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[Croompets]

Ok i have a dilemma with ancient atm (no its not an ancient orientated question). I switched schools at the beginning of the year, and at my old school instead of doing P&H first we did the national study Augustus. My new school however has chosen Julio-Claudians as the national study. Now the dilemma comes from me wanting to do augustus in the HSC instead of julio-claudians because i have a full set of augustus notes and have half learnt them. On the other hand i just have excerpts from historians on the julio-claudians and no real notes.

Now my teacher wants me to to J-C saying that ill be disadvantaged going into the exam having learnt Augustus. He tells me that the max mark i could obtain doing Augustus is 14/25. What i want to know is, will there be any consequences of me choosing Augustus when the rest of the class does J-C? even if i do a good essay will i get the marks deserving of the essay or will the essay be poorly marked and judged.

Thanks

 

[cem]

Ok i have a dilemma with ancient atm (no its not an ancient orientated question). I switched schools at the beginning of the year, and at my old school instead of doing P&H first we did the national study Augustus. My new school however has chosen Julio-Claudians as the national study. Now the dilemma comes from me wanting to do augustus in the HSC instead of julio-claudians because i have a full set of augustus notes and have half learnt them. On the other hand i just have excerpts from historians on the julio-claudians and no real notes.

Now my teacher wants me to to J-C saying that ill be disadvantaged going into the exam having learnt Augustus. He tells me that the max mark i could obtain doing Augustus is 14/25. What i want to know is, will there be any consequences of me choosing Augustus when the rest of the class does J-C? even if i do a good essay will i get the marks deserving of the essay or will the essay be poorly marked and judged.

Thanks

You can do any question you like in the HSC so if you feel more comfortable with Augustus than the Julio-Claudians then go for it. You will get the marks you deserve. The markers are fully aware that situations like yours arise - where a student is more comfortable, for a number of reasons, with a topic different to what they have studied in class.

 

[Croompets]

yeah ok sweet. ill go ahead and do augustus