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marcquelle

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Just wondering how many books you have for school eg, textbooks, or readings for english etc.

I have 7 for school:read:
  • Biology x2
  • Chemistry x1
  • English x1
  • Maths x2
  • Extension English x1
Then i have study guides etc. which I have 18

English and Extension English x9
Maths x1
Biology x2
Chemistry x2
Food Tech x 1
Geography x2
Nursing x1

so i have a total of 25 books that i use for School. :jaw:

Anyone else like this?
 

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Jesus, I got about the same for school, but I didn't realise that people used that many study guides. I haven't got any. Do you find hat the maths and english ones help you much?
 

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Tully B. said:
Jesus, I got about the same for school, but I didn't realise that people used that many study guides. I haven't got any. Do you find hat the maths and english ones help you much?
Yes especially maths. They are all useful I find the one for Chemistry the most helpful though it explains things in lae terms.
 

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marcquelle said:
Yes especially maths. They are all useful I find the one for Chemistry the most helpful though it explains things in lae terms.
I've got:

10 X Maths (2U)
2 X English
2 X Legal Studies
1 X Business Studies
1 X Economics


I find it enough (especially Math LOL!)
 

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OsamaBinLaden said:
I've got:

10 X Maths (2U)
2 X English
2 X Legal Studies
1 X Business Studies
1 X Economics


I find it enough (especially Math LOL!)
Wow ten for maths thats alot. But useul i gather.
 

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English - varies
Maths - 1
Physics - 2
Chemistry - 3
Economics - 2
 

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Actually most of them are by Teachers Association. so they help alot. (i Only teachers can buy them, so i asked my sister to buy them for me) they are really useful and have full explanations of things. 5 other them are ORM for both English and Ext.
 

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Mathematics (2U/MX1) - 3 textbooks (2 my own, 1 from school)
English (Adv/EX1) - 4 prescribed books, heap of critical readings all from school
Economics - 1 textbook from school, 2-3 others from school library/local library
Japanese - 3 textbooks (2 my own, 1 from school), + workbook which accompanies the school's textbook
Society & Culture - 1 textbook from school, 1 from the library
 

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Since I have time i have decided to actually put down the titles of the books I use
(those that are underlined are handed out by School)
English:
  • Othello(Cambridge)
  • Excel: Othello
  • York Notes Advanced: Othello
  • Arkangel Productions: Othello (Audio Play CDs)
  • Longman Framework English Outcomes 3
  • Excel: Preliminary English
  • Heinz & Stacey: Through the lens: Reading Film Texts in English
  • Sparknotes: No Fear Shakespeare : Othello
  • Excel: English Fundementals
Maths:

  • Maths in Focus: Mathematics Book 1 Preliminary Revised (McGraw Hill)
  • New Senior Mathematics ()
  • Understanding Year 11 - 2U Preliminary Mathematics
Biology:

  • New Core Biology (Heineman)
  • Biology 1 Preliminary Course (Jacaranda)
  • Excel: Preliminary Biology
  • Spotlight Biology Preliminary
Chemistry:

  • Chemistry Contexts 1 (Heineman)
  • Excel: Preliminary Chemistry
  • Macquarie Revisions Guides: Preliminary Chemistry
Food Technology:

  • Food Technology in Action 2nd Edition (Jacaranda)
Geography:

  • A Geography of Global Interactions 1 (Heineman)
  • Skills in Geography (Cambridge)
Extension English:
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Press)
  • Legends of Blood Bartlett and Idriceanu (Sutton)
Nursing (TVET)

  • Australian 4th Edition Nursing Dictionary (Bailliere Tindale)
There we go thats everything at the moment. :eek:
 

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Maths - 15-20
Biology - what you have except Excel
Chemstry - 4
English - ?
Business Studies - 2
SOR - 1
 

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Well I have:
Maths 3U - 6
Maths 2U - 1 (lol)
Physics - 2
Japanese - 2
Economics - 4
English - 1 (Excel, and that sucks)
 

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Rebekkie said:
these are all text books/other resources given to us by school (with exception of ee2) and don't include study guides.

eng adv. 7
eng ext. 5
ee2 don't even want to think about the research i've done for that. my research summaries + drafts have completely filled 2 A4 folders. (the fat ones)
adv + ext maths 5
bio 5
eco 4
modern 14 (I kid you not)
wow. out of curiousity how many study guides do you have
 

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Chemistry - 1
PDHPE - 1
Music - 1

Edit: Just figured out the whole english set text business (haha).
 
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All textbooks, no study guides or anything:

English: 3 set novels + 1 textbook
Maths: 1 textbook each
Biology: 2 pathetic little books where you fill in answers to questions, they're lame but compulsory :(
Chem: 1 5-tonne textbook
Physics: just class sets of textbooks, but I regularly get ones out from the library just for a few nights (mostly NSW ones haha, they're better than Qld ones...but Victorian ones are the best!
 

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Rebekkie said:
eng adv - 2
eng ext - 2
maths - 1

and the english ones are on my related texts. i don't really like study guides, i prefer to make my own notes (and seriously, i think i have enough reading to do already)
i'm like that as well, i just use them when i get stuck for an idea or concept
 

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English Adv/Extension = I just borrow York Notes or those Get Smart notes whenever I need them
Maths - 2
Chemistry - 2
Physics - 1
Legal Studies - 1
 

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English:

* Othello(Cambridge)
* Excel: Othello
* York Notes Advanced: Othello
* Arkangel Productions: Othello (Audio Play CDs)
* Longman Framework English Outcomes 3
* Heinz & Stacey: Through the lens: Reading Film Texts in English
* Sparknotes: No Fear Shakespeare : Othello
* "O!" MGM Production (2003)


Maths:

* Maths in Focus: Mathematics Book 1 Preliminary Revised (McGraw Hill)
* New Senior Mathematics ()
* Understanding Year 11 - 2U Preliminary Mathematics

Biology:

* New Core Biology (Heineman)
* Biology 1 Preliminary Course (Jacaranda)
* Excel: Preliminary Biology
* Spotlight Biology Preliminary

Chemistry:

* Chemistry Contexts 1 (Heinemann)
* Excel: Preliminary Chemistry
* Macquarie Revisions Guides: Preliminary Chemistry

Food Technology:

* Food Technology in Action 2nd Edition (Jacaranda)
* Food Matters: An Introduction to Food and Nutrition (Oxford)
* Senior Food Technology 1: Preliminary Course (Heinemann)

Geography:

* A Geography of Global Interactions 1 (Heineman)
* Skills in Geography (Cambridge)

Extension English:

* Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Press)
* Legends of Blood Bartlett and Idriceanu (Sutton)
* Ten tonne of websites and other texts now for my IRP (Individual Research
Project)


Nursing (TVET)

* Australian 4th Edition Nursing Dictionary (Bailliere Tindale)

I'd thought i'd update what i have now: in total 26 so one more in total after losing two
 

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^^ Wow! You're going to have really unbiased study notes.
 

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