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| Hyperdimension |
Trancey Ash & Ves, they're some very nice looking numbers.
Keep it up, don't stray. There's a lot ahead of you!
Being successful in school & university has a lot to do with attitude/mindset, not just intelligence and amount of time spent doing homework and studying.
This reminds me of when I was back at school and university.
I think year 10 is pretty easy. Year 11 and 12 can be difficult if you want marks above 95%, which I managed to achieve in year 11, and ended up with the Dux award... coming first in 3 unit maths, physics, chemistry and english... but it wasn't without dedication, motivation, and a strongly focused, mature, and competitive mindset, and attitudes of confidence and perfectionism, and even of vengefulness, selfishness and aggression. I've never had tuition because I always believed that I never needed it. Things changed in year 12 and my marks dropped a bit... I think it was when I started associating with people I shouldn't have been associating with. Anyway, I ended up with a TER of 91.4, which I guess is okay, enough to get into the university course I had chosen. 4 unit maths scaled my marks up immensely.
It's amazing how other people can steer your mind in various directions. The people you be with can have an affect on your own success. Being with successful people can help you in becoming successful yourself. I think this is valid for anything in life. The dilemma is that you may want to be with people who are "cool".
I also should mention that psychoactive substances, including alcohol, can severely alter your attitudes/mindset and moods, maybe permanently. It's best left till later if you ever do decide to get into them.
Many employers do look at your TER and subject results. If you have completed a university course, many employers examine your university results as well. I'd rather turn the chances in my favour, so I aimed high in uni as well... got mostly high distinctions and distinctions and a few credits and a couple of passes, I did Computer Systems Engineering. Then again, you'd want to have fun while you're in university. Yes it's that dilemma again.
People will say that the key is "balance". But that's easier said than done. "balance" can become somewhat irrelevant if you are aiming for results of 100% in all school and uni work that you do. Almost everyone can achieve 100% in any work, but the factor that is preventing it is time... more specifically, the limitation of it. Geniuses spend only a small amount of time to be able to achieve results 100% or close to it. But for the rest of us, it takes more effort and time, which means sacrifices may need to be made. It is then up to you to figure out your priorities and decide what and how much you are willing to sacrifice. This is the potential downside of aiming high in your school and uni work... whether it's a downside at all can depend on how intelligent you actually are. Don't forget other factors such as attitude/mindset can strongly play a part as well.
Well, that's my perspective on the topic of academic achievement.
Other people have their own views. |
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| Ves |
| quote: | Originally posted by Philby
nerds :p |
hehehe! :p
yeah well..:)
| quote: | Originally posted by Hyperdimension
Trancey Ash & Ves, they're some very nice looking numbers.
Keep it up, don't stray. There's a lot ahead of you!
Being successful in school & university has a lot to do with attitude/mindset... |
yes, I agree with you. Year 10 is very easy, especially in comparison to what I've been told about years 11 & 12, and university. For every single assessment this year I have started a few days before the due date (sometimes the night before!), and done all-nighters..however, I still have fairly good marks. I know that next year I can't continue to do that. I am going to have to actually start managing my time effectively, and stop bludging! I guess if I don't stop doing this my marks will probably start to fall, and it will have negative effects on my health. I also don't really study until the night before my exams, which I probably will have to stop doing next year if I want to be successful.
Regarding exams and assessments, I have the philosophy "if you're stuck, make it up", and it has worked for me so far. I think I have tried to bull my way through every subject this year, and in the majority of them I have succeeded. But I don't know whether my bullting skills are going to get me anywhere next year. Because I have a screwed up timetable because my subjects clashed with each other (3 Unit Maths clashes with Modern History, my best subject :rolleyes: ), I am going to have to be self-motivated and catch up on all my missed work in my free periods. And because of my timetable I have a ton of free periods...it's wrong to give someone like me so much time to do whatever I want! Instead of catching up on missed work like I should be doing, I bet I'll just spend my time posting on TA and listening to CDs & live sets.
I've noticed that the people I am friends with have a significant effect on me. For example, one of my close friends has been dux of my year group since year 7 (she's a little genius :p) and we are very competitive with each other. It is that competition that drives us both to be successful regarding schoolwork...I think the close competition is generally beneficial as we push each other harder and harder. However, sometimes I think the competition is killing our friendship. I don't really like the fact that we always compare marks, and at the end of the year there is always an air of bitchyness whenever subject prizes, proxime accessit & dux are announced. :rolleyes: It can be rather pathetic...
...I'm not ready to start working hard next year! :nervous:
but I suppose there will be lots of fun stuff happening next year as well with regards to school. I'm going to Vietnam! yay! ehehe..ahh, so I guess it's not all so bleak. There is much more to life than school anyway :)
| quote: | Originally posted by arctic
i had a "meeting" with the principal where they basically spent 20 minutes asking me why i did not do any homework or try, when i went well in all their aptitude testing
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wow! that's a little over the top! I go to what is considered the "poshy private school" of my area, but they don't do anything like that! The teaching staff are more concerned with the effort you put into your work over what your actual grades are...and even then, the teachers don't even check homework and that e. |
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| DynaFire |
| Ok, bragging time..... HD for german !!! Doing the happy dance! :-) Well, i didn't fail any of my other subjects and actually got a credit in the subject that everyone fails in comp sci. I got a Distinction in Java Programming which was ok since i turned up to a total of 2 lectures, 0 tutes only a few pracs..... Easy subject. No more maths now for me! ;-) |
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| Philby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ves
Regarding exams and assessments, I have the philosophy "if you're stuck, make it up", and it has worked for me so far. I think I have tried to bull my way through every subject this year, and in the majority of them I have succeeded. But I don't know whether my bullting skills are going to get me anywhere next year. |
LOL!! :D
nice one :)
when in doubt, bull! its great some of the crap that comes to you when your struggling in exams :) |
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| ascension |
to be honest i think year 11 and 12 is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be... if you have a good memory then u can get pretty good marks cramming - i found with my final TEE exams in year 12, the best exams i did were the ones i had 2 days to study for in comparison to those which i had one night for...
dont forget to have a social life.. or you'll go crazy :crazy: |
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