and memory. It's totally crammable. I gave myself two days before every assessment to learn everything and had no problems.